# 16A Butler Street, Opawa

11 reports on record since February 2021 · 9 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/opawa/16a-butler-street

## What gets reported here
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 5
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 3
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 2
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8407582), 13 Jun 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7571144), 18 Jan 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6804997), 27 Aug 2025
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6328637), 13 May 2025
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3793186), 13 Oct 2023
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1526117), 8 Apr 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1501899), 24 Mar 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1501898), 24 Mar 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1468224), 3 Mar 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1468220), 3 Mar 2021

## Photographed here (9 on record)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8407582), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08407582/public/1_lpeqty6h5kh5.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6804997), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06804997/public/1_plcropi6zsik.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6328637), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06328637/public/1_zw18ird2ukji.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1526117), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01526117/1_vCJDEs.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1501899), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01501899/1_ls9Loa.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1501898), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01501898/1_RSuFUl.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1468224), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01468224/1_JTByF1.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1468220), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01468220/1_ryymq4.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1421630), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01421630/1_3rNbSv.jpg

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

## Also reported on Butler Street
- [50 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/50-butler-street), 18 reports
- [48 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/48-butler-street), 15 reports
- [8 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/8-butler-street), 12 reports
- [40 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/40-butler-street), 10 reports
- [74 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/74-butler-street), 7 reports
- [62 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/62-butler-street), 7 reports
- [20 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/20-butler-street), 7 reports
- [70 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/70-butler-street), 6 reports
- [Butler Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/butler-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5604&lon=172.6625&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5604&lon=172.6625&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5604&lon=172.6625&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
- [Barbara Rennie Podiatry](https://www.chch.live/business/barbara-rennie-podiatry-opawa), 248 m away · Podiatrists
- [Pool House](https://www.chch.live/business/pool-house-hillsborough), 300 m away · B&Bs
- [Helios Integrative Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/helios-integrative-medical-centre-opawa), 388 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [Willows Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/willows-cafe-opawa), 392 m away · Cafés

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Loving Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311056-hansen-park), 145 m away, “In loving memory of/ Dr. David E Hansen and Professor Dr. John M Hansen,/ father and son w…” · 2026
- [H.G. Ell Memorial Gates 25 June 1984 to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/34761-natural-heritage-project-monum), 194 m away, “H.G. ELL MEMORIAL GATES 25 June 1984 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of H…” · 2008
- [In Loving Memory of / Mark Cowling](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311057-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 221 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).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $3,220,000, land $1,980,000, improvements $1,240,000 · 93,538 m² · ref 22540/47001 · 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.*
- [Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-opawa-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jun 2017
- [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
- [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 64% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 11% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 64% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on fill: mixed fill with rubbish**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### Water
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce

### [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 Opawa ran about **$555 a week**, about the city median, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/opawa#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, Fifield
*193 m away · 14 Hawford Road · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/286)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), you are in it · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), 168 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Fifield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1497-fifield-reserve), 417 m to the edge

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-40-opawa), 125 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-75-opawa), 175 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-61-opawa), 183 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-46-opawa), 188 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-70-hillsborough), 200 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 16A Butler Street?**

11 council reports on record since February 2021, most often parks (5), park - general request (3), public toilet (2).

**What school is 16A Butler Street zoned for?**

[Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-opawa-school), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika), [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 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=-43.560421402609585,172.66251712971248)

**Which suburb is 16A Butler Street in?**

Opawa, Christchurch, on [Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/butler-street).

**What stood at 16A Butler Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting, Fifield](https://www.chch.live/place/286).

**What is the nearest park to 16A Butler Street?**

[Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), the address is inside it, 12 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=opawa&address=16a-butler-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Opawa&street=butler-street
