# 25 Buffon Street, Waltham 9 reports on record since December 2023 · 9 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/waltham/25-buffon-street ## What gets reported here - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 3 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 2 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 2 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1 ## Reported here - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8632761), 25 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8190093), 3 May 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7815587), 27 Feb 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7246797), 21 Nov 2025 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6617400), 17 Jul 2025 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6278666), 3 May 2025 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6124704), 2 Apr 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5694097), 14 Jan 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4047135), 20 Dec 2023 ## Photographed here (9 on record) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8632761), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08632761/public/1_zh7zw86qg0lh.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8190093), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08190093/public/1_wnpj6tnxpesy.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7815587), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07815587/public/1_w58jy3d85dcj.jpg - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7246797), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07246797/public/1_4hn59x7b0rem.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6617400), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06617400/public/1_3z1ckg2veumd.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6278666), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06278666/public/1_4ubpqci4nnum.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6124704), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06124704/public/1_57shwjx8ephb.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5694097), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05694097/public/1_fn9frl1fjkem.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4047135), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04047135/public/1_qtks6so93h8.jpg [More photographs on the Waltham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=waltham) ## Also reported on Buffon Street - [14 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/14-buffon-street), 12 reports - [27 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/27-buffon-street), 7 reports - [10 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/10-buffon-street), 7 reports - [48 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/48-buffon-street), 6 reports - [30 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-buffon-street), 6 reports - [21 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/21-buffon-street), 5 reports - [11 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/11-buffon-street), 5 reports - [7 Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/7-buffon-street), 4 reports - [Buffon Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/buffon-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5501&lon=172.6501&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5501&lon=172.6501&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5501&lon=172.6501&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 - [Mountain Bike Adventure Company](https://www.chch.live/business/mountain-bike-adventure-company-sydenham), 243 m away · Attractions - [Waltham Pharmacy](https://www.chch.live/business/waltham-pharmacy-sydenham), 291 m away · Pharmacies - [Waltham Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/waltham-medical-centre-sydenham), 294 m away · Doctors & clinics - [Waltham Health Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/waltham-health-centre-sydenham), 296 m away · Doctors & clinics *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Brougham St near Wilsons Rd, 249 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) - Brougham St near Defoe Place, 258 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The rating valuation - Capital value: $475,000, land $260,000, improvements $215,000 · 227 m² · ref 22560/13800/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.* - [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Mar 2017 - [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026 ## Bin day (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, 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 80% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 20% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 80% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might. - **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_ ### [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_ - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Waltham School**, [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). ## Renting nearby New bonds in Waltham ran about **$463 a week**, $87 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/waltham#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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). ## The green nearby - [Waltham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1783-waltham-park), 128 m to the edge · Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 16 pieces - [Thackeray Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1419-thackeray-reserve), 287 m to the edge · playground, 18 pieces - [Tommy Taylor Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1874-tommy-taylor-reserve), 305 m to the edge - [Cameron Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1575-cameron-reserve), 460 m to the edge · playground, 21 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-559-waltham), 41 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), 265 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-563-waltham), 317 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-553-sydenham), 330 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-555-saint-martins), 352 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 25 Buffon Street?** 9 council reports on record since December 2023, most often dumped rubbish (3), water leak (2), hazard, vehicle (2). **What school is 25 Buffon Street zoned for?** [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. 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=-43.55012709790728,172.65007236615978) **Which suburb is 25 Buffon Street in?** Waltham, Christchurch, on [Buffon Street](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/buffon-street). **What stood at 25 Buffon Street before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55012709790728&lon=172.65007236615978) **What is the nearest park to 25 Buffon Street?** [Waltham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1783-waltham-park), 128 m to its edge, 3 ha. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=waltham&address=25-buffon-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Waltham&street=buffon-street