# 288 Centaurus Road, Hillsborough

5 reports on record since April 2022 · 5 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/288-centaurus-road

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 3
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1

## Reported here
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8078609), 13 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5496923), 3 Dec 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5491245), 2 Dec 2024
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5377026), 7 Nov 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2263437), 3 Apr 2022

## Photographed here (5 on record)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8078609), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08078609/public/1_wrpqhvk49ilh.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5496923), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05496923/public/1_k51gcgjglzjk.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5491245), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05491245/public/1_5orfr00yoc7o.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5377026), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05377026/public/1_m1o3qe4514oy.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2263437), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02263437/1_dzMXxS.jpg

[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=-43.5623&lon=172.6651&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6651&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6651&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6651&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
- [Pool House](https://www.chch.live/business/pool-house-hillsborough), 309 m away · B&Bs

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [H.G. Ell Memorial Gates 25 June 1984 to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/34761-natural-heritage-project-monum), 103 m away, “H.G. ELL MEMORIAL GATES 25 June 1984 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of H…” · 2008
- [In Loving Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311056-hansen-park), 185 m away, “In loving memory of/ Dr. David E Hansen and Professor Dr. John M Hansen,/ father and son w…” · 2026
- [In Loving Memory of / Mark Cowling](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311057-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 197 m away, “In loving memory of/ Mark Cowling/ 18.12.76 - 6.9.20/ a dedicated family man, who is/ sore…” · 2006

*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
- [St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021
- [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)
- **No moderate-to-severe liquefaction damage in any modelled scenario**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 0% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 0% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Slope hazard: Low risk**, [Slope hazard](https://www.chch.live/slope)

### [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 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), 86 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 124 m to the edge · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [Erewhon Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1406-erewhon-reserve), 404 m to the edge
- [Hillsborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/950-hillsborough-park), 417 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 61 pieces
- [Alderson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1354-alderson-reserve), 474 m to the edge · 2 ha

*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-73-hillsborough), 9 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-70-hillsborough), 71 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-42-saint-martins), 79 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-40-opawa), 163 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-75-opawa), 230 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 288 Centaurus Road?**

5 council reports on record since April 2022, most often water leak (3), road signage (1), overgrown vegetation (1).

**What school is 288 Centaurus Road zoned for?**

[Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-opawa-school), [St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-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 Cashmere High School, 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=-43.56230637419205,172.66512353808568)

**Which suburb is 288 Centaurus Road in?**

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

**What stood at 288 Centaurus Road before?**

Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56230637419205&lon=172.66512353808568)

**What is the nearest park to 288 Centaurus Road?**

[King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), 86 m to its edge, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=hillsborough&address=288-centaurus-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hillsborough&street=centaurus-road
