# 173 Fifield Terrace, Opawa

3 reports on record since April 2019 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/opawa/173-fifield-terrace

## What gets reported here
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 1
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/problems/trees), 1

## Reported here
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3067146), 12 Feb 2023
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2763021), 1 Nov 2022
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/686254), 23 Apr 2019

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/686254), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00686254/0

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

## Also reported on Fifield Terrace
- [275 Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/275-fifield-terrace), 14 reports
- [255 Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/255-fifield-terrace), 6 reports
- [241 Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/241-fifield-terrace), 6 reports
- [231 Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/231-fifield-terrace), 5 reports
- [223 Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/223-fifield-terrace), 5 reports
- [181 Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/181-fifield-terrace), 5 reports
- [177 Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/177-fifield-terrace), 5 reports
- [171B Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/171b-fifield-terrace), 5 reports
- [Fifield Terrace, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/fifield-terrace)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5544&lon=172.6595&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5544&lon=172.6595&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5544&lon=172.6595&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
- [Opawa Tennis](https://www.chch.live/business/opawa-tennis-opawa), 140 m away · Sports centres

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

## The bus nearby
- St Martins Rd near Ensors Rd, 226 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- St Martins Rd near Ensors Rd, 246 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Risingholme Community Centre Inc. 1944 — 1994 This Plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41889-risingholme-park), 60 m away, “RISINGHOLME COMMUNITY CENTRE INC. 1944 — 1994 This plaque was unveiled by Vicki Buck, Mayo…” · 2009
- [J. R. McKenzie Gave Risingholme to This City 1943](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41774-risingholme-park), 67 m away, “J. R. McKENZIE GAVE RISINGHOLME TO THIS CITY 1943” · 2009
- [Officially Opened by E. H. Andrews, Mayor Chairman](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41715-risingholme-park), 78 m away, “OFFICIALLY OPENED BY E. H. ANDREWS, MAYOR CHAIRMAN OF RESERVES COMMITTEE J. N. CLARKE NOV…” · 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: $1,175,000, land $570,000, improvements $605,000 · 942 m² · ref 22540/29000 · 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
- [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 85% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 22% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 85% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **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
- **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_
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around St Marks 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 Fifield Terrace in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## 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, 9 Ford Road
*95 m away · 9 Ford Road · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/532)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme
*96 m away · 22 Cholmondeley Avenue · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/37)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3131

## The green nearby
- [Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park), 19 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 10 pieces
- [Acorn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1231-acorn-reserve), 291 m to the edge
- [Fifield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1497-fifield-reserve), 323 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-44-opawa), 37 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-43-saint-martins), 67 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-49-opawa), 90 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-562-waltham), 232 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-61-opawa), 232 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 173 Fifield Terrace?**

3 council reports on record since April 2019, most often water supply (1), overgrown vegetation (1), fallen tree (1).

**What school is 173 Fifield Terrace 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=-43.55437982595797,172.65947142254933)

**Which suburb is 173 Fifield Terrace in?**

Opawa, Christchurch, on [Fifield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/fifield-terrace).

**What stood at 173 Fifield Terrace before?**

The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, [9 Ford Road](https://www.chch.live/place/532), [Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme](https://www.chch.live/place/37).

**What is the nearest park to 173 Fifield Terrace?**

[Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park), 19 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=opawa&address=173-fifield-terrace · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Opawa&street=fifield-terrace
