# 281 Centaurus Road, Hillsborough

1 report on record since February 2020 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/281-centaurus-road

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

## Reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/966546), 3 Feb 2020

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/966546), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00966546/0_FRDl4X

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

## Also reported on Centaurus Road
- [299 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/299-centaurus-road), 16 reports
- [297 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/297-centaurus-road), 16 reports
- [333 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/333-centaurus-road), 11 reports
- [331 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/331-centaurus-road), 10 reports
- [282 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/282-centaurus-road), 10 reports
- [351 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/351-centaurus-road), 7 reports
- [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/287-centaurus-road), 7 reports
- [275 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/275-centaurus-road), 7 reports
- [Centaurus Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/centaurus-road)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5628&lon=172.661&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5628&lon=172.661&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5628&lon=172.661&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5628&lon=172.661&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
- [Saint Martins Valley Tennis Club](https://www.chch.live/business/saint-martins-valley-tennis-club-hillsborough), 251 m away · Sports centres
- [St Martins Garage](https://www.chch.live/business/st-martins-garage-saint-martins), 260 m away · Car repair
- [Mobil](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-saint-martins), 263 m away · Petrol stations
- [Mobil Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-mart-saint-martins), 263 m away · Dairies & convenience

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

## The bus nearby
- Wilsons Rd, 328 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- Wilsons Rd, 328 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [A Glass of Wine, a Quiet Smoke](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311058-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 71 m away, “A glass of wine, a quiet smoke/ A time to dream, a time to hope/ Phil Quilter/ 1951-2005” · 2008
- [Donated by the Family of Hugh and June Smith for All](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35342-hansen-park), 87 m away, “DONATED BY THE FAMILY OF HUGH AND JUNE SMITH FOR ALL TO ENJOY” · 2008
- [In Memory of / Desmond Timbrell / 1921 – 2007 / in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310908-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 102 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / DESMOND TIMBRELL / 1921 – 2007 / IN MEMORY OF / BERESFORD TIMBRELL / 1926 –…”

*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.*
- [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2026
- [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 68% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 17% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 68% in the worst modelled scenario.

### 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_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Rudolf Steiner 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.

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 Centaurus Road in 17 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=centaurus-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 [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), 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).

## The green nearby
- [King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), you are in it · 1 ha
- [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 25 m to the edge · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [Centaurus Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1093-centaurus-park), 301 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 42 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-38-saint-martins), 49 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-42-saint-martins), 64 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-40-opawa), 73 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-46-opawa), 180 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-70-hillsborough), 257 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 281 Centaurus Road?**

1 council report on record since February 2020, most often parks (1).

**What school is 281 Centaurus Road zoned for?**

[St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, Hagley Community College, 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=-43.56283025517446,172.66098193884483)

**Which suburb is 281 Centaurus Road in?**

Hillsborough, Christchurch, on [Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/centaurus-road).

**What stood at 281 Centaurus Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56283025517446&lon=172.66098193884483)

**What is the nearest park to 281 Centaurus Road?**

[King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), the address is inside it, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=hillsborough&address=281-centaurus-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hillsborough&street=centaurus-road
