Centaurus Road
18 reports at 6 addresses in Opawa, the first in 2019, the latest 2025. 18 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Centaurus Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Opawa.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The addresses on it
- 287 Centaurus Road, 11 reports
- 303A Centaurus Road, 2 reports
- 275 Centaurus Road, 2 reports
- 285 Centaurus Road, 1 report
- 283 Centaurus Road, 1 report
- 279 Centaurus Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 12 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
Year by year
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 4 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 27 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Fire escape from top floor; Road past Hospital gates
· Canterbury Stories,
…of photograph album 1. Left: Fire escape from top floor. Right: Road past hospital gates, Centaurus Road. Photograph album…
- View from Cashmere Sanatorium hill
· Canterbury Stories,
…ver nearby farms and Beckenham with Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana in background. Centaurus Road and Birdwood Avenue in view. Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933…
- Looking over Fisherton and Beckenham from Sanatorium
· Canterbury Stories,
…don, taken from the Cashmere Sanatorium grounds. The chimneys belong to the Brickworks on Centaurus Road. Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933…
- Cashmere Sanatorium
· Canterbury Stories,
…tion Hospital and Cashmere Sanatorium viewed from bottom of hill with Heathcote River and Centaurus Road in foreground. Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933…
- Coronation Hospital and Cashmere Sanatorium
· Canterbury Stories,
Coronation Hospital and Cashmere Sanatorium viewed from bottom of hill with Centaurus Road in foreground. Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933…
- Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury and Hillsborough
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury, Wilsons Road, Centaurus Road, and Aynsley Terrace. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital complex
· Canterbury Stories,
…atorium and Coronation Hospital complex including the Fresh Air Home and Open Air School. Centaurus Road in foreground. Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933…
- Murphy Bros Staff Photo
· Canterbury Stories,
"This photo was taken on Centaurus Road, and used to be opposite where The Brickworks restaurant in Centaurus Road is. It features my g…
- Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital
· Canterbury Stories,
…ion Hospital complex including the Upper Sanatorium, Fresh Air Home, and Open Air School. Centaurus Road in foreground. Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933…
- Former substation at Murphy's Brickworks
· Canterbury Stories,
View of a Municipal Electricity Department former substation at Murphy's Brickworks on Centaurus Road in Huntsbury. MED Historical Photographs…
- COURT'S WARNING (Evening Post, 30 November 1940)
· Papers Past,
…ective-sergeant j mcclung who explained that the men took a motor-cycle valued at 70 from centaurus road cashmere they had an accident and damaged it to the extent of 2 it is very common for cars to b…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…d harry spr mrs i j baft maunu road whangarei m galyefi neil studley spr mrs m galyer 17s centaurus road st martins christenurch m gosse phillip edmund spr mr gosse 87 sar street wellington f king vin…
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The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Fallen Tree, 275 Centaurus Road,
- Graffiti, 279 Centaurus Road,
- Park - General Request, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Park - General Request, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Water Leak, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Park - General Request, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Park - General Request, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Graffiti, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Graffiti, 275 Centaurus Road,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Parks, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Parks, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 287 Centaurus Road,
- Parks, 285 Centaurus Road,
- Parks, 303A Centaurus Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Opawa, Christchurch, New Zealand.
18 reports at 6 addresses, most often trees & parks (12), graffiti & vandalism (3), rubbish & dumping (2).
2019, the record covers 18 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.
Centaurus Road and Dyers Pass Road, 27 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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