28 Locarno Street
8 council reports since October 2022, 1 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Locarno Street.
On the register here
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme, 22 Cholmondeley Avenue (194m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Risingholme Park, 121 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 10 pieces
- Acorn Reserve, 252 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Opawa Tennis, 125 m away · Sports centres
- Opawa Bowling Club, 249 m away · Sports centres
- Kowhai Vet, 324 m away · Vets
- Opawa Bakery & Cafe, 337 m away · Cafés
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Opawa Rd near Ensors Rd, 165 m away · route 8
- Opawa Rd near Locarno St, 169 m away · route 8
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Opawa, 172 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Opawa, 187 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Opawa, 215 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Opawa, 224 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Opawa, 252 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Planted by the Children of Risingholme Playcentre, 170 m away ·
PLANTED BY THE CHILDREN OF RISINGHOLME PLAYCENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 1979
· 2009 - Officially Opened by E. H. Andrews, Mayor Chairman, 171 m away ·
OFFICIALLY OPENED BY E. H. ANDREWS, MAYOR CHAIRMAN OF RESERVES COMMITTEE J. N. CLARKE NOV
· 2009 - J. R. McKenzie Gave Risingholme to This City 1943, 181 m away ·
J. R. McKENZIE GAVE RISINGHOLME TO THIS CITY 1943
· 2009
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Opawa ran about $555 a week, about the city median, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 1 on record
What’s on record
Water Leak, 22 Dec 2025 There seems to be water leaking from the ground. We think there is a water pipe issue.
- Water Leak, 29 Nov 2023
- Water Leak, 29 Nov 2023
- Dumped Rubbish, 25 Oct 2023
- Dumped Rubbish, 25 Oct 2023
- Dumped Rubbish, 25 Oct 2023
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 5 Jan 2023
- Hazard, vehicle, 28 Oct 2022
Elsewhere on Locarno Street
- 5 Locarno Street, 7 reports
- 48 Locarno Street, 2 reports
- 26 Locarno Street, 2 reports
- 9 Locarno Street, 1 report
- 52 Locarno Street, 1 report
- 50 Locarno Street, 1 report
- 29 Locarno Street, 1 report
- 24B Locarno Street, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board 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.
Locarno Street, the whole record → · Everything about Opawa → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
8 council reports on record since October 2022, most often water leak (3), dumped rubbish (3), street gutters / storm water (1).
Opawa, Christchurch, on Locarno Street.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme.
Risingholme Park, 121 m to its edge, 2 ha.