# 59 Kirk Road, Templeton

5 reports on record since January 2023 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/templeton/59-kirk-road

## What gets reported here
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 2
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 1

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8023741), 3 Apr 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8020249), 2 Apr 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7895490), 12 Mar 2026
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/5622578), 31 Dec 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3014001), 26 Jan 2023

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8023741), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08023741/public/1_1mbqd9xbte4r.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8020249), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08020249/public/1_j2wqwmo024fi.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7895490), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07895490/public/1_idw9crc7swhc.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/5622578), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05622578/public/1_w8hfzaieykg.jpg

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

## Also reported on Kirk Road
- [39 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/39-kirk-road), 62 reports
- [62 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/62-kirk-road), 20 reports
- [76 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/76-kirk-road), 17 reports
- [64 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/64-kirk-road), 13 reports
- [31 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/31-kirk-road), 13 reports
- [71 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/71-kirk-road), 12 reports
- [57 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/57-kirk-road), 10 reports
- [91 Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/91-kirk-road), 6 reports
- [Kirk Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/templeton/kirk-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5486&lon=172.4698&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5486&lon=172.4698&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5486&lon=172.4698&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5486&lon=172.4698&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
- [Templeton Community Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/templeton-community-centre-templeton), 133 m away · Venues & events
- [RSA Paparua Templeton](https://www.chch.live/business/rsa-paparua-templeton), 370 m away · Clubs
- [Templeton Returned And Services Association](https://www.chch.live/business/templeton-returned-and-services-association-templeton), 370 m away · Clubs

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

## The bus nearby
- Templeton, 410 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5)
- Templeton, 416 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Wall / Erected by / Centennial Committee](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310863-templeton-pool), 181 m away, “THIS WALL / ERECTED BY / CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE / TO COMMEMORATE / TEMPLETON / DISTRICT & SC…”
- [These Gates Were Presented by S. Bailey Esq. 1903](https://www.chch.live/plaque/22376-templeton-domain), 244 m away, “THESE GATES WERE PRESENTED BY S. BAILEY ESQ. 1903” · 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.*
- [Templeton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3555-templeton-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2019

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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)
- **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC1**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Future land damage from liquefaction is unlikely _Foundations: Standard foundations for concrete slabs and timber floors acceptable. Minor additional foundation works may be required eg more reinforcing_

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Inside a Christchurch Airport noise contour**, [Airport noise](https://www.chch.live/noise)
- **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_

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 Kirk Road in 45 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 9 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

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

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) 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, St Saviour's Church and Setting
*239 m away · 50 Kirk Road · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/126)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3075

## The green nearby
- [Kirk Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1363-kirk-reserve), 33 m to the edge · 2 ha
- [Templeton Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1531-templeton-domain), 120 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 32 pieces
- [Colchester Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1379-colchester-reserve), 304 m to the edge
- [Azalea Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1485-azalea-reserve), 417 m to the edge
- [Globe Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1916-globe-bay-reserve), 469 m to the edge · 3 ha

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Templeton](https://www.chch.live/facility/recreation-centre-18), 183 m away · Recreation centre · 62 Kirk Road

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 59 Kirk Road?**

5 council reports on record since January 2023, most often rubbish and bins - general (2), water leak (1), hazard, vehicle (1).

**What school is 59 Kirk Road zoned for?**

[Templeton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3555-templeton-school), [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby) and [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Middleton Grange School (Year 1-8), Middleton Grange School (Year 9-10), 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=-43.548572704312875,172.46982381473063)

**Which suburb is 59 Kirk Road in?**

Templeton, Christchurch, on [Kirk Road](https://www.chch.live/street/templeton/kirk-road).

**What stood at 59 Kirk Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [St Saviour's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/126).

**What is the nearest park to 59 Kirk Road?**

[Kirk Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1363-kirk-reserve), 33 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=templeton&address=59-kirk-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Templeton&street=kirk-road
