# 21 Huxley Street, Sydenham 8 reports on record since October 2022 · 5 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/21-huxley-street ## What gets reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 3 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1 ## Reported here - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7904694), 14 Mar 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7901334), 13 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7681977), 5 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5131070), 12 Sept 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4437907), 20 Mar 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4365720), 3 Mar 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3902808), 12 Nov 2023 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2745845), 26 Oct 2022 ## Photographed here (5 on record) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7901334), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07901334/public/1_j7eny5yr2ia.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7681977), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07681977/public/1_0gnerv4b01voi.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5131070), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05131070/public/1_kt3dezyyzria.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4437907), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04437907/public/1_geupki0ou5in.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4365720), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04365720/public/1_evkzep7nrxpo.jpg [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Also reported on Huxley Street - [83A Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/83a-huxley-street), 27 reports - [51 Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/51-huxley-street), 26 reports - [63A Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/63a-huxley-street), 24 reports - [38 Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/38-huxley-street), 24 reports - [98 Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/98-huxley-street), 20 reports - [79A Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/79a-huxley-street), 20 reports - [143 Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/143-huxley-street), 18 reports - [135 Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/135-huxley-street), 17 reports - [Huxley Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/huxley-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5503&lon=172.6382&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5503&lon=172.6382&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5503&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 - [Sandridge Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/sandridge-hotel-sydenham), 43 m away · Hotels - [Sandridge Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/sandridge-motel-sydenham), 65 m away · Motels - [The Funky Pumpkin](https://www.chch.live/business/the-funky-pumpkin-sydenham), 69 m away · Fruit & veg - [Ken's Mart Asian Supermarket](https://www.chch.live/business/ken-s-mart-asian-supermarket-sydenham), 70 m away · Dairies & convenience *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Colombo St near Walton St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23891), 153 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44) - [Colombo St near King St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23235), 176 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Sydenham Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310938-sydenham-park), 230 m away *The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $375,000, land $210,000, improvements $165,000 · 129 m² · ref 22572/36000/A · 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. ## Floor levels - **No flooding modelled for this rating unit**, Modelled flood levels: no flooding modelled in a 50-year event; no flooding modelled in a 200-year event · ground about 7.84 m NZVD2016 (7.58 m–7.97 m) These are modelled floor and flood levels from the council’s freeboard viewer, not a surveyed finished floor or a finding on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. ## 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.* - [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Mar 2017 - [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 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 95% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 24% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 95% 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. - **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_ ### [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 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. - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Areas of high deprivation**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Freeze on the issue of new off-licences, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences a set distance 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 Huxley Street in 27 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 6 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=huxley-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 [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), 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). ## What was here, Former MED Substation and Setting *219 m away · 259 Milton Street · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/291)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here, Dwelling and Setting *235 m away · 12 Drummond Street · located to ±7 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/57)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Cadogan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1690-cadogan-reserve), 156 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces - [Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/1195-jacksons-creek), 171 m to the edge - [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 174 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha - [Bradford Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1591-bradford-park), 379 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 40 pieces - [Cameron Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1575-cameron-reserve), 388 m to the edge · playground, 21 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-452-sydenham), 13 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 114 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 176 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 21 Huxley Street?** 8 council reports on record since October 2022, most often dumped rubbish (3), water leak (2), graffiti (2). **What school is 21 Huxley Street zoned for?** [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-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 Cashmere High School, 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=-43.550274486843804,172.63818223454751) **Which suburb is 21 Huxley Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Huxley Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/huxley-street). **What stood at 21 Huxley Street before?** The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [Former MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/291), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/57). **What is the nearest park to 21 Huxley Street?** [Cadogan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1690-cadogan-reserve), 156 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=21-huxley-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=huxley-street