# 118 Madras Street, Sydenham

1 report on record since January 2016 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/118-madras-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/110237), 5 Jan 2016

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/110237), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00110237/0

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

## Also reported on Madras Street
- [120J Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/120j-madras-street), 2 reports
- [120FB Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/120fb-madras-street), 1 report
- [Madras Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/madras-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6427&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6427&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6427&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5399&lon=172.6427&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
- [Hang Seng Foodbar](https://www.chch.live/business/hang-seng-foodbar-christchurch-central-city), 45 m away · Fast food
- [McDonalds Family Restaurant Moorhouse](https://www.chch.live/business/mcdonalds-family-restaurant-moorhouse-sydenham), 49 m away · Fast food
- [NPD 24/7 Fuel](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-24-7-fuel-sydenham), 50 m away · Car washes
- [McDonald's](https://www.chch.live/business/mcdonald-s-sydenham), 59 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- [Moorhouse Ave near Madras St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14523), 57 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- [Moorhouse Ave near Manchester St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=30603), 104 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Rail Workers Memorial This Site Is Dedicated to Rail](https://www.chch.live/plaque/7164-rail-workers-memorial), 124 m away, “RAIL WORKERS MEMORIAL THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO RAIL WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY…” · 2008

*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.*
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [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 80% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 15% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 80% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **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

### [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.
- **In the South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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 Madras Street in 24 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 6 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Sydenham ran about **$518 a week**, $32 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sydenham#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, Former Grosvenor Hotel and Setting
*35 m away · 367 Moorhouse Avenue · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/160)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, MED Substation and Setting
*231 m away · 99A Gasson Street · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/77)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 27 m to the edge
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 95 m to the edge
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 172 m to the edge · Sports ground
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 342 m to the edge
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 457 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 429 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 2 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 2 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 242 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-543-sydenham), 244 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-549-waltham), 340 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 118 Madras Street?**

1 council report on record since January 2016, most often graffiti (1).

**What school is 118 Madras Street zoned for?**

[Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) 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=-43.53991509949081,172.64267219976355)

**Which suburb is 118 Madras Street in?**

Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/madras-street).

**What stood at 118 Madras Street before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former Grosvenor Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/160), [MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/77).

**What is the nearest park to 118 Madras Street?**

[Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 27 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=118-madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=madras-street
