# 229 Centaurus Road, Saint Martins

1 report on record since January 2026 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/229-centaurus-road

## What gets reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7486157), 5 Jan 2026

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7486157), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07486157/public/1_h0hijcp1bim6.jpg

[More photographs on the Saint Martins wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=saint-martins)

## Also reported on Centaurus Road
- [216 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/216-centaurus-road), 18 reports
- [214 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/214-centaurus-road), 17 reports
- [221 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/221-centaurus-road), 15 reports
- [137 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/137-centaurus-road), 15 reports
- [178 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/178-centaurus-road), 14 reports
- [220 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/220-centaurus-road), 12 reports
- [232 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/232-centaurus-road), 10 reports
- [224 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/224-centaurus-road), 9 reports
- [Centaurus Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/centaurus-road)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5627&lon=172.6564&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5627&lon=172.6564&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5627&lon=172.6564&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5627&lon=172.6564&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
- [Huntsbury Seafoods](https://www.chch.live/business/huntsbury-seafoods-saint-martins), 62 m away · Fast food
- [Fava Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/fava-cafe-saint-martins), 70 m away · Cafés
- [Cocoa Black](https://www.chch.live/business/cocoa-black-saint-martins), 71 m away · Cafés
- [Cocoa Black St Martins](https://www.chch.live/business/cocoa-black-st-martins-saint-martins), 73 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- Centaurus Rd near Ramahana Rd, 16 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- Centaurus Rd near Ramahana Rd, 64 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $720,000, land $470,000, improvements $250,000 · 577 m² · ref 22530/27001 · 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.*
- [St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jan 2021
- [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
- [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 61% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 8% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 61% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Technical category TC2**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Minor to moderate land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Standard timber piled foundations or enhanced concrete foundations_

### [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 St Martins 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).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Centaurus Road in 23 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=centaurus-road&suburb=saint-martins)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Saint Martins ran about **$640 a week**, $90 above the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), 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
*233 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
- [Centaurus Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1093-centaurus-park), 35 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 42 pieces
- [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 187 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), 326 m to the edge · 1 ha
- [Ramahana Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1101-ramahana-reserve), 452 m to the edge
- [Huntsbury Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1237-huntsbury-playground), 461 m to the edge · playground, 8 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-583-saint-martins), 21 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), 80 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-573-saint-martins), 91 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-42-saint-martins), 103 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-38-saint-martins), 159 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 229 Centaurus Road?**

1 council report on record since January 2026, most often water leak (1).

**What school is 229 Centaurus Road zoned for?**

[St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-school), [St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Cashmere High School, 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=-43.562686918899395,172.65635681144028)

**Which suburb is 229 Centaurus Road in?**

Saint Martins, Christchurch, on [Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/centaurus-road).

**What stood at 229 Centaurus Road 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 229 Centaurus Road?**

[Centaurus Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1093-centaurus-park), 35 m to its edge, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=saint-martins&address=229-centaurus-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Saint%20Martins&street=centaurus-road
