# 331 Riverlaw Terrace, Opawa

1 report on record since December 2020 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/opawa/331-riverlaw-terrace

## What gets reported here
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/problems/street-lights), 1

## Reported here
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/1341339), 10 Dec 2020

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/1341339), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01341339/1_1RxG16.jpg

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

## Also reported on Riverlaw Terrace
- [348 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/348-riverlaw-terrace), 31 reports
- [350 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/350-riverlaw-terrace), 14 reports
- [364 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/364-riverlaw-terrace), 11 reports
- [358 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/358-riverlaw-terrace), 11 reports
- [346 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/346-riverlaw-terrace), 8 reports
- [390 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/390-riverlaw-terrace), 7 reports
- [288 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/288-riverlaw-terrace), 6 reports
- [328 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/opawa/328-riverlaw-terrace), 3 reports
- [Riverlaw Terrace, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/riverlaw-terrace)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5611&lon=172.6582&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5611&lon=172.6582&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5611&lon=172.6582&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5611&lon=172.6582&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
- [Willows Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/willows-cafe-opawa), 170 m away · Cafés
- [Helios Integrative Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/helios-integrative-medical-centre-opawa), 176 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [Mobil](https://www.chch.live/business/mobil-saint-martins), 215 m away · Petrol stations
- [Cheeky Browns Hairdressing](https://www.chch.live/business/cheeky-browns-hairdressing-saint-martins), 217 m away · Hairdressers

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

## The bus nearby
- Wilsons Rd, 137 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- Wilsons Rd, 154 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of / Desmond Timbrell / 1921 – 2007 / in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310908-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 196 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / DESMOND TIMBRELL / 1921 – 2007 / IN MEMORY OF / BERESFORD TIMBRELL / 1926 –…”
- [In Memory of / Desmond Timbrell / 1921 – 2007 / in Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310909-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 196 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / DESMOND TIMBRELL / 1921 – 2007 / IN MEMORY OF / BERESFORD TIMBRELL / 1926 –…”
- [Donated by the Family of Hugh and June Smith for All](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35342-hansen-park), 203 m away, “DONATED BY THE FAMILY OF HUGH AND JUNE SMITH FOR ALL TO ENJOY” · 2008

*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: $15,200,000, land $4,320,000, improvements $10,880,000 · 24,744 m² · ref 22540/46205 · 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.

### Water
- **Blue tsunami evacuation zone**, [Tsunami evacuation](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) · Evacuate zone after long or strong earthquake or in any official advisory or warning of greater than 0.3m wave height at coast _Zone includes sea, rivers, beaches, lagoons and estuaries._

### [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).

## What was here, Dwelling and Setting, Springbank
*109 m away · 290 Riverlaw Terrace · located to ±13 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/198)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3730

## The green nearby
- [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 3 m to the edge · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), 247 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Centaurus Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1093-centaurus-park), 263 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 42 pieces
- [Fifield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1497-fifield-reserve), 426 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), 6 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-38-saint-martins), 52 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-46-opawa), 104 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), 136 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-42-saint-martins), 196 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 331 Riverlaw Terrace?**

1 council report on record since December 2020, most often street light outage (1).

**What school is 331 Riverlaw Terrace 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=-43.56113815244335,172.65823364310415)

**Which suburb is 331 Riverlaw Terrace in?**

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

**What stood at 331 Riverlaw Terrace before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting, Springbank](https://www.chch.live/place/198).

**What is the nearest park to 331 Riverlaw Terrace?**

[Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 3 m to its edge, 12 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=opawa&address=331-riverlaw-terrace · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Opawa&street=riverlaw-terrace
