# Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch

233 reports at 65 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 206 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/opawa-road

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.558&lon=172.6719&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.558&lon=172.6719&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.558&lon=172.6719&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.558&lon=172.6719&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.*

## The addresses on it
- [153A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/153a-opawa-road), 25 reports
- [218 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/218-opawa-road), 24 reports
- [288 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/288-opawa-road), 15 reports
- [172 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/172-opawa-road), 14 reports
- [220 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/220-opawa-road), 11 reports
- [200 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/200-opawa-road), 10 reports
- [158 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/158-opawa-road), 9 reports
- [255 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/255-opawa-road), 7 reports
- [254 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/254-opawa-road), 7 reports
- [284 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/284-opawa-road), 6 reports
- [185 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/185-opawa-road), 6 reports
- [162 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/162-opawa-road), 6 reports
- [157 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/157-opawa-road), 5 reports
- [253 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/253-opawa-road), 4 reports
- [153 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/153-opawa-road), 4 reports
- [279 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/279-opawa-road), 3 reports
- [269 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/269-opawa-road), 3 reports
- [216 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/216-opawa-road), 3 reports
- [204 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/204-opawa-road), 3 reports
- [197 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/197-opawa-road), 3 reports
- [166 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/166-opawa-road), 3 reports
- [161 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/161-opawa-road), 3 reports
- [310 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/310-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [306 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/306-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [300 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/300-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [286 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/286-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [276A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/276a-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [270 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/270-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [267 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/267-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [232 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/232-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [227 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/227-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [226 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/226-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [222 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/222-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [201 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/201-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [168 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/168-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [167 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/167-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [163 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/163-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [155 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/155-opawa-road), 2 reports
- [308 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/308-opawa-road), 1 report
- [306-308 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/306-308-opawa-road), 1 report
- [294 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/294-opawa-road), 1 report
- [292 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/292-opawa-road), 1 report
- [274 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/274-opawa-road), 1 report
- [273 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/273-opawa-road), 1 report
- [268–282 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/268%E2%80%93282-opawa-road), 1 report
- [266 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/266-opawa-road), 1 report
- [265 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/265-opawa-road), 1 report
- [262 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/262-opawa-road), 1 report
- [257 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/257-opawa-road), 1 report
- [254A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/254a-opawa-road), 1 report
- [252 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/252-opawa-road), 1 report
- [251 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/251-opawa-road), 1 report
- [241–253 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/241%E2%80%93253-opawa-road), 1 report
- [239A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/239a-opawa-road), 1 report
- [235 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/235-opawa-road), 1 report
- [233 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/233-opawa-road), 1 report
- [232C Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/232c-opawa-road), 1 report
- [230 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/230-opawa-road), 1 report
- [228A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/228a-opawa-road), 1 report
- [228-254 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/228-254-opawa-road), 1 report
- [218–226 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/218%E2%80%93226-opawa-road), 1 report
- [206 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/206-opawa-road), 1 report
- [170 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/170-opawa-road), 1 report
- [164 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/164-opawa-road), 1 report
- [159 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/159-opawa-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 62 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 56 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 41 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 35 reports
- Trees & parks, 27 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 7 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 2 reports

## Year by year
- 2015, 4 reports
- 2017, 5 reports
- 2018, 5 reports
- 2019, 9 reports
- 2020, 9 reports
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 19 reports
- 2023, 32 reports
- 2024, 43 reports
- 2025, 39 reports

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (152 on the shelf; the 4 earliest listed).*
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 19 February 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740219.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Feb 1874
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 01 April 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18750401.2.6.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Apr 1875
- [EXTENSION OF GAS MAINS. (Star, 14 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790514.2.26), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 May 1879
- [ROAD BOARDS. (Star, 24 April 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800424.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Apr 1880

