# 161 Opawa Road, Hillsborough 3 reports on record since December 2024 · 3 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/161-opawa-road ## What gets reported here - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1 ## Reported here - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7100331), 25 Oct 2025 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5615227), 29 Dec 2024 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5521067), 8 Dec 2024 ## Photographed here (3 on record) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7100331), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07100331/public/1_57cf1ulh5yod.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5615227), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05615227/public/1_mrjmn44xft9.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5521067), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05521067/public/1_dcx4xe76iw6.jpg [More photographs on the Hillsborough wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hillsborough) ## Also reported on Opawa Road - [153A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/153a-opawa-road), 25 reports - [218 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/218-opawa-road), 24 reports - [288 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/288-opawa-road), 15 reports - [172 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/172-opawa-road), 14 reports - [220 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/220-opawa-road), 11 reports - [200 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/200-opawa-road), 10 reports - [158 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/158-opawa-road), 9 reports - [255 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/255-opawa-road), 7 reports - [Opawa Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/opawa-road) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5542&lon=172.668&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5542&lon=172.668&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5542&lon=172.668&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5542&lon=172.668&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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 - [Opawa Discounter](https://www.chch.live/business/opawa-discounter-opawa), 201 m away · Dairies & convenience - [J Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/j-mart-opawa), 221 m away · Dairies & convenience - [Gelato Lab](https://www.chch.live/business/gelato-lab-opawa), 229 m away · Ice cream - [Saket Indian Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/saket-indian-restaurant-opawa), 239 m away · Restaurants *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=32990), 128 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) - [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=32988), 174 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Edgar Taylor Walk in Recognition of the Life Work of Edgar](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35498-monro-playground), 205 m away, “EDGAR TAYLOR WALK In recognition of the life work of Edgar Taylor, first Landscape Archite…” · 2003 - [Erected on the 77th Anniversary of the Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35501-monro-playground), 206 m away, “ERECTED ON THE 77TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPAWA SCHOOL IN MEMORY OF FORMER PUPILS, TEACHERS A…” · 2009 *The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).* ## 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.* - [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 (Tuesdays) Bins go out Tuesday, 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 97% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 32% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 97% in the worst modelled scenario. - **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_ ### Water - **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one. - **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year - **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) - **Blue tsunami evacuation zone**, [Tsunami evacuation](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) · Evacuate zone after long or strong earthquake or in any official advisory or warning of greater than 0.3m wave height at coast _Zone includes sea, rivers, beaches, lagoons and estuaries._ - **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2065**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 8 modelled scenarios, covering 2065–2120 (RCP 8.5+, RCP 8.5, RCP 4.5, RCP 2.6). _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_ 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 Opawa Road in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 6 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=opawa-road&suburb=hillsborough) ## Renting nearby New bonds in Hillsborough ran about **$445 a week**, $105 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough#s-living). ## The civic layer This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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, Dwelling and Setting, The Hollies *168 m away · 188 Richardson Terrace · located to ±22 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/197)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3112 ## The green nearby - [Heathcote Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1733-heathcote-riverbank-reserve), 114 m to the edge - [Monro Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1116-monro-playground), 131 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces - [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 316 m to the edge · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces - [Radley Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1294-radley-playground), 433 m to the edge · playground, 6 pieces - [Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park), 450 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 10 pieces *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.* ## The tracks through here - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-79-hillsborough), 70 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-49-opawa), 110 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-78-opawa), 125 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-85-woolston), 136 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-89-woolston), 158 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 161 Opawa Road?** 3 council reports on record since December 2024, most often water leak (1), trees - general (1), poles and signage - general (1). **What school is 161 Opawa Road zoned for?** [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 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=-43.55419770291767,172.66802171386385) **Which suburb is 161 Opawa Road in?** Hillsborough, Christchurch, on [Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/opawa-road). **What stood at 161 Opawa Road before?** The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting, The Hollies](https://www.chch.live/place/197). **What is the nearest park to 161 Opawa Road?** [Heathcote Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1733-heathcote-riverbank-reserve), 114 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=hillsborough&address=161-opawa-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hillsborough&street=opawa-road