# 85 Clarence Street, Riccarton

2 reports on record since August 2023 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/riccarton/85-clarence-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6829037), 1 Sept 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3642966), 28 Aug 2023

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6829037), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06829037/public/1_h30xduuiness.jpg

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

## Also reported on Clarence Street
- [134 Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/134-clarence-street), 52 reports
- [172 Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/172-clarence-street), 51 reports
- [174 Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/174-clarence-street), 20 reports
- [169 Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/169-clarence-street), 18 reports
- [147A Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/147a-clarence-street), 18 reports
- [138A Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/138a-clarence-street), 17 reports
- [181 Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/181-clarence-street), 16 reports
- [143 Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/143-clarence-street), 16 reports
- [Clarence Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/clarence-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6036&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6036&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6036&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5379&lon=172.6036&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
- [Recreation Station](https://www.chch.live/business/recreation-station-riccarton), 8 m away · Outdoor gear
- [Rebel Sport](https://www.chch.live/business/rebel-sport-riccarton), 70 m away · Sports shops
- [Splash N Dash](https://www.chch.live/business/splash-n-dash-riccarton), 88 m away · Car washes
- [Swanndri](https://www.chch.live/business/swanndri-addington), 99 m away · Clothing

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

## The bus nearby
- [Whiteleigh Ave near Troup Dr](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11275), 134 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- [Whiteleigh Ave near Troup Dr](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=37539), 246 m away · [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,420,000, land $700,000, improvements $720,000 · 859 m² · ref 22125/59700 · roll last edited September 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.*
- [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
- [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 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 18% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2123

### What has been here
- **A listed activity is recorded on this land**, [Land-use history](https://www.chch.live/history) · Metal extraction, refining and reprocessing, storage and use (HAIL Group D) _This is the HAIL register, a record that an activity from the Hazardous Activities and Industries List took place, not a finding that the land is contaminated. The council has not verified this, which is true of 898 of its 906 entries._

### [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 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.

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 Clarence Street in 124 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 23 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=clarence-street&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
- [Christchurch Railway Station Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/961-christchurch-railway-station-reserve), 350 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Longley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1249-longley-reserve), 452 m to the edge · playground, 51 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-363-addington), 16 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-364-addington), 45 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-259-upper-riccarton), 102 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-357-riccarton), 124 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-390-riccarton), 333 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 85 Clarence Street?**

2 council reports on record since August 2023, most often water leak (1), pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 85 Clarence Street 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) 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=-43.53789299894236,172.6036155001819)

**Which suburb is 85 Clarence Street in?**

Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Clarence Street](https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/clarence-street).

**What stood at 85 Clarence Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53789299894236&lon=172.6036155001819)

**What is the nearest park to 85 Clarence Street?**

[Christchurch Railway Station Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/961-christchurch-railway-station-reserve), 350 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=riccarton&address=85-clarence-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=clarence-street
