79E Papanui Road
11 council reports since March 2024, 11 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 (90m)
- Former Dwelling and Setting, 108 Papanui Road (142m)
- Former Dwelling/ School and Setting, Former Rangi Ruru/Roseneath House, 110 Papanui Road (168m)
- Dwelling and Setting, Te Wepu, 122 Papanui Road (242m)
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, 396 m to the edge
- Little Hagley Park, 416 m to the edge · Botanic · 7 ha
- Abberley Park, 459 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha · playground, 24 pieces
- Merivale Village Green, 494 m to the edge
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, 16 m away · Motels
- Milano Motel Lodge, 23 m away · Motels
- Casino Court Motor Lodge, 40 m away · Motels
- Scenic Hotel Cotswold, 59 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, 4 m away · route 1, route 95
- Papanui Rd near Holly Rd, 34 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, 417 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 438 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 467 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 477 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Merivale, 480 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 11 on record
What’s on record
Roads - General, 14 Jul 2026 grill from drain missing IN CYCLE LANE. Plastic ramp lying next to it but not secured in place. HAZARD TO CYCLISTS IN BUSY CYCLE LANE AND M
Roads - General, 22 Jul 2025 Drain cover missing, huge hole.
Graffiti somewhere else, 29 Dec 2024 On White Orion box outside Randolph motel
Graffiti somewhere else, 29 Dec 2024 On black utility box by seat at bus stop.
Graffiti somewhere else, 29 Dec 2024
Water Leak, 4 Dec 2024
Water Leak, 27 Nov 2024 Randolph motel driveway, been leaking for ages
Water Leak, 21 Nov 2024 Leaking toby
Sewer - Leak / Blockage, 17 Nov 2024 Constant leaking water
Water Leak, 7 Nov 2024 Fire hydrant leaking.
Water Leak, 6 Mar 2024 This has been happening a while . Looks like water coming from under ground
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
11 council reports on record since March 2024, most often water leak (5), graffiti somewhere else (3), roads - general (2).
Merivale, Christchurch, on Papanui Road.
The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, Former Dwelling and Setting, Acland House, Former Dwelling and Setting.
Carlton Mill Riverbank, 396 m to its edge.










