# 19 Ballantyne Avenue, Upper Riccarton

5 reports on record since January 2022 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/19-ballantyne-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8737944), 13 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7259124), 23 Nov 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5500781), 3 Dec 2024
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3965798), 29 Nov 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2050555), 4 Jan 2022

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8737944), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08737944/public/1_7l0x7qolmlum.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7259124), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07259124/public/1_yxhj4b7wl0r9.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2050555), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02050555/1_Bb4XUD.jpg

[More photographs on the Upper Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Also reported on Ballantyne Avenue
- [1 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/1-ballantyne-avenue), 9 reports
- [3 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/3-ballantyne-avenue), 8 reports
- [15 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-ballantyne-avenue), 6 reports
- [9 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/9-ballantyne-avenue), 5 reports
- [4 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-ballantyne-avenue), 5 reports
- [34 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/34-ballantyne-avenue), 4 reports
- [7 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/7-ballantyne-avenue), 3 reports
- [33 Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33-ballantyne-avenue), 3 reports
- [Ballantyne Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/ballantyne-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5339&lon=172.5706&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5339&lon=172.5706&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5339&lon=172.5706&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
- [Sunrise Bed and Breakfast](https://www.chch.live/business/sunrise-bed-and-breakfast-sockburn), 161 m away · B&Bs
- [Curletts Fresh Fish](https://www.chch.live/business/curletts-fresh-fish-sockburn), 229 m away · Fast food
- [Curletts Road Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/curletts-road-dairy-sockburn), 229 m away · Dairies & convenience
- [Woolworths](https://www.chch.live/business/woolworths-upper-riccarton), 234 m away · Supermarkets

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

## The bus nearby
- [Main South Rd near Curletts Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=38788), 195 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130)
- [Hansons Ln near Haynes Ave](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=50689), 266 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $570,000, land $430,000, improvements $140,000 · 608 m² · ref 23412/09600 · 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.*
- [Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-riccarton-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2017
- [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2020
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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 47% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 4% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 47% 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)
- **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 Riccarton-Ilam 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 Ballantyne Avenue in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton), 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, J.R. McKenzie Memorial Children's Library and Setting
*239 m away · 393 Riccarton Road · located to ±10 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/444)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting
*245 m away · 24 Main South Road · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/144)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, St Peter's Church & Setting
*250 m away · 24 Main South Road · located to ±116 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/418)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1792

## The green nearby
- [Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), 158 m to the edge · playground, 42 pieces
- [Hillary Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1576-hillary-reserve), 306 m to the edge · playground, 13 pieces
- [Vicki Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1306-vicki-reserve), 309 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
- [Glebe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1475-glebe-reserve), 399 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), 454 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 23 pieces

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-258-upper-riccarton), 201 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-257-sockburn), 241 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton), 273 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), 314 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-284-upper-riccarton), 377 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 19 Ballantyne Avenue?**

5 council reports on record since January 2022, most often water leak (2), roading/streets (1), fallen tree (1).

**What school is 19 Ballantyne Avenue zoned for?**

[Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-riccarton-school), [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) and [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), 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=-43.53386231127523,172.57060618568215)

**Which suburb is 19 Ballantyne Avenue in?**

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Ballantyne Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/ballantyne-avenue).

**What stood at 19 Ballantyne Avenue before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [J.R. McKenzie Memorial Children's Library and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/444), [St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/144).

**What is the nearest park to 19 Ballantyne Avenue?**

[Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), 158 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=19-ballantyne-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=ballantyne-avenue
