# 21A Picton Avenue, Riccarton

4 reports on record since May 2024 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/riccarton/21a-picton-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 3
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6438203), 5 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5989155), 7 Mar 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4799482), 20 Jun 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4699635), 24 May 2024

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6438203), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06438203/public/1_3vrnl00om1jv.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/5989155), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05989155/public/1_ri7zl18rsoh.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4799482), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04799482/public/1_ludnfmdzq9.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4699635), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04699635/public/1_496kenur10fi.jpg

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

## Also reported on Picton Avenue
- [69 Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/69-picton-avenue), 37 reports
- [61 Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/61-picton-avenue), 24 reports
- [85 Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/85-picton-avenue), 22 reports
- [63 Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/63-picton-avenue), 22 reports
- [51A Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/51a-picton-avenue), 16 reports
- [40B Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/40b-picton-avenue), 16 reports
- [65 Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/65-picton-avenue), 15 reports
- [20A Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/20a-picton-avenue), 15 reports
- [Picton Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/picton-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5361&lon=172.6053&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5361&lon=172.6053&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5361&lon=172.6053&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5361&lon=172.6053&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
- [Tile Direct](https://www.chch.live/business/tile-direct-riccarton), 81 m away · Tiles
- [Dealer Reserve](https://www.chch.live/business/dealer-reserve-riccarton), 83 m away · Advertising Agency
- [Macpac](https://www.chch.live/business/macpac-riccarton), 92 m away · Outdoor gear
- [Evo Cycles](https://www.chch.live/business/evo-cycles-riccarton), 103 m away · Bike shops

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

## The bus nearby
- [Mandeville St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=46076), 137 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- [Mandeville St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=45010), 165 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## 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
- [St Teresa's School (Riccarton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3543-st-teresa-s-school-riccarton), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [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 (Wednesdays)

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

This address is on the council’s Week One 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.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance 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 Picton Avenue in 27 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting
*127 m away · 23 Mandeville Street · located to ±8 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/146)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7311

## The green nearby
- [Christchurch Railway Station Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/961-christchurch-railway-station-reserve), 396 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Picton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1007-picton-reserve), 413 m to the edge · playground, 14 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-259-upper-riccarton), 82 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-390-riccarton), 144 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-364-addington), 193 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-357-riccarton), 195 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-363-addington), 202 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 21A Picton Avenue?**

4 council reports on record since May 2024, most often dumped rubbish (3), graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa (1).

**What school is 21A Picton Avenue zoned for?**

[Wharenui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3591-wharenui-school), [St Teresa's School (Riccarton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3543-st-teresa-s-school-riccarton), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [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=-43.53610519878521,172.60526302475998)

**Which suburb is 21A Picton Avenue in?**

Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Picton Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/picton-avenue).

**What stood at 21A Picton Avenue before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/146).

**What is the nearest park to 21A Picton Avenue?**

[Christchurch Railway Station Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/961-christchurch-railway-station-reserve), 396 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=riccarton&address=21a-picton-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=picton-avenue
