# 489 Ferry Road, Woolston

9 reports on record since September 2021 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/woolston/489-ferry-road

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 4
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6838724), 3 Sept 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6545144), 30 Jun 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6542822), 30 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5841728), 9 Feb 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4453082), 24 Mar 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4145321), 15 Jan 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4145313), 15 Jan 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2967804), 11 Jan 2023
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1805385), 17 Sept 2021

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6545144), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06545144/public/1_w78222t2k2fj.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5841728), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05841728/public/1_icopwkkcjemj.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4453082), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04453082/public/1_8clbbd0j2jgf.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4145321), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04145321/public/1_pwhmqxrt55p.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4145313), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04145313/public/1_o9ic0zltxpdu.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1805385), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01805385/1_G4FML6.jpg

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

## Also reported on Ferry Road
- [502 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/502-ferry-road), 59 reports
- [690 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/690-ferry-road), 43 reports
- [689 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/689-ferry-road), 41 reports
- [564 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/564-ferry-road), 33 reports
- [583 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/583-ferry-road), 32 reports
- [800 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/800-ferry-road), 30 reports
- [608 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/608-ferry-road), 30 reports
- [560 Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/woolston/560-ferry-road), 30 reports
- [Ferry Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/ferry-road)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5451&lon=172.6723&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5451&lon=172.6723&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5451&lon=172.6723&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
- [Woolston Development Project](https://www.chch.live/business/woolston-development-project-woolston), 24 m away · Association
- [Animal and Bird Hospital](https://www.chch.live/business/animal-and-bird-hospital-woolston), 46 m away · Vets
- [Gull Woolston](https://www.chch.live/business/gull-woolston), 54 m away · Petrol stations
- [BestStart Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/business/beststart-ferry-road-woolston), 106 m away · Education & tutoring

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

## The bus nearby
- Ferry Rd near Smith St, 53 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Ferry Rd near Mackworth St, 170 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Coronation 1910 Erected by Anchor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54233-woolston-park), 244 m away, “CORONATION 1910 ERECTED BY ANCHOR LODGE U.A.O.D.” · 2009
- [Coronation / 1910 / Erected by Anchor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310933-woolston-park), 245 m away, “CORONATION / 1910 / ERECTED BY ANCHOR LODGE / U.A.O.D.” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $510,000, land $500,000, improvements $10,000 · 2,777 m² · ref 22451/16001 · 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.*
- [Te Waka Unua School](https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 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 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 55% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 14% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 55% 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_

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2120**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 3 modelled scenarios, covering 2120 (RCP 8.5, RCP 4.5, RCP 8.5+). _Source: Coastal Hazard Assessment for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula (2017) Stage 2 Peer Review Panel Revision report_

### [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 Te Waka Unua 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 Kimihia Parents College**, [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).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Ferry Road in 192 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 people killed, 43 seriously hurt.

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

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Woolston ran about **$511 a week**, $39 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/woolston#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Linwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/linwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) 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, MED substation and setting
*121 m away · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/73)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Mary Dixon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1202-mary-dixon-park), you are in it
- [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1099-woolston-park), 117 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- [Arran Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1234-arran-playground), 403 m to the edge · playground, 6 pieces
- [Christchurch Quay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/908-christchurch-quay-reserve), 415 m to the edge · 1 ha

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 16 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-84-woolston), 155 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-97-woolston), 173 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-83-woolston), 409 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-85-woolston), 449 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 489 Ferry Road?**

9 council reports on record since September 2021, most often dumped rubbish (4), water leak (1), parks (1).

**What school is 489 Ferry Road zoned for?**

[Te Waka Unua School](https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-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 St Anne's School (Woolston), Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), 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=-43.54511528438218,172.6722697136713)

**Which suburb is 489 Ferry Road in?**

Woolston, Christchurch, on [Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/ferry-road).

**What stood at 489 Ferry Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [MED substation and setting](https://www.chch.live/place/73).

**What is the nearest park to 489 Ferry Road?**

[Mary Dixon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1202-mary-dixon-park), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=woolston&address=489-ferry-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Woolston&street=ferry-road