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Opawa Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 November 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18701108.2.2.1), Star · 1870-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local and General. (Star, 11 January 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720111.2.5), Star · 1872-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 April 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18730429.2.2.1), Star · 1873-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 November 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18731115.2.2.1), Star · 1873-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 21 October 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18741021.2.8), Star · 1874-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 09 February 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18760209.2.11.1), Timaru Herald · 1876-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 10 February 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18760210.2.13.1), Timaru Herald · 1876-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 May 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830505.2.9.2), Star · 1883-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Heathcote Road Board. (Star, 15 May 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830515.2.17), Star · 1883-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 March 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840320.2.13.4), Star · 1884-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 October 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841001.2.13.5), Star · 1884-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 18 April 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870418.2.13.7), Star · 1887-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 16 April 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890416.2.39), Star · 1889-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 April 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920422.2.32.4), Star · 1892-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROAD BOARDS. (Star, 18 April 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950418.2.60), Star · 1895-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROAD BOARD. (Star, 13 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980513.2.13), Star · 1898-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 November 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18981122.2.71.3), Star · 1898-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 November 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18981124.2.17.3), Star · 1898-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [A SERIOUS CASE. (Wanganui Herald, 14 November 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19011114.2.42), Wanganui Herald · 1901-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9087781), 153A Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09087781/public/1_mysg9bya17e9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9045798), 288 Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09045798/public/1_b2f5149xz4db.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9040867), 200 Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09040867/public/1_ie4lkn59x2hp.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9036052), 251 Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09036052/public/1_ejq3xh65bg5q.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9031879), 288 Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09031879/public/1_tp4kxzggy5f.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8990799), 153A Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08990799/public/1_qyi95vy33tl.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8989867), 158 Opawa Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08989867/public/1_qjrll6iwrusr.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8965699), 255 Opawa Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08965699/public/1_fhfz79nmfi8d.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8955062), 288 Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08955062/public/1_ehk4xywndj7v.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8931970), 153 Opawa Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08931970/public/1_iacmq5cwi46.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8923312), 218 Opawa Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08923312/public/1_ozwmv5w6e99.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8915681), 284 Opawa Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08915681/public/1_r27oemq7mxqd.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9087781) at [153A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/153a-opawa-road), 14 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9045798) at [288 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/288-opawa-road), 7 Oct 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9040867) at [200 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/200-opawa-road), 6 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9036052) at [251 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/251-opawa-road), 5 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9031879) at [288 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/288-opawa-road), 5 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8990799) at [153A Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/153a-opawa-road), 27 Sept 2026
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8989867) at [158 Opawa Rd](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/158-opawa-road), 27 Sept 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8965699) at [255 Opawa Rd](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/255-opawa-road), 22 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8955062) at [288 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/288-opawa-road), 21 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8931970) at [153 Opawa Rd](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/153-opawa-road), 16 Sept 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8923312) at [218 Opawa Rd](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/218-opawa-road), 15 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8915681) at [284 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/284-opawa-road), 14 Sept 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8852461) at [218 Opawa Rd](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/218-opawa-road), 2 Sept 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8845443) at [220 Opawa Rd](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/220-opawa-road), 1 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8828420) at [172 Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/172-opawa-road), 29 Aug 2026

## The businesses on it (5)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Opawa Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [C2 Coffee](https://www.chch.live/business/c2-coffee-hillsborough), Cafés · 239 Opawa Road, Opawa
- [In Situ](https://www.chch.live/business/in-situ-hillsborough), Cafés · 239 Opawa Road, Hillsborough
- [Jurassic Adventure](https://www.chch.live/business/jurassic-adventure-hillsborough), Attractions · 239a Opawa Road
- [Jurassic Adventure Dinosaur Attraction](https://www.chch.live/business/jurassic-adventure-dinosaur-attraction-hillsborough), Attractions · 239a Opawa Road, Hillsborough
- [Otis](https://www.chch.live/business/otis-hillsborough), Company · 211A Opawa Road

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 6 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Opawa Road & State Highway 76](https://www.chch.live/crashes/opawa-road-and-sh-76), 38 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=opawa-road&suburb=hillsborough)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Opawa Road?**

In [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Opawa Road?**

233 reports at 65 addresses, most often water & drains (62), rubbish & dumping (56), graffiti & vandalism (41).

**When was Opawa Road first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 206 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Opawa Road?**

[Opawa Road and State Highway 76](https://www.chch.live/crashes/opawa-road-and-sh-76), 38 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=hillsborough&street=opawa-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hillsborough&street=opawa-road