# 55 Auburn Avenue, Upper Riccarton

15 reports on record since January 2019 · 12 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/55-auburn-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding), 3
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9077785), 12 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6505328), 20 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6505326), 20 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5240395), 8 Oct 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4535732), 13 Apr 2024
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3736378), 27 Sept 2023
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3591451), 10 Aug 2023
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3086620), 18 Feb 2023
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2356015), 16 May 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2010072), 14 Dec 2021

## Photographed here (12 on record)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9077785), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09077785/public/1_vz7pjwfqyey.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6505328), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06505328/public/1_zp3hvvsyq0sh.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6505326), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06505326/public/1_hh2rcaehb24h.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5240395), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05240395/public/1_1p91ttr7djfc.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4535732), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04535732/public/1_loo8gt767osq.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2356015), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02356015/1_RbcPNx.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2010072), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02010072/1_OiDQoZ.jpg
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/1991680), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01991680/1_g2MxyM.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/1716534), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01716534/1_GOCVCx.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1106427), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01106427/1_9kMHZ9.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/941274), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00941274/0_pA2RhZ
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/592835), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00592835/0

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

## Also reported on Auburn Avenue
- [28 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/28-auburn-avenue), 37 reports
- [24 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/24-auburn-avenue), 32 reports
- [1 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/1-auburn-avenue), 27 reports
- [34 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/34-auburn-avenue), 13 reports
- [42 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/42-auburn-avenue), 11 reports
- [31 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/31-auburn-avenue), 11 reports
- [46 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/46-auburn-avenue), 10 reports
- [40 Auburn Avenue](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/40-auburn-avenue), 9 reports
- [Auburn Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/auburn-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.5751&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.5751&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5319&lon=172.5751&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
- [Orange House Restaurant & Takeaways](https://www.chch.live/business/orange-house-restaurant-takeaways-upper-riccarton), 10 m away · Restaurants
- [Orange House Restaurant and Takeaway](https://www.chch.live/business/orange-house-restaurant-and-takeaway-upper-riccarton), 11 m away · Restaurants
- [Matthews](https://www.chch.live/business/matthews-upper-riccarton), 15 m away · Optometrists
- [Feet First Podiatry](https://www.chch.live/business/feet-first-podiatry-upper-riccarton), 19 m away · Podiatrists

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

## The bus nearby
- Riccarton Rd near Newnham Tce, 111 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), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- Church Corner, 160 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)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Upper Riccarton War Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311019-upper-riccarton-war-memorial-p), 120 m away · 2025
- [This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/25956-war-memorial-library-plunket), 127 m away, “THIS STONE WAS LAID BY LADY BOWEN 15TH MARCH 1919 TRUSTEES J.E. HANSON, GEO. FORSYTH, T. C…” · 2025

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Auburn Avenue in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=auburn-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, Bush Inn Hotel and Setting
*56 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.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting
*61 m away · 355B Riccarton Road · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/196)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, J.R. McKenzie Memorial Children's Library and Setting
*224 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.

## The green nearby
- [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), 60 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- [Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve), 216 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-284-upper-riccarton), 26 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton), 69 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-258-upper-riccarton), 114 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-294-ilam), 417 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-298-riccarton), 419 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 55 Auburn Avenue?**

15 council reports on record since January 2019, most often flooding (3), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (2), water leak (1).

**Which suburb is 55 Auburn Avenue in?**

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

**What stood at 55 Auburn Avenue before?**

The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, [Bush Inn Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/195), [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/196).

**What is the nearest park to 55 Auburn Avenue?**

[Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve), 60 m to its edge, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=55-auburn-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=auburn-avenue
