# 237 Blenheim Road, Riccarton

2 reports on record since December 2024 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/riccarton/237-blenheim-road

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/problems/street-lights), 1

## Reported here
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/6353828), 18 May 2025
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5565784), 17 Dec 2024

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/6353828), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06353828/public/1_s3c0vqqiaxco.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5565784), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05565784/public/1_ufvq9am7rkoj.jpg

[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=-43.5384&lon=172.5878&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5384&lon=172.5878&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5384&lon=172.5878&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5384&lon=172.5878&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
- [Curtain Studio](https://www.chch.live/business/curtain-studio-riccarton), 17 m away · Curtain
- [Carpet Court](https://www.chch.live/business/carpet-court-riccarton), 20 m away · Carpet
- [Chemist Warehouse](https://www.chch.live/business/chemist-warehouse-riccarton-2), 35 m away · Pharmacies
- [Fitstop](https://www.chch.live/business/fitstop-riccarton), 60 m away · Gyms & fitness

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

## The bus nearby
- Wharenui Rd near Janet St, 228 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- Wharenui Rd near Puna St, 272 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $2,210,000, land $640,000, improvements $1,570,000 · 1,069 m² · ref 22060/01118 · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Floor levels
- **No flooding modelled for this rating unit**, Modelled flood levels: no flooding modelled in a 50-year event; no flooding modelled in a 200-year event · ground about 16.38 m NZVD2016 (16.08 m–16.68 m)

These are modelled floor and flood levels from the council’s freeboard viewer, not a surveyed finished floor or a finding on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file.

## 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 47% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 4% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 47% 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_
- **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 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 green nearby
- [Middleton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1435-middleton-park), 372 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 5 pieces
- [Harrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1035-harrington-park), 448 m to the edge · Sports ground · 1 ha · playground, 54 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), 24 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-230-sockburn), 214 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-307-upper-riccarton), 457 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 237 Blenheim Road?**

2 council reports on record since December 2024, most often graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet (1), damaged street light (1).

**What school is 237 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=-43.538419330255564,172.5878144068484)

**Which suburb is 237 Blenheim Road in?**

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

**What stood at 237 Blenheim Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.538419330255564&lon=172.5878144068484)

**What is the nearest park to 237 Blenheim Road?**

[Middleton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1435-middleton-park), 372 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=riccarton&address=237-blenheim-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=blenheim-road
