# 34 Matai St E, Riccarton

2 reports on record since October 2017 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/riccarton/34-matai-st-e

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/766320), 25 Jul 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/311723), 16 Oct 2017

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/311723), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00311723/0

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

## Also reported on Matai St E
- [10 Matai St E](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/10-matai-st-e), 9 reports
- [44 Matai St E](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/44-matai-st-e), 5 reports
- [21 Matai St E](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/21-matai-st-e), 2 reports
- [Matai St E, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/matai-st-e)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5251&lon=172.6096&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5251&lon=172.6096&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5251&lon=172.6096&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
- [Mona Vale Homestead](https://www.chch.live/business/mona-vale-homestead-riccarton), 126 m away · Restaurants
- [The Den Bar - The Chateau on the Park](https://www.chch.live/business/the-den-bar-the-chateau-on-the-park-riccarton), 151 m away · Restaurants
- [Britten Stables](https://www.chch.live/business/britten-stables-riccarton), 155 m away · B&Bs
- [Mona Vale Homestead & Gardens Venue](https://www.chch.live/business/mona-vale-homestead-gardens-venue-riccarton), 177 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- Mona Vale Ave near Kilmarnock St, 187 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- Mona Vale Ave near Kilmarnock St, 204 m away · [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [To the People of Canterbury / 'The Mighty Kauri'](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73259-mona-vale), 117 m away, “To the people of Canterbury / 'The mighty Kauri' / Donated by / Harry & Beth (illegible) /…” · 2009
- [Dorothy Anne Reuhman / Esteemed Committee Member](https://www.chch.live/plaque/73159-mona-vale), 142 m away, “Dorothy Anne Reuhman / Esteemed Committee Member / Canterbury Herb Society / 1974 - 1983” · 2009
- [The Gazebo / This Gazebo Was Constructed in 1979](https://www.chch.live/plaque/72879-mona-vale), 145 m away, “THE GAZEBO / This Gazebo was constructed in 1979 / and gifted to the people of Christchurc…” · 2009

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $45,650,000, land $15,800,000, improvements $29,850,000 · 33,997 m² · ref 22015/46801 · 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.

## 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.*
- [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2002
- [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
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [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
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022

## 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 72% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 13% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 72% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### [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 Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora**, [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).

## 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 [Fendalton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/fendalton), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) 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, Mona Vale Lodge and Setting
*123 m away · 40 Mona Vale Avenue · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/152)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/283

## What was here, Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.
*159 m away · 5 Matai Street East · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/298)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Mona Vale
*220 m away · 63 Fendalton Road · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/64)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/283

## What was here, Mona Vale Bath House and Setting
*224 m away · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/320)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/283

## What was here, Dwellling and Setting
*248 m away · 20 Mona Vale Avenue · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/557)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 97 m to the edge · Botanic · 5 ha
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), 340 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- [Avon River Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1511-avon-river-esplanade-reserve), 482 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 Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-358-riccarton), 11 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-394-riccarton), 93 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-385-riccarton), 142 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-359-riccarton), 142 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-327-fendalton), 190 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 34 Matai St E?**

2 council reports on record since October 2017, most often roading/streets (1), graffiti (1).

**What school is 34 Matai St E zoned for?**

[Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), [St Teresa's School (Riccarton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3543-st-teresa-s-school-riccarton), [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-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 [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-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=-43.5251430570639,172.60958560008288)

**Which suburb is 34 Matai St E in?**

Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Matai St E](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/matai-st-e).

**What stood at 34 Matai St E before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Mona Vale Lodge and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/152), [Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.](https://www.chch.live/place/298).

**What is the nearest park to 34 Matai St E?**

[Mona Vale](https://www.chch.live/park/946-mona-vale), 97 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=riccarton&address=34-matai-st-e · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=matai-st-e
