# 276 Riverlaw Terrace, Saint Martins

2 reports on record since February 2026 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/276-riverlaw-terrace

## What gets reported here
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater), 1
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1

## Reported here
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8478784), 26 Jun 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7758854), 18 Feb 2026

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8478784), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08478784/public/1_dpf46oxp55al.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7758854), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07758854/public/1_8bkbxoe9bjnp.jpg

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

## Also reported on Riverlaw Terrace
- [110 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/110-riverlaw-terrace), 24 reports
- [172 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/172-riverlaw-terrace), 20 reports
- [80 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/80-riverlaw-terrace), 16 reports
- [108 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/108-riverlaw-terrace), 13 reports
- [60 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/60-riverlaw-terrace), 12 reports
- [346 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/346-riverlaw-terrace), 12 reports
- [218 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/218-riverlaw-terrace), 12 reports
- [126 Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins/126-riverlaw-terrace), 12 reports
- [Riverlaw Terrace, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/riverlaw-terrace)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5596&lon=172.6568&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5596&lon=172.6568&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5596&lon=172.6568&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
- [Willows Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/willows-cafe-opawa), 79 m away · Cafés
- [Helios Integrative Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/helios-integrative-medical-centre-opawa), 85 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [Beckford Health](https://www.chch.live/business/beckford-health-saint-martins), 160 m away · Doctors & clinics
- [Bohemian Bakery](https://www.chch.live/business/bohemian-bakery-saint-martins), 191 m away · Bakeries

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

## The bus nearby
- [Wilsons Rd near Koromiko St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23718), 161 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- [Wilsons Rd near Beckford Rd](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=23411), 185 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: $880,000, land $490,000, improvements $390,000 · 624 m² · ref 22530/24700 · 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 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 68% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 17% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 68% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **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
- **This land flooded in 2011-2014**, [Has flooded before](https://www.chch.live/floods) · 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- **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)

### [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).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Riverlaw Terrace in 9 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=riverlaw-terrace&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
*118 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), 29 m to the edge · Sports ground · 12 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [Fifield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1497-fifield-reserve), 323 m to the edge
- [Centaurus Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1093-centaurus-park), 374 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 42 pieces
- [St Martins Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1266-st-martins-park), 441 m to the edge · Sports ground · 2 ha · playground, 5 pieces
- [King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), 451 m to the edge · 1 ha

*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-38-saint-martins), 10 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-40-opawa), 58 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-41-opawa), 76 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-550-sydenham), 117 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-585-opawa), 194 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 276 Riverlaw Terrace?**

2 council reports on record since February 2026, most often sediment - construction (1), roads - general (1).

**What school is 276 Riverlaw Terrace zoned for?**

[Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-opawa-school), [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=-43.55960328442664,172.6568010814258)

**Which suburb is 276 Riverlaw Terrace in?**

Saint Martins, Christchurch, on [Riverlaw Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/saint-martins/riverlaw-terrace).

**What stood at 276 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 276 Riverlaw Terrace?**

[Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), 29 m to its edge, 12 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=saint-martins&address=276-riverlaw-terrace · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Saint%20Martins&street=riverlaw-terrace
