# 61A Laurence Street, Waltham

2 reports on record since August 2022 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/waltham/61a-laurence-street

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3696037), 14 Sept 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2549560), 15 Aug 2022

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2549560), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02549560/public/1_bqw1w1rq3b9k.jpg

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

## Also reported on Laurence Street
- [70 Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/70-laurence-street), 14 reports
- [40 Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/40-laurence-street), 9 reports
- [22 Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/22-laurence-street), 9 reports
- [8 Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/8-laurence-street), 8 reports
- [39 Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/39-laurence-street), 7 reports
- [37 Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/37-laurence-street), 7 reports
- [24 Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/24-laurence-street), 6 reports
- [60A Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/waltham/60a-laurence-street), 5 reports
- [Laurence Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/laurence-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5458&lon=172.6616&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5458&lon=172.6616&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5458&lon=172.6616&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
- [Wilderness Brewing](https://www.chch.live/business/wilderness-brewing-woolston), 125 m away · Bottle stores
- [Christchurch Community Corrections (Ensors Road)](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-community-corrections-ensors-road-waltham), 239 m away · Government
- [Stor-It](https://www.chch.live/business/stor-it-waltham), 318 m away · Storage
- [Blackadder Motors](https://www.chch.live/business/blackadder-motors-waltham), 376 m away · Car dealers

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

## The bus nearby
- Ensors Rd near Sullivan Ave, 147 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)
- Ensors Rd and Sullivan Ave, 149 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)

*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.*
- [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Mar 2017
- [Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-opawa-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jun 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 (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 96% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 37% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 96% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **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 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 Laurence Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## What was here, Former Girls’ Training Hostel and Setting
*246 m away · 30 Sullivan Avenue · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/475)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7636

## The green nearby
- [Charleston Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1430-charleston-reserve), 327 m to the edge · playground, 24 pieces
- [Edmonds Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1532-edmonds-park), 466 m to the edge · Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 24 pieces
- [Edmonds Factory Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1594-edmonds-factory-garden), 466 m to the edge · Botanic

*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-562-waltham), 65 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-584-waltham), 118 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-69-woolston), 141 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-588-waltham), 457 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 457 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 61A Laurence Street?**

2 council reports on record since August 2022, most often water leak (1), dumped rubbish (1).

**What school is 61A Laurence Street zoned for?**

[Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), [Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-opawa-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=-43.54584734936376,172.66158919999867)

**Which suburb is 61A Laurence Street in?**

Waltham, Christchurch, on [Laurence Street](https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/laurence-street).

**What stood at 61A Laurence Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Girls’ Training Hostel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/475).

**What is the nearest park to 61A Laurence Street?**

[Charleston Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1430-charleston-reserve), 327 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=waltham&address=61a-laurence-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Waltham&street=laurence-street
