# 37 Picton Avenue, Riccarton

7 reports on record since February 2019 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/riccarton/37-picton-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 2
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7596532), 22 Jan 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6641614), 22 Jul 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6505394), 20 Jun 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6348522), 17 May 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4680115), 20 May 2024
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/934720), 8 Jan 2020
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/616007), 8 Feb 2019

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7596532), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07596532/public/1_a1u61rq33fdg.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6641614), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06641614/public/1_alfqvdov0eh.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6505394), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06505394/public/1_mjpizrsfdvcd.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6348522), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06348522/public/1_yrwlywt0cgrs.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4680115), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04680115/public/1_j71l9pvtirpc.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/934720), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00934720/0_2h8FVx
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/616007), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00616007/0

[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=-43.5343&lon=172.6048&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5343&lon=172.6048&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5343&lon=172.6048&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
- [Red Bowl](https://www.chch.live/business/red-bowl-riccarton), 128 m away · Restaurants
- [KNK Architectural Hardware](https://www.chch.live/business/knk-architectural-hardware-riccarton), 135 m away · Hardware
- [NZHL](https://www.chch.live/business/nzhl-riccarton), 141 m away · Financial
- [Mandeville Coffee Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/mandeville-coffee-shop-riccarton), 142 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- [Clarence St near Burdale St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=37637), 211 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)
- [Mandeville St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=45010), 215 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

## What the land record says

### [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 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
*211 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
- [Picton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1007-picton-reserve), 208 m to the edge · playground, 14 pieces
- [Clarence Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1027-clarence-reserve), 335 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Riccarton Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-13), 444 m away · Service centre

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-357-riccarton), 183 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-390-riccarton), 230 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-259-upper-riccarton), 286 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-363-addington), 334 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-364-addington), 334 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 37 Picton Avenue?**

7 council reports on record since February 2019, most often water supply (2), water leak (2), dumped rubbish (2).

**What school is 37 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=-43.53428792561472,172.60482862523696)

**Which suburb is 37 Picton Avenue in?**

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

**What stood at 37 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 37 Picton Avenue?**

[Picton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1007-picton-reserve), 208 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=riccarton&address=37-picton-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=picton-avenue
