Purple Peak Road
24 reports at 8 addresses in Akaroa, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 19 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 Purple Peak Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Akaroa.
The addresses on it
- 4 Purple Peak Road, 8 reports
- 5 Purple Peak Road, 6 reports
- 10 Purple Peak Road, 3 reports
- 6 Purple Peak Road, 2 reports
- 22 Purple Peak Road, 2 reports
- 54 Purple Peak Road, 1 report
- 40 Purple Peak Road, 1 report
- 33 Purple Peak Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 19 reports
- Water & drains, 5 reports
Year by year
- 2019, 1 report
- 2021, 2 reports
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 7 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 4 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 October 1878)
· Papers Past,
…ainui valley road from bates to watkins bridge 3 forming grading c 25 chains more or less purple peak road from flag pole at mcdonald slip rail downwards to peg 25 at the edge of clearing 4 forming an…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 February 1879)
· Papers Past,
…invited for the following works viz 1 forming and benching 40 chains more or less of the purple peak road from the end of edmondson contract towards the purple peak saddle 2 forming and benching 30 c…
- AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 December 1884)
· Papers Past,
…mmit haines summit wninni b-irrya bay lβ bons flea bay main christchurch harman track and purple peak roadfl to be in by saturday next december 27th messrs d lecomte and s lee to accept tenders bates…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 February 1886)
· Papers Past,
…appeil feb 11 1886 akaroa and wainui road board notice vtotice is hereby given i that the purple peak road is unsafe for passengers of any kind and anyone using the same after this date will do so at…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 26 February 1886)
· Papers Past,
…february 18th 1886 akaroa and wainui road board n otic e vrotice is hereby given that the purple peak road is unsafe for passengers of any kind and anyone using the same after this date will do so at…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 March 1886)
· Papers Past,
…th february 1886 akaroa and wainui road board notice isjotice is hereby given jn that tho purple peak road is unsafe for passengers of any kind and anyone using the same after this date will do so at…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 May 1886)
· Papers Past,
…ncil may ist 1886 akaroa and wainui road board notice vrotioe is hereby given in that the purple peak road is unsafe for passengers of any kind and anyone using the same after this date will do so at…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 01 June 1886)
· Papers Past,
…oard may 3 1886 akaroa and wainui road m board rpakr notice that the upper jl portion the purple peak road from mr mcdonald gate to the summit is stopped for traffic until further nqtice by order of t…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 June 1886)
· Papers Past,
…tty 2ndfrom wainui jetty tc mt bossu 3rdrepairing aylnier valley road 4threpairing a part purple peak road sthbuilding new bridge ansons wainui specifications to be seen at board officeon wednesday an…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 June 1886)
· Papers Past,
…etty 2ndfrom wainui jetty tc mt bossti 3rdrepahing aylmer valley road 4threpairing a part purple peak road sthbuilding new bridge ansons wainui 6thokain bay road from christchurch main road to summit…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 June 1886)
· Papers Past,
…tty 2ndfrom wainui jetty tc mt bossu 3rdrepairing aylrner valley road 4threpairing a part purple peak road sthbuilding new bridge ansons wainui 6thokain bay road from christchurch main road to summit…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 July 1892)
· Papers Past,
…p dog patch of white under neck can be claimed on payment of expenses to lucien brocherie purple peak road french farm school the annual concert and dance in connection with this school will take plac…
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The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Purple Peak Road in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
Its file in the papers
Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.
- AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 December 1878) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 October 1885) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 November 1885) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 November 1885) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 01 December 1885) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 January 1886) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 April 1886) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 November 1886) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 November 1892) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Roads - General, 4 Purple Peak Road,
- Water Leak, 6 Purple Peak Rd,
- Damaged Road, 5 Purple Peak Road,
- Damaged Road, 4 Purple Peak Road,
- Damaged Road, 22 Purple Peak Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 10 Purple Peak Road,
- Pothole, 4 Purple Peak Road,
- Water Leak, 4 Purple Peak Road,
- Water Leak, 4 Purple Peak Road,
- Damaged Road, 10 Purple Peak Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 5 Purple Peak Road,
- Pothole, 4 Purple Peak Road,
- Roads - General, 40 Purple Peak Road,
- Damaged Road, 4 Purple Peak Road,
- Roads - General, 5 Purple Peak Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Akaroa, Christchurch, New Zealand.
24 reports at 8 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (19), water & drains (5).
2019, the record covers 19 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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