# 20 Harvard Avenue, Wigram

2 reports on record since February 2023.

https://www.chch.live/wigram/20-harvard-avenue

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

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3191952), 24 Mar 2023
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/3065218), 11 Feb 2023

## Also reported on Harvard Avenue
- [45 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/45-harvard-avenue), 5 reports
- [14 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/14-harvard-avenue), 3 reports
- [36 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/36-harvard-avenue), 2 reports
- [28 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/28-harvard-avenue), 2 reports
- [25 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/25-harvard-avenue), 2 reports
- [2 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/2-harvard-avenue), 2 reports
- [15 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/15-harvard-avenue), 2 reports
- [6 Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/wigram/6-harvard-avenue), 1 report
- [Harvard Avenue, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/wigram/harvard-avenue)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5455&lon=172.5473&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5455&lon=172.5473&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5455&lon=172.5473&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5455&lon=172.5473&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
- [Wigram Hotel & The Harvard Restaurant And Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/wigram-hotel-the-harvard-restaurant-and-bar-wigram), 97 m away · Hotels
- [Air Force Museum Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/air-force-museum-shop-wigram), 106 m away · Gift shops
- [Air Force Museum of New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/business/air-force-museum-of-new-zealand-wigram), 108 m away · Attractions
- [Cafe at Air Force Museum](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-at-air-force-museum-wigram), 115 m away · Cafés

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

## The bus nearby
- Springs Rd near Henry Wigram Pl, 243 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)
- Springs Rd near Henry Wigram Pl, 265 m away · [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $800,000, land $450,000, improvements $350,000 · 699 m² · ref 23435/02460 · 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.*
- [Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kahu](https://www.chch.live/school/3505-wigram-primary-school-te-piki-kahu), Primary, years 1–6, in force from May 2021
- [Hornby High School Years 7-8](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2019
- [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2019

## Bin day (Thursdays)

Bins go out Thursday, 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 4% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 4% 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_
- **Built on fill: topsoil**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### [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_

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 Harvard Avenue in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Wigram ran about **$697 a week**, $147 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/wigram#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), 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, Former RNZAF Station Wigram No 1 Officers' Mess, Brevet Garden and Setting
*102 m away · 14 Henry Wigram Drive · located to ±54 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/312)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Wigram Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1502-wigram-village-green), 183 m to the edge · 4 ha · playground, 9 pieces
- [Vickerys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1209-vickerys-reserve), 291 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
- [Caudron Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1521-caudron-reserve), 451 m to the edge
- [Rollerdrome Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1167-rollerdrome-reserve), 455 m to the edge · Sports ground · playground, 4 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 20 Harvard Avenue?**

2 council reports on record since February 2023, most often water leak (1), accessibility (1).

**What school is 20 Harvard Avenue zoned for?**

[Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kahu](https://www.chch.live/school/3505-wigram-primary-school-te-piki-kahu), [Hornby High School Years 7-8](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-7-8), [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories) and [Hornby High School Years 9-15](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school-years-9-15), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Aidanfield Christian School, 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=-43.545499800563306,172.54727172838284)

**Which suburb is 20 Harvard Avenue in?**

Wigram, Christchurch, on [Harvard Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/wigram/harvard-avenue).

**What stood at 20 Harvard Avenue before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former RNZAF Station Wigram No 1 Officers' Mess, Brevet Garden and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/312).

**What is the nearest park to 20 Harvard Avenue?**

[Wigram Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1502-wigram-village-green), 183 m to its edge, 4 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=wigram&address=20-harvard-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Wigram&street=harvard-avenue
