# 285 Centaurus Road, Opawa 1 report on record since March 2021 · 1 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/opawa/285-centaurus-road ## What gets reported here - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 1 ## Reported here - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1471572), 4 Mar 2021 ## Photographed here (1 on record) - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1471572), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01471572/1_xcK6NM.jpg [More photographs on the Opawa wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=opawa) ## Also reported on Centaurus Road - [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 11 reports - [303A Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/303a-centaurus-road), 2 reports - [275 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/275-centaurus-road), 2 reports - [283 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/283-centaurus-road), 1 report - [279 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/279-centaurus-road), 1 report - [Centaurus Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/centaurus-road) ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6612&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6612&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6612&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5623&lon=172.6612&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 - [Mobil](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-saint-martins), 291 m away · Petrol stations - [St Martins Garage](https://www.chch.live/business/st-martins-garage-saint-martins), 291 m away · Car repair - [Mobil Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-mart-saint-martins), 292 m away · Dairies & convenience - [Saint Martins Valley Tennis Club](https://www.chch.live/business/saint-martins-valley-tennis-club-hillsborough), 310 m away · Sports centres *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Wilsons Rd, 334 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27) - Wilsons Rd, 337 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Donated by the Family of Hugh and June Smith for All](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35342-hansen-park), 84 m away, “DONATED BY THE FAMILY OF HUGH AND JUNE SMITH FOR ALL TO ENJOY” · 2008 - [A Glass of Wine, a Quiet Smoke](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311058-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 87 m away, “A glass of wine, a quiet smoke/ A time to dream, a time to hope/ Phil Quilter/ 1951-2005” · 2008 - [In Memory of / Desmond Timbrell / 1921 – 2007 / in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310908-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 113 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / DESMOND TIMBRELL / 1921 – 2007 / IN MEMORY OF / BERESFORD TIMBRELL / 1926 –…” *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 98% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 31% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 98% 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_ - **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Rudolf Steiner 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). ## 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), 40 m to the edge · 1 ha - [Centaurus Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1093-centaurus-park), 334 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 42 pieces *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), 15 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-38-saint-martins), 88 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-42-saint-martins), 111 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-46-opawa), 166 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-70-hillsborough), 242 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 285 Centaurus Road?** 1 council report on record since March 2021, most often parks (1). **What school is 285 Centaurus Road 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=-43.56231719861324,172.66118989942285) **Which suburb is 285 Centaurus Road in?** Opawa, Christchurch, on [Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/centaurus-road). **What stood at 285 Centaurus Road before?** Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, [the record around this ground →](https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56231719861324&lon=172.66118989942285) **What is the nearest park to 285 Centaurus Road?** [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=285-centaurus-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Opawa&street=centaurus-road