# 9 Mays Road, Strowan

1 report on record since August 2025 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/strowan/9-mays-road

## What gets reported here
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6791956), 24 Aug 2025

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6791956), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06791956/public/1_47se0jis53jb.jpg

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

## The street it is on
- [Mays Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/mays-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5054&lon=172.6158&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5054&lon=172.6158&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5054&lon=172.6158&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5054&lon=172.6158&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
- [OrthodontiX Merivale](https://www.chch.live/business/orthodontix-merivale-strowan), 40 m away · Dentists
- [Beale & Cullen Dental](https://www.chch.live/business/beale-cullen-dental-strowan), 213 m away · Dentists
- [Aphrodite Boutique Bed and Breakfast](https://www.chch.live/business/aphrodite-boutique-bed-and-breakfast-merivale), 322 m away · B&Bs

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

## The bus nearby
- Papanui Rd near Mays Rd, 21 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- Papanui Rd near Normans Rd, 86 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*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.*
- [Paparoa Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/3467-paparoa-street-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2024
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026
- [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Apr 2025

## Bin day (Fridays)

Bins go out Friday, 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 74% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 20% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 74% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_

### [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 St Andrews College**, [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 Mays Road in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=mays-road&suburb=strowan)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Strowan ran about **$620 a week**, $70 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/strowan#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Papanui ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/papanui), 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).

## The green nearby
- [Nightingale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1141-nightingale-reserve), 411 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-430-saint-albans), 47 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-395-strowan), 73 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Strowan](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 499 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 Mays Road?**

1 council report on record since August 2025, most often damaged road (1).

**What school is 9 Mays Road zoned for?**

[Paparoa Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/3467-paparoa-street-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [St Joseph's School (Papanui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3531-st-joseph-s-school-papanui), [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school), [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) and [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian 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=-43.505432998955875,172.6157999995143)

**Which suburb is 9 Mays Road in?**

Strowan, Christchurch, on [Mays Road](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/mays-road).

**What stood at 9 Mays Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.505432998955875&lon=172.6157999995143)

**What is the nearest park to 9 Mays Road?**

[Nightingale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1141-nightingale-reserve), 411 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=strowan&address=9-mays-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Strowan&street=mays-road
