# 9 Palmside Street, Somerfield

3 reports on record since June 2020 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/somerfield/9-palmside-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1

## Reported here
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8239906), 12 May 2026
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/1120436), 17 Jun 2020
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/1116762), 14 Jun 2020

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8239906), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08239906/public/1_s5weks6nvw8.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/1120436), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01120436/1_2b1B2y.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/1116762), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01116762/1_xpUBqe.jpg

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

## Also reported on Palmside Street
- [30 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/30-palmside-street), 8 reports
- [8 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/8-palmside-street), 2 reports
- [22 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/22-palmside-street), 2 reports
- [20 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20-palmside-street), 2 reports
- [10 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/10-palmside-street), 2 reports
- [4 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/4-palmside-street), 1 report
- [36 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/36-palmside-street), 1 report
- [34 Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/34-palmside-street), 1 report
- [Palmside Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/palmside-street)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5709&lon=172.6146&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5709&lon=172.6146&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5709&lon=172.6146&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5709&lon=172.6146&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
- [Hoon Hay Automotive](https://www.chch.live/business/hoon-hay-automotive-hoon-hay), 189 m away · Car repair
- [Phoenix Chinese Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/phoenix-chinese-takeaways-hoon-hay), 304 m away · Fast food
- [Style Plus](https://www.chch.live/business/style-plus-hoon-hay), 312 m away · Hairdressers
- [Better Life Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/better-life-dairy-hoon-hay), 316 m away · Dairies & convenience

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

## The bus nearby
- [Hoon Hay Rd near Blakiston St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11397), 210 m away · [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)
- [Hoon Hay Rd near Barossa Ln](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=11867), 243 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 rating valuation
- Capital value: $800,000, land $540,000, improvements $260,000 · 687 m² · ref 22590/00116 · roll last edited February 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.*
- [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.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014 and 1977-81**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce · 1977-1981 Heathcote River Flood Survey
- **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 [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
- [Ashgrove Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1392-ashgrove-reserve), 207 m to the edge
- [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1746-centennial-park), 236 m to the edge · Sports ground · 10 ha · playground, 37 pieces
- [Worsleys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1175-worsleys-reserve), 387 m to the edge
- [Kaiwara Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1186-kaiwara-reserve), 499 m to the edge · playground, 28 pieces

*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-425-somerfield), 21 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-414-somerfield), 269 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-447-cashmere), 313 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-366-cashmere), 314 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-400-cracroft), 363 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 9 Palmside Street?**

3 council reports on record since June 2020, most often water supply (2), rubbish and bins - general (1).

**What school is 9 Palmside Street 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=-43.57086143751843,172.61459405941977)

**Which suburb is 9 Palmside Street in?**

Somerfield, Christchurch, on [Palmside Street](https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/palmside-street).

**What stood at 9 Palmside Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.57086143751843&lon=172.61459405941977)

**What is the nearest park to 9 Palmside Street?**

[Ashgrove Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1392-ashgrove-reserve), 207 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=somerfield&address=9-palmside-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=palmside-street
