79 Papanui Road
9 council reports since March 2017, 8 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 258 Papanui Road, 37 reports on file.
On the register here
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House, 85 Papanui Road (79m)
- Former Dwelling and Setting, 108 Papanui Road (154m)
- Former Dwelling/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House, 110 Papanui Road (180m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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 green nearby
- Carlton Mill Riverbank, 381 m to the edge
- Little Hagley Park, 401 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- Abberley Park, 474 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 24 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Randolph Motel, 7 m away · Motels
- Milano Motel Lodge, 20 m away · Motels
- Casino Court Motor Lodge, 42 m away · Motels
- Scenic Hotel Cotswold, 75 m away · Hotels
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Papanui Rd near Holly Rd, 12 m away · route 1, route 95
- Papanui Rd near Holly Rd, 48 m away · route 1, route 95
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 404 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 423 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 459 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 465 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 467 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Merivale ran about $604 a week, $54 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 8 on record
What’s on record
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 4 Sept 2026 The setting holding the storm drain grate has broken again, this was only supposed to be a temporary fix until it could be properly addresse
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 18 Jun 2026 Drain cover snapped & fell into the hole it’s covering again. The metal frame holding it in place has been broken for 4 months. Every time t
Graffiti somewhere else, 13 Jan 2025- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 26 Jul 2023
Water Supply, 3 Jan 2020
water leak outside 79 Papanui Rd. steady trickle into gutter and drain
Water Supply, 27 Dec 2019
water leak ..
Graffiti, 18 Apr 2017
outside school
Graffiti, 30 Mar 2017
Graffiti, 14 Mar 2017
Elsewhere on Papanui Road
- 258 Papanui Road, 37 reports
- 165 Papanui Road, 18 reports
- 1 Papanui Road, 17 reports
- 176 Papanui Road, 16 reports
- 27 Papanui Road, 15 reports
- 177 Papanui Road, 15 reports
- 175 Papanui Road, 14 reports
- 71 Papanui Road, 12 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Papanui Road in 160 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 27 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Fendalton ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board 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.
Papanui Road, the whole record → · Everything about Merivale → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
9 council reports on record since March 2017, most often street gutters / storm water (3), graffiti (3), water supply (2).
Merivale, Christchurch, on Papanui Road.
The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House, Former Dwelling and Setting.
Carlton Mill Riverbank, 381 m to its edge.