# 78 Bluestone Drive, Parklands

1 report on record since February 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/parklands/78-bluestone-drive

## What gets reported here
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1

## Reported here
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7678804), 4 Feb 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7678804), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07678804/public/1_ek4or9sss6gt.jpg

[More photographs on the Parklands wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=parklands)

## Also reported on Bluestone Drive
- [76 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/76-bluestone-drive), 6 reports
- [80 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/80-bluestone-drive), 3 reports
- [8 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/8-bluestone-drive), 3 reports
- [64 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/64-bluestone-drive), 3 reports
- [3 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/3-bluestone-drive), 3 reports
- [16 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/16-bluestone-drive), 3 reports
- [9 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/9-bluestone-drive), 2 reports
- [46 Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/parklands/46-bluestone-drive), 2 reports
- [Bluestone Drive, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/bluestone-drive)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4732&lon=172.6731&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4732&lon=172.6731&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4732&lon=172.6731&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4732&lon=172.6731&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Alpine View Lifestyle Village](https://www.chch.live/business/alpine-view-lifestyle-village-parklands), 222 m away · Business
- [Coriander's Indian Restaurant - Prestons](https://www.chch.live/business/coriander-s-indian-restaurant-prestons-marshland), 279 m away · Restaurants
- [Jm House Chinese Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/jm-house-chinese-restaurant-marshland), 286 m away · Restaurants
- [Super Liquor](https://www.chch.live/business/super-liquor-marshland), 292 m away · Bottle stores

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Bluestone Dr near Alpine View, 13 m away · [route 135](https://www.chch.live/buses/135)
- Prestons Rd near Alpine View, 85 m away · [route 135](https://www.chch.live/buses/135)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Loving Memory of? Joyce McFerran / "Joybell"](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311051-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), 51 m away, “In loving Memory of? Joyce McFerran/ "Joybell"” · 2025
- [Conservation Week 1997 / This Group of Native Trees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115129-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), 70 m away, “CONSERVATION WEEK 1997 / This group of native trees / was planted by members / of the thir…” · 2013

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Marshland School](https://www.chch.live/school/3429-marshland-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Oct 2021
- [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2027
- [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026
- [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025

## Bin day (Wednesdays)

Bins go out Wednesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 57% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 11% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 57% in the worst modelled scenario.

### What has been here
- **A listed activity was formerly carried out here**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage (HAIL Group A) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Bluestone Drive in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=bluestone-drive&suburb=parklands)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Parklands ran about **$579 a week**, $29 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/parklands#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Burwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/burwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## The green nearby
- [Alpine View Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1848-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), 15 m to the edge
- [Bluestone Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1908-bluestone-drainage-reserve), 66 m to the edge
- [Snellings Waterway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1574-snellings-waterway-reserve), 105 m to the edge · 2 ha
- [Lakebridge Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1879-lakebridge-drainage-reserve), 171 m to the edge
- [Timberlands Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1319-timberlands-drainage-reserve), 212 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-98-parklands), 52 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-48-shirley), 79 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-47-parklands), 79 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-55-parklands), 114 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-96-parklands), 114 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 78 Bluestone Drive?**

1 council report on record since February 2026, most often rubbish and bins - general (1).

**What school is 78 Bluestone Drive zoned for?**

[Marshland School](https://www.chch.live/school/3429-marshland-school), [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school), [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.473164998866785,172.67310399983575)

**Which suburb is 78 Bluestone Drive in?**

Parklands, Christchurch, on [Bluestone Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/parklands/bluestone-drive).

**What stood at 78 Bluestone Drive before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.473164998866785&lon=172.67310399983575)

**What is the nearest park to 78 Bluestone Drive?**

[Alpine View Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1848-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), 15 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=parklands&address=78-bluestone-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Parklands&street=bluestone-drive
