# 31 Dow Square, Wigram

1 report on record since October 2024 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/wigram/31-dow-square

## What gets reported here
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1

## Reported here
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5312194), 24 Oct 2024

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5312194), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05312194/public/1_zexbkx3tep.jpg

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

## Also reported on Dow Square
- [7 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/7-dow-square), 5 reports
- [41 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/41-dow-square), 4 reports
- [35 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/35-dow-square), 3 reports
- [25 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/25-dow-square), 3 reports
- [15 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/15-dow-square), 3 reports
- [47 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/47-dow-square), 2 reports
- [23 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/23-dow-square), 2 reports
- [19 Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/wigram/19-dow-square), 2 reports
- [Dow Square, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/wigram/dow-square)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5584&lon=172.5482&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5584&lon=172.5482&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5584&lon=172.5482&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
- [Gull Awatea](https://www.chch.live/business/gull-awatea-wigram), 227 m away · Petrol stations

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

## The bus nearby
- The Runway near Dalwood Dve, 305 m away · [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)
- The Runway near Dalwood Dve, 332 m away · [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $720,000, land $260,000, improvements $460,000 · 264 m² · ref 23435/03951 · 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 34% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 3% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 34% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on fill: topsoil**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · Placed under engineering supervision, but with no NZS 4431 certificate · Subdivision

### [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).

## 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 [Halswell ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/halswell), 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).

## The green nearby
- [Kahurangi 3 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1328-kahurangi-3-drainage-reserve), 23 m to the edge · 5 ha
- [Kahurangi 2 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1876-kahurangi-2-drainage-reserve), 174 m to the edge · 5 ha
- [Awatea South Basin 2 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1415-awatea-south-basin-2-drainage-reserve), 240 m to the edge
- [Te Kahu Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1899-te-kahu-park), 264 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 4 pieces
- [Carrs North Basin Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1803-carrs-north-basin-drainage-reserve), 336 m to the edge · 4 ha

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Wigram](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-218-wigram), 167 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 31 Dow Square?**

1 council report on record since October 2024, most often park - general request (1).

**What school is 31 Dow Square 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=-43.55839699949239,172.54822200007527)

**Which suburb is 31 Dow Square in?**

Wigram, Christchurch, on [Dow Square](https://www.chch.live/street/wigram/dow-square).

**What stood at 31 Dow Square before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55839699949239&lon=172.54822200007527)

**What is the nearest park to 31 Dow Square?**

[Kahurangi 3 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1328-kahurangi-3-drainage-reserve), 23 m to its edge, 5 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=wigram&address=31-dow-square · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Wigram&street=dow-square
