# 33 Bowen Street, Upper Riccarton

3 reports on record since March 2021 · 3 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33-bowen-street

## What gets reported here
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/problems/street-lights), 1
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8016412), 1 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5587917), 22 Dec 2024
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1487465), 15 Mar 2021

## Photographed here (3 on record)
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8016412), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08016412/public/1_cq1hw920e2g.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5587917), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05587917/public/1_d2wnq80ai2b8.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1487465), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01487465/1_NskmcA.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
- [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
- [38 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-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=-43.5294&lon=172.5698&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5294&lon=172.5698&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5294&lon=172.5698&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
- [Growers Direct Market](https://www.chch.live/business/growers-direct-market-sockburn), 165 m away · Fruit & veg
- [Bazza’s Barber](https://www.chch.live/business/bazza-s-barber-sockburn), 173 m away · Hairdressers
- [TrustIT](https://www.chch.live/business/trustit-sockburn), 173 m away · IT & software
- [Zab Thai Food](https://www.chch.live/business/zab-thai-food-sockburn), 173 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- [Yaldhurst Rd near Curletts Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=24908), 181 m away · [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)
- [Yaldhurst Rd near Angela St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=24378), 234 m away · [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $590,000, land $390,000, improvements $200,000 · 500 m² · ref 21896/14600/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.

## 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 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_

### [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 Villa Maria College**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of this site.
- **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, 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
- [Upper Riccarton Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1172-upper-riccarton-domain), 334 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 19 pieces
- [Glebe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1475-glebe-reserve), 397 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Siska Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1191-siska-reserve), 438 m to the edge

*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), 299 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton), 331 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-237-sockburn), 378 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-257-sockburn), 378 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-250-ilam), 391 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 33 Bowen Street?**

3 council reports on record since March 2021, most often street light outage (1), roading/streets (1), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (1).

**What school is 33 Bowen Street 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=-43.52940478482129,172.56981269438006)

**Which suburb is 33 Bowen Street in?**

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on [Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/bowen-street).

**What stood at 33 Bowen Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [St Peter's Church & Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/418).

**What is the nearest park to 33 Bowen Street?**

[Upper Riccarton Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1172-upper-riccarton-domain), 334 m to its edge, 4 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=33-bowen-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=bowen-street
