# 5 Tekapo Place, Opawa

1 report on record since April 2025 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/opawa/5-tekapo-place

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

## Reported here
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6220616), 21 Apr 2025

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6220616), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06220616/public/1_867y33tty9pd.jpg

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

## Also reported on Tekapo Place
- [10 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/10-tekapo-place), 17 reports
- [14 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/14-tekapo-place), 13 reports
- [16 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/16-tekapo-place), 7 reports
- [9 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/9-tekapo-place), 4 reports
- [8 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/8-tekapo-place), 3 reports
- [4 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/4-tekapo-place), 3 reports
- [6 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/6-tekapo-place), 2 reports
- [2 Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/opawa/2-tekapo-place), 2 reports
- [Tekapo Place, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/tekapo-place)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.558&lon=172.6644&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.558&lon=172.6644&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.558&lon=172.6644&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
- [Pool House](https://www.chch.live/business/pool-house-hillsborough), 224 m away · B&Bs
- [Barbara Rennie Podiatry](https://www.chch.live/business/barbara-rennie-podiatry-opawa), 229 m away · Podiatrists

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Heathcote Riverbank Tr South plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310907-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), 151 m away

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## 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.
- **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
- **Inside the modelled 10-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 10 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 10 Year · A 10-year event is one expected about once a decade, not a rare one.
- **Inside the modelled 50-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 50 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 50 Year
- **Inside the modelled 200-year flood extent**, [Flood risk, 200 year](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Heathcote catchment · 200 Year · climate change modelled to 2115 (CC16)
- **In the coastal inundation hazard zone from 2120**, [Coastal inundation](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) · Inside the mapped coastal inundation zone in 1 modelled scenario, covering 2120 (RCP 8.5+). _Source: Coastal Hazard Assessment for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula (2017) Stage 2 Peer Review Panel Revision report_

### [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.

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, Fifield
*156 m away · 14 Hawford Road · located to ±15 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/286)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 46 m to the edge · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [Heathcote Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1733-heathcote-riverbank-reserve), 206 m to the edge
- [King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), 386 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Fifield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1497-fifield-reserve), 393 m to the edge
- [Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park), 443 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 10 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), 54 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-70-hillsborough), 127 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-61-opawa), 233 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-75-opawa), 243 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-585-opawa), 258 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 5 Tekapo Place?**

1 council report on record since April 2025, most often pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 5 Tekapo Place 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=-43.55803199891725,172.664359999569)

**Which suburb is 5 Tekapo Place in?**

Opawa, Christchurch, on [Tekapo Place](https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/tekapo-place).

**What stood at 5 Tekapo Place before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting, Fifield](https://www.chch.live/place/286).

**What is the nearest park to 5 Tekapo Place?**

[Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 46 m to its edge, 12 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=opawa&address=5-tekapo-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Opawa&street=tekapo-place
