# Centaurus Road, Opawa, Christchurch

18 reports at 6 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2025. 18 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5622&lon=172.6614&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5622&lon=172.6614&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5622&lon=172.6614&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5622&lon=172.6614&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
- [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 11 reports
- [303A Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/303a-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [275 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/275-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [285 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/285-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [283 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/283-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [279 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/279-centaurus-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Trees & parks, 12 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 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

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (27 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Fire escape from top floor; Road past Hospital gates](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/album-1/ccl-cs-53237), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1913
- [View from Cashmere Sanatorium hill](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53283), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1913
- [Looking over Fisherton and Beckenham from Sanatorium](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53289), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1918
- [Cashmere Sanatorium](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53273), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [Coronation Hospital and Cashmere Sanatorium](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53272), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury and Hillsborough](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47083), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926
- [Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital complex](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53281), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1930
- [Murphy Bros Staff Photo](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17412), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1940
- [Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53280), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1940
- [Former substation at Murphy's Brickworks](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8167), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 10 Jun 1940
- [COURT'S WARNING (Evening Post, 30 November 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19401130.2.16), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Nov 1940
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410625.2.75), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Jun 1941

## As it was reported
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6049071), 275 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06049071/public/1_fmmnd1hn1vdl.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4240699), 279 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04240699/public/1_04ro52erhqojd.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4120022), 287 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04120022/public/1_f81ds6cwaxb6.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4106275), 287 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04106275/public/1_pzeew3t95jrj.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2527532), 287 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02527532/public/1_3l0n9i3y071w.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2460948), 275 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02460948/public/1_zxye58wcbnmy.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2231642), 287 Centaurus Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02231642/1_NWQBvc.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2209304), 287 Centaurus Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02209304/1_SrtUAI.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1857190), 287 Centaurus Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01857190/1_OXHT1K.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1810410), 287 Centaurus Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01810410/1_LJGeSB.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1471572), 285 Centaurus Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01471572/1_xcK6NM.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1032101), 283 Centaurus Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01032101/1_x1yq0X.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6049071) at [275 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/275-centaurus-road), 19 Mar 2025
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4240699) at [279 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/279-centaurus-road), 5 Feb 2024
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4120022) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 9 Jan 2024
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4106275) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 6 Jan 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3251393) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 14 Apr 2023
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3168256) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 16 Mar 2023
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3146844) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 9 Mar 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2527532) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 5 Aug 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2460948) at [275 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/275-centaurus-road), 5 Jul 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2231642) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 20 Mar 2022
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2209304) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 10 Mar 2022
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1857190) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 8 Oct 2021
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1810410) at [287 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/287-centaurus-road), 19 Sept 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1471572) at [285 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/285-centaurus-road), 4 Mar 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1185052) at [303A Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/opawa/303a-centaurus-road), 12 Aug 2020

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Centaurus Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Centaurus Road?**

18 reports at 6 addresses, most often trees & parks (12), graffiti & vandalism (3), rubbish & dumping (2).

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

2019, the record covers 18 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

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

[Centaurus Road and Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/centaurus-road-and-dyers-pass-road), 27 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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