# 147 Blenheim Road, Riccarton

8 reports on record since August 2015 · 8 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/riccarton/147-blenheim-road

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7590493), 21 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7452179), 29 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7070674), 20 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5261935), 13 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1860129), 10 Oct 2021
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1860127), 10 Oct 2021
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/597092), 19 Jan 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/85418), 20 Aug 2015

## Photographed here (8 on record)
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7590493), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07590493/public/1_91ewvn8ud7sb.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7452179), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07452179/public/1_yrfhfbencpb7.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7070674), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07070674/public/1_ykga5ebuw8fp.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5261935), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05261935/public/1_ckohqcl5r7g.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1860129), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01860129/1_MmyP9c.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1860127), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01860127/1_rnAMHo.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/597092), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00597092/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/85418), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00085418/0

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

## Also reported on Blenheim Road
- [140 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/140-blenheim-road), 26 reports
- [145 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/145-blenheim-road), 23 reports
- [138 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/138-blenheim-road), 21 reports
- [150 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/150-blenheim-road), 19 reports
- [182 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/182-blenheim-road), 15 reports
- [158 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/158-blenheim-road), 15 reports
- [75 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/75-blenheim-road), 14 reports
- [142 Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/142-blenheim-road), 14 reports
- [Blenheim Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/blenheim-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5972&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5972&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5972&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5375&lon=172.5972&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
- [Divine](https://www.chch.live/business/divine-riccarton), 41 m away · Bakeries
- [St Pierres Sushi Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/business/st-pierres-sushi-blenheim-road-riccarton), 65 m away · Fast food
- [Madam Kwong's Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/madam-kwong-s-restaurant-riccarton), 122 m away · Restaurants
- [Caltex](https://www.chch.live/business/caltex-riccarton), 128 m away · Petrol stations

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

## The bus nearby
- [Matipo St near Rex St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=28951), 167 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- [Matipo St near Elizabeth St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=28914), 197 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Mural Was Created / by Dcypher in May 2016](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310967-wharenui-pool), 211 m away, “This mural was created / by Dcypher in May 2016 / to mark the reopening of the / Wharenui…” · 1899

*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.*
- [Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2017
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, 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 90% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 15% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 90% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [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_
- **In the Riccarton-Ilam alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- **In the Addington alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: On New Zealand Trotting Cup Day (the second Tuesday in November each year) from 9am to 10pm.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Wharenui School**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.

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 Blenheim Road in 123 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 people killed, 21 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Riccarton ran about **$544 a week**, about the city median, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/riccarton#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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 tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-259-upper-riccarton), 11 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), 382 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-333-addington), 385 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-348-addington), 385 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-357-riccarton), 470 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 147 Blenheim Road?**

8 council reports on record since August 2015, most often graffiti (3), water supply (1), poles and signage - general (1).

**What school is 147 Blenheim Road zoned for?**

[Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school) and [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Villa Maria College, Christchurch Adventist School, St Thomas of Canterbury College. 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=-43.53753149424043,172.59724017055075)

**Which suburb is 147 Blenheim Road in?**

Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Blenheim Road](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/blenheim-road).

**What stood at 147 Blenheim Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53753149424043&lon=172.59724017055075)

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=riccarton&address=147-blenheim-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=blenheim-road
