# 61B Huxley Street, Sydenham

10 reports on record since March 2023 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/61b-huxley-street

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 4
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7639637), 29 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4880056), 13 Jul 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4710701), 28 May 2024
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4378583), 6 Mar 2024
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4378582), 6 Mar 2024
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4270931), 12 Feb 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3469816), 2 Jul 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3133184), 4 Mar 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3133181), 4 Mar 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3133172), 4 Mar 2023

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7639637), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07639637/public/1_e544tbew93ht.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4880056), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04880056/public/1_p7kfwprqdw6.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4710701), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04710701/public/1_zfm9nw4wjrkm.jpg
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4378583), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04378583/public/1_vyqxrm38n0cd.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4378582), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04378582/public/1_zrk6mk0uorq.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4270931), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04270931/public/1_tsj9j8yo45p.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=-43.5504&lon=172.6412&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5504&lon=172.6412&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5504&lon=172.6412&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 Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/sandridge-motel-sydenham), 212 m away · Motels
- [Designer Cottage](https://www.chch.live/business/designer-cottage-sydenham), 225 m away · B&Bs
- [Sandridge Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/sandridge-hotel-sydenham), 251 m away · Hotels
- [The Funky Pumpkin](https://www.chch.live/business/the-funky-pumpkin-sydenham), 299 m away · Fruit & veg

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

## The bus nearby
- [Brougham St near Albemarle St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=32552), 318 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Brougham St near Albemarle St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=32791), 344 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $860,000, land $860,000, improvements $0 · 1,315 m² · ref 22572/12900 · 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.*
- [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 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_

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year
- **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_
- **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).

## The green nearby
- [Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/1195-jacksons-creek), you are in it
- [Cadogan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1690-cadogan-reserve), 93 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces
- [Cameron Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1575-cameron-reserve), 142 m to the edge · playground, 21 pieces
- [Hastings Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1789-hastings-reserve), 265 m to the edge · playground, 2 pieces
- [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 397 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha

*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), 83 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 360 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 376 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), 448 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 61B Huxley Street?**

10 council reports on record since March 2023, most often dumped rubbish (4), park - general request (2), graffiti (2).

**What school is 61B 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 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=-43.5504345344289,172.64122872724812)

**Which suburb is 61B Huxley Street in?**

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

**What stood at 61B Huxley Street before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5504345344289&lon=172.64122872724812)

**What is the nearest park to 61B Huxley Street?**

[Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/1195-jacksons-creek), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=61b-huxley-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=huxley-street
