# 29 Sparks Road, Somerfield 7 reports on record since February 2019 · 4 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/somerfield/29-sparks-road ## What gets reported here - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 1 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5934776), 25 Feb 2025 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/3908565), 13 Nov 2023 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/3484856), 7 Jul 2023 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/2737088), 23 Oct 2022 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2364188), 19 May 2022 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2188468), 2 Mar 2022 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/622839), 15 Feb 2019 ## Photographed here (4 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5934776), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05934776/public/1_qt4tyfpw798.jpg - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2364188), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02364188/1_WJDTKV.jpg - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2188468), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02188468/1_GxzJ8C.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/622839), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00622839/0 [More photographs on the Somerfield wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=somerfield) ## Also reported on Sparks Road - [2 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/2-sparks-road), 22 reports - [1 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/1-sparks-road), 12 reports - [48 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/48-sparks-road), 9 reports - [52 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/52-sparks-road), 7 reports - [27–29 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/27%E2%80%9329-sparks-road), 6 reports - [39A Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/39a-sparks-road), 5 reports - [25 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/25-sparks-road), 4 reports - [50 Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/50-sparks-road), 3 reports - [Sparks Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/sparks-road) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.612&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.612&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.612&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.612&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 - [Plunge Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/plunge-cafe-somerfield), 284 m away · Cafés - [Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/pioneer-recreation-and-sport-centre-somerfield), 290 m away · Sports centres - [Wild Bean Cafe - BP Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/business/wild-bean-cafe-bp-hoon-hay), 294 m away · Cafés - [BP](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-hoon-hay), 302 m away · Petrol stations *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Sparks Rd near Waimokihi Pl, 34 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60) - Sparks Rd near Hoon Hay Rd, 82 m away · [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60) *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.* - [Hoon Hay Te Kura Koaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3379-hoon-hay-te-kura-koaka), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Oct 2025 - [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 82% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 19% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 82% 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_ - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Whanau Tahi**, [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). ## The street’s crash record NZTA’s record names Sparks Road in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=sparks-road&suburb=somerfield) ## 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 [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), 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 - [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park), you are in it · Sports ground · 10 ha · playground, 37 pieces - [Hoon Hay Scouts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1218-hoon-hay-scouts-reserve), 235 m to the edge - [Rydal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1708-rydal-reserve), 318 m to the edge · playground, 3 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Pioneer](https://www.chch.live/facility/recreation-centre-17), 297 m away · Recreation centre · 61 Lyttelton Street ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-414-somerfield), 24 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-409-spreydon), 219 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 29 Sparks Road?** 7 council reports on record since February 2019, most often parks (2), water general (1), pothole (1). **What school is 29 Sparks Road zoned for?** [Hoon Hay Te Kura Koaka](https://www.chch.live/school/3379-hoon-hay-te-kura-koaka), [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=-43.56385769038366,172.61199949351172) **Which suburb is 29 Sparks Road in?** Somerfield, Christchurch, on [Sparks Road](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/sparks-road). **What stood at 29 Sparks Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56385769038366&lon=172.61199949351172) **What is the nearest park to 29 Sparks Road?** [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park), the address is inside it, 10 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=29-sparks-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=sparks-road