# 25A 25A, Opawa

1 report on record since January 2018 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/opawa/25a-25a

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

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/351003), 9 Jan 2018

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/351003), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00351003/0

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

## The street it is on
- [A, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/a)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5539&lon=172.6622&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5539&lon=172.6622&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5539&lon=172.6622&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 Bakery & Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/opawa-bakery-cafe-opawa), 174 m away · Cafés
- [Kowhai Vet](https://www.chch.live/business/kowhai-vet-opawa), 181 m away · Vets
- [Love Me Again Vintage](https://www.chch.live/business/love-me-again-vintage-opawa), 182 m away · Clothing
- [Fox Hair](https://www.chch.live/business/fox-hair-opawa), 188 m away · Hairdressers

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

## The bus nearby
- Opawa Rd near Hawford Rd, 234 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- Opawa Rd near Cholmondeley Ave, 242 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Ginkgo Biloba This Tree Was Planted to Commemorate the Work](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41763-risingholme-park), 57 m away, “GINKGO BILOBA THIS TREE WAS PLANTED TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF DOROTHY RANGI CRUMPTON DIRE…” · 2009
- [Planted by the Children of Risingholme Playcentre](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41848-risingholme-park), 123 m away, “PLANTED BY THE CHILDREN OF RISINGHOLME PLAYCENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 1979” · 2009
- [Douglas S. Laird 1925 — 2004](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41939-risingholme-park), 135 m away, “DOUGLAS S. LAIRD 1925 — 2004” · 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: $3,090,000, land $2,000,000, improvements $1,090,000 · 21,804 m² · ref 22540/29300 · 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 80% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 20% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 80% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [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 Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa 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.
- **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).

## 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, Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme
*134 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

## What was here, 9 Ford Road
*189 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.

## The green nearby
- [Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park), you are in it · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 10 pieces
- [Heathcote Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1733-heathcote-riverbank-reserve), 358 m to the edge
- [Fifield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1497-fifield-reserve), 429 m to the edge
- [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 430 m to the edge · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [Acorn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1231-acorn-reserve), 444 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-61-opawa), 101 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-49-opawa), 139 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-44-opawa), 246 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-43-saint-martins), 273 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-53-opawa), 330 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 25A 25A?**

1 council report on record since January 2018, most often graffiti (1).

**What school is 25A 25A 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=-43.553945258704175,172.66216178164987)

**Which suburb is 25A 25A in?**

Opawa, Christchurch, on A.

**What stood at 25A 25A before?**

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

**What is the nearest park to 25A 25A?**

[Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park), the address is inside it, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=opawa&address=25a-25a
