# 2 Bowen Street, Upper Riccarton 1 report on record since December 2024 · 1 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/2-bowen-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5574739), 19 Dec 2024 ## Photographed here (1 on record) - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5574739), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05574739/public/1_jiduf8u89q9.jpg [More photographs on the Upper Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=upper-riccarton) ## Also reported on Bowen Street - [9 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/9-bowen-street), 12 reports - [8 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-bowen-street), 5 reports - [28 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/28-bowen-street), 4 reports - [15 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-bowen-street), 4 reports - [33 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33-bowen-street), 3 reports - [25 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/25-bowen-street), 3 reports - [13 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/13-bowen-street), 3 reports - [7 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/7-bowen-street), 2 reports - [Bowen Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/bowen-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5295&lon=172.5739&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5295&lon=172.5739&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5295&lon=172.5739&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 - [The Provedore](https://www.chch.live/business/the-provedore-upper-riccarton), 59 m away · Marketplace - [V-Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/v-mart-upper-riccarton-2), 63 m away · Supermarkets - [Mega Air Trampoline Arena](https://www.chch.live/business/mega-air-trampoline-arena-upper-riccarton), 65 m away · Attractions - [Countdown Bush Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/countdown-bush-inn-upper-riccarton), 68 m away · Supermarkets *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Waimairi Rd near Bowen St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=37072), 36 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc) - [Waimairi Rd near Bowen St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=37157), 83 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/25956-war-memorial-library-plunket), 223 m away, “THIS STONE WAS LAID BY LADY BOWEN 15TH MARCH 1919 TRUSTEES J.E. HANSON, GEO. FORSYTH, T.O.…” · 2025 - [Subscribers / Please Include Your Name When Returning Books](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311019-upper-riccarton-war-memorial-p), 240 m away, “SUBSCRIBERS / PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME WHEN RETURNING BOOKS” · 2025 *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.* - [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jan 2002 - [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from May 2022 - [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 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 81% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 8% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 81% 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_ ### Water - **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Avon 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) · 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 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 Bowen Street in 13 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=bowen-street&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, Bush Inn Hotel and Setting *232 m away · 350 Riccarton Road · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/195)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Siska Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1191-siska-reserve), 318 m to the edge - [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), 325 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 23 pieces - [Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), 457 m to the edge · playground, 42 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-270-upper-riccarton), 4 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-284-upper-riccarton), 251 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-258-upper-riccarton), 255 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-271-upper-riccarton), 485 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-294-ilam), 485 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 2 Bowen Street?** 1 council report on record since December 2024, most often graffiti somewhere else (1). **What school is 2 Bowen Street zoned for?** [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school), [Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kirkwood-intermediate), [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=-43.529523998782416,172.57389099952167) **Which suburb is 2 Bowen Street in?** Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/bowen-street). **What stood at 2 Bowen Street before?** The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Bush Inn Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/195). **What is the nearest park to 2 Bowen Street?** [Siska Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1191-siska-reserve), 318 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=2-bowen-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=bowen-street