# 479 Moorhouse Avenue, Waltham

3 reports on record since November 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/waltham/479-moorhouse-avenue

## What gets reported here
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/problems/street-lights), 1

## Reported here
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7728270), 12 Feb 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/3094857), 20 Feb 2023
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/2805721), 14 Nov 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7728270), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07728270/public/1_643s8vmdsxme.jpg

[More photographs on the Waltham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=waltham)

## Also reported on Moorhouse Avenue
- [590A Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/590a-moorhouse-avenue), 14 reports
- [450 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/450-moorhouse-avenue), 13 reports
- [494 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/494-moorhouse-avenue), 11 reports
- [460 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/460-moorhouse-avenue), 11 reports
- [472 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/472-moorhouse-avenue), 10 reports
- [458 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/458-moorhouse-avenue), 8 reports
- [518 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/518-moorhouse-avenue), 7 reports
- [480 Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/waltham/480-moorhouse-avenue), 7 reports
- [Moorhouse Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/moorhouse-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5398&lon=172.6504&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5398&lon=172.6504&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5398&lon=172.6504&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5398&lon=172.6504&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
- [Cook Brothers Construction](https://www.chch.live/business/cook-brothers-construction-waltham), 44 m away · Company
- [Refresh Appliances](https://www.chch.live/business/refresh-appliances-waltham), 53 m away · Appliance
- [Liberty Market](https://www.chch.live/business/liberty-market-christchurch-central-city), 64 m away · Supermarkets
- [Escape Rooms Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/business/escape-rooms-christchurch-waltham), 66 m away · Escape rooms

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

## The bus nearby
- [Ferry Rd (Ritchies Depot WB)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=32180), 252 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- [Ferry Rd near Lancaster St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53233), 284 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

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

## 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.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [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 (Mondays)

Bins go out Monday, 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 80% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 15% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 80% in the worst modelled scenario.

### Water
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16)

### [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 Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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 Moorhouse Avenue in 54 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 6 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## 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 [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) 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
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 357 m to the edge · Sports ground

*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-514-waltham), 9 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-570-christchurch-central-city), 18 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-574-waltham), 20 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 170 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-571-christchurch-central-city), 175 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 479 Moorhouse Avenue?**

3 council reports on record since November 2022, most often street cleaning (1), poles and signage - general (1), damaged street light (1).

**What school is 479 Moorhouse Avenue zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-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=-43.53984330850682,172.6503614989864)

**Which suburb is 479 Moorhouse Avenue in?**

Waltham, Christchurch, on [Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/moorhouse-avenue).

**What stood at 479 Moorhouse Avenue before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53984330850682&lon=172.6503614989864)

**What is the nearest park to 479 Moorhouse Avenue?**

[Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 357 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=waltham&address=479-moorhouse-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Waltham&street=moorhouse-avenue
