# 12 Dundas Street, Sydenham

10 reports on record since October 2016 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/12-dundas-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8756478), 17 Aug 2026
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8275080), 19 May 2026
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3452356), 25 Jun 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3452348), 25 Jun 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3197617), 26 Mar 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/469235), 23 Jul 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/402002), 6 Apr 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/327917), 18 Nov 2017
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/191367), 8 Nov 2016
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/188596), 31 Oct 2016

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8756478), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08756478/public/1_80n080yrhftj.jpg
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8275080), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08275080/public/1_1u91tp08isb8.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/469235), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00469235/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/402002), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00402002/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/327917), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00327917/0
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/191367), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00191367/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/188596), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00188596/0

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

## Also reported on Dundas Street
- [31 Dundas Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/31-dundas-street), 15 reports
- [40 Dundas Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/40-dundas-street), 5 reports
- [14 Dundas Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/14-dundas-street), 5 reports
- [36 Dundas Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/36-dundas-street), 4 reports
- [39 Dundas Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/39-dundas-street), 1 report
- [Dundas Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/dundas-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5388&lon=172.6382&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5388&lon=172.6382&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5388&lon=172.6382&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5388&lon=172.6382&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
- [PAK'nSave](https://www.chch.live/business/pak-nsave-sydenham), 30 m away · Supermarkets
- [TVNZ](https://www.chch.live/business/tvnz-christchurch-central-city), 34 m away · Company
- [Pak'n Save Moorhouse](https://www.chch.live/business/pak-n-save-moorhouse-sydenham), 70 m away · Supermarkets
- [Liquorland Moorhouse](https://www.chch.live/business/liquorland-moorhouse-sydenham), 73 m away · Bottle stores

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

## The bus nearby
- [Smiths City (Southbound)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14151), 124 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)
- [Manchester St near Allen St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53687), 139 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)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $34,050,000, land $25,250,000, improvements $8,800,000 · 15,661 m² · ref 22670/32000 · 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.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [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 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 18% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### 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.

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 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, New City Hotel and Setting
*158 m away · located to ±20 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/443)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3124

## What was here, Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting
*242 m away · 7/204 St Asaph Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/227)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1911

## What was here, Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting
*244 m away · 2/210 St Asaph Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/226)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1917

## The green nearby
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 278 m to the edge
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 347 m to the edge
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 365 m to the edge
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 425 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 475 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 466 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 105 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 131 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 131 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), 182 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 182 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 12 Dundas Street?**

10 council reports on record since October 2016, most often graffiti (6), water pollution - sediment (1), wastewater/stormwater (1).

**What school is 12 Dundas Street zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [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=-43.53876525805289,172.63823342680243)

**Which suburb is 12 Dundas Street in?**

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

**What stood at 12 Dundas Street before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [New City Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/443), [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227).

**What is the nearest park to 12 Dundas Street?**

[Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 278 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=12-dundas-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=dundas-street
