# 151 Shalamar Drive, Somerfield

6 reports on record since July 2023 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/somerfield/151-shalamar-drive

## What gets reported here
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 2
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1
- General Request, 1

## Reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7803430), 25 Feb 2026
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7792276), 23 Feb 2026
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/7012098), 9 Oct 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5998724), 10 Mar 2025
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/5101097), 5 Sept 2024
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/3477484), 4 Jul 2023

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7803430), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07803430/public/1_o9704lpc6vlm.jpg
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7792276), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07792276/public/1_xp5ufa3jy0ah.jpg
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/7012098), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07012098/public/1_j5ynhh1v0gsq.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5998724), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05997538/public/1_gwgwf5uekal.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/5101097), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05101097/public/1_rj2ewlsrf5e.jpg

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

## The street it is on
- [Shalamar Drive, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/shalamar-drive)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5737&lon=172.6171&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5737&lon=172.6171&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5737&lon=172.6171&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5737&lon=172.6171&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [Silverbacks Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/silverbacks-cafe-hoon-hay), 117 m away · Cafés
- [Poca Poca](https://www.chch.live/business/poca-poca-hoon-hay), 120 m away · Cafés
- [Shalamar Florist](https://www.chch.live/business/shalamar-florist-hoon-hay), 123 m away · Florists
- [Cracroft Fresh Fried](https://www.chch.live/business/cracroft-fresh-fried-hoon-hay), 127 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- Hoon Hay Rd near Cashmere Rd, 202 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)
- Hoon Hay Rd near Cashmere Rd, 233 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Welcome to Ashgrove Reserve If You’D Have a Mind at Peace](https://www.chch.live/plaque/30436-ashgrove-reserve), 199 m away, “WELCOME TO ASHGROVE RESERVE IF YOU’D HAVE A MIND AT PEACE A HEART THAT CANNOT HARDEN GO FI…” · 2025

*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.*
- [Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kereru](https://www.chch.live/school/3310-cashmere-primary-te-pae-kereru), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Apr 2023
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## 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 33% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 6% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 33% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote 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) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16)

### [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).

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Somerfield ran about **$567 a week**, $17 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/somerfield#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Spreydon ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/spreydon), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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
- [Worsleys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1175-worsleys-reserve), 20 m to the edge
- [Ashgrove Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1392-ashgrove-reserve), 151 m to the edge
- [Bengal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1199-bengal-reserve), 215 m to the edge
- [Holmcroft Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1044-holmcroft-reserve), 266 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cashmere Stream Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1892-cashmere-stream-esplanade-reserve), 272 m to the edge · 5 ha

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-366-cashmere), 7 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-400-cracroft), 144 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-425-somerfield), 220 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-447-cashmere), 294 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 151 Shalamar Drive?**

6 council reports on record since July 2023, most often water pollution - sediment (2), sediment - construction (1), overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 151 Shalamar Drive zoned for?**

[Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kereru](https://www.chch.live/school/3310-cashmere-primary-te-pae-kereru), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-our-lady-of-the-assumption-school-chch) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, 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=-43.57374076928762,172.61707436712427)

**Which suburb is 151 Shalamar Drive in?**

Somerfield, Christchurch, on [Shalamar Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/shalamar-drive).

**What stood at 151 Shalamar Drive before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57374076928762&lon=172.61707436712427)

**What is the nearest park to 151 Shalamar Drive?**

[Worsleys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1175-worsleys-reserve), 20 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=151-shalamar-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=shalamar-drive
