# 242 Fitzgerald Avenue, Richmond 8 reports on record since April 2023 · 7 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/richmond/242-fitzgerald-avenue ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1 ## Reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5930122), 25 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4882064), 13 Jul 2024 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4731076), 1 Jun 2024 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4662347), 15 May 2024 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4662336), 15 May 2024 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4481987), 31 Mar 2024 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4465403), 27 Mar 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3233285), 7 Apr 2023 ## Photographed here (7 on record) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5930122), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05930122/public/1_tk37kjxqltu.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4882064), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04882064/public/1_ryb00gw7kxt.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4731076), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04731076/public/1_oxpwpnk8yc8a.jpg - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/4662347), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04662347/public/1_qp1kwsby7pfl.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4662336), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04662336/public/1_1qnmhe3w72mk.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4481987), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04481987/public/1_dyv8to9y8wqg.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4465403), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04465403/public/1_72dtsqe8d2mo.jpg [More photographs on the Richmond wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=richmond) ## Also reported on Fitzgerald Avenue - [250 Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/250-fitzgerald-avenue), 38 reports - [237 Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/237-fitzgerald-avenue), 34 reports - [236 Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/236-fitzgerald-avenue), 32 reports - [256 Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/256-fitzgerald-avenue), 24 reports - [258 Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/258-fitzgerald-avenue), 21 reports - [260 Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/260-fitzgerald-avenue), 14 reports - [246 Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/246-fitzgerald-avenue), 13 reports - [256E Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/richmond/256e-fitzgerald-avenue), 11 reports - [Fitzgerald Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond/fitzgerald-avenue) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6512&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6512&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6512&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5254&lon=172.6512&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 - [Gourmet Grub Food Truck](https://www.chch.live/business/gourmet-grub-food-truck-richmond), 51 m away · Fast food - [Scott Base Motors](https://www.chch.live/business/scott-base-motors-richmond), 58 m away · Car dealers - [Little Poms](https://www.chch.live/business/little-poms-christchurch-central-city), 176 m away · Cafés - [Pomeroys Old Brewery Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/pomeroys-old-brewery-inn-christchurch-central-city), 177 m away · Restaurants *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Fitzgerald Ave near Harvey Tce](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=36046), 29 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7) - [Fitzgerald Ave near River Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=28491), 35 m away · [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [He Tohu Whakamaumahara o Matou Tipuna](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59732-william-brittan-reserve-ancest), 148 m away, “He tohu whakamaumahara o matou tipuna” · 2009 - [William Guise Brittan Historical Garden on 26 November 1994](https://www.chch.live/plaque/59723-william-brittan-garden-opening), 160 m away, “WILLIAM GUISE BRITTAN HISTORICAL GARDEN On 26 November 1994 the first shrubs were planted…” · 2009 *The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).* ## 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.* - [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026 ## Bin day (Thursdays) Bins go out Thursday, 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 100% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 55% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 100% in the worst modelled scenario. - **In the residential red zone**, [Residential red zone](https://www.chch.live/redzone) · Land repair would be prolonged and uneconomic. Land here was zoned after the 2010-11 earthquakes and almost all of it has since been cleared. ### 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 - **Blue tsunami evacuation zone**, [Tsunami evacuation](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) · Evacuate zone after long or strong earthquake or in any official advisory or warning of greater than 0.3m wave height at coast _Zone includes sea, rivers, beaches, lagoons and estuaries._ - **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2120**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 3 modelled scenarios, covering 2120 (RCP 8.5, RCP 4.5, RCP 8.5+). _Source: Coastal Hazard Assessment for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula (2017) Stage 2 Peer Review Panel Revision report_ ### [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 Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven 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 Fitzgerald Avenue in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=fitzgerald-avenue&suburb=richmond) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Richmond ran about **$499 a week**, $51 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/richmond#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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, Heritage Garden and House *151 m away · 20 Templar Street · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/504)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Englefield *187 m away · 230 Fitzgerald Avenue · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/75)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1867 ## What was here, Former Maturing Cellars and Administration Offices and Setting *189 m away · 294 Kilmore Street · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/76)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7512 ## What was here, Former Boiler House and Setting *242 m away · 175 Chester Street East · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/424)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 41 m to the edge · 6 ha - [William Brittan](https://www.chch.live/park/1734-william-brittan), 148 m to the edge - [Walnut Tree Park](https://www.chch.live/park/986-walnut-tree-park), 183 m to the edge · playground, 25 pieces - [Beverley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1801-beverley-park), 265 m to the edge · 3 ha · playground, 41 pieces - [Barbadoes Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1341-barbadoes-cemetery), 365 m to the edge · Botanic · 3 ha *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-572-linwood), 139 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-532-christchurch-central-city), 145 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-569-christchurch-central-city), 145 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-571-christchurch-central-city), 145 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Richmond](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-575-richmond), 186 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 242 Fitzgerald Avenue?** 8 council reports on record since April 2023, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), trees - general (1), poles and signage - general (1). **What school is 242 Fitzgerald Avenue zoned for?** [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.52536934078533,172.6511982422515) **Which suburb is 242 Fitzgerald Avenue in?** Richmond, Christchurch, on [Fitzgerald Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/richmond/fitzgerald-avenue). **What stood at 242 Fitzgerald Avenue before?** The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, [Heritage Garden and House](https://www.chch.live/place/504), [Dwelling and Setting, Englefield](https://www.chch.live/place/75). **What is the nearest park to 242 Fitzgerald Avenue?** [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 41 m to its edge, 6 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=richmond&address=242-fitzgerald-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Richmond&street=fitzgerald-avenue