Russley Road
142 reports at 23 addresses in Avonhead, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 130 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 Russley Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Avonhead.
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 addresses on it
- 367 Russley Road, 51 reports
- 158 Russley Road, 29 reports
- 148 Russley Road, 18 reports
- 138 Russley Road, 7 reports
- 190 Russley Road, 5 reports
- 361 Russley Road, 4 reports
- 290–366 Russley Road, 3 reports
- 274R Russley Road, 3 reports
- 266 Russley Road, 3 reports
- 264 Russley Road, 3 reports
- 168 Russley Road, 3 reports
- 378–398 Russley Road, 2 reports
- 370–376 Russley Road, 1 report
- 321 Russley Road, 1 report
- 303 Russley Road, 1 report
- 274M Russley Road, 1 report
- 253 Russley Road, 1 report
- 248 Russley Road, 1 report
- 222–278 Russley Road, 1 report
- 202 Russley Road, 1 report
- 167 Russley Road, 1 report
- 152 Russley Road, 1 report
- 106–192 Russley Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 48 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 46 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 28 reports
- Water & drains, 7 reports
- Everything else, 7 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 6 reports
Year by year
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 4 reports
- 2020, 3 reports
- 2021, 5 reports
- 2022, 16 reports
- 2023, 11 reports
- 2024, 27 reports
- 2025, 52 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 23 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- HUNTING. (Star, 11 July 1898)
· Papers Past,
…e day sport opened with a drag commencing at the back of the kennels and finishing on the russley road the country was somewhat difficult and the frost had not thawed in the shade mr lyon then brought…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 April 1908)
· Papers Past,
…t 52 worcester street cityy sale reliable cow r 4th calf due fort night brackenfield farm russley road uuoer riccarton 4068 t colei shop and 1 3 rooms rent lis aonly on premises 113 victoria street 40…
- FACTS CONCEALED. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 07 February 1917)
· Papers Past,
…b 6 on novemoer 27th last the appeals of henry bertram hubbard and edgar bruce hubbard of russley road upper riccarton called up under section 35 of the act were heard by the first canterbury military…
- NO TIME FOR RACING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 07 February 1917)
· Papers Past,
…ight on november 27th last thf appeal ji kenrv bertram hubbard and edgar bruce hubbard dl russley road upper riceaiton called up under section 35 of the act were heard by the first canterbury military…
- Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 08 February 1923)
· Papers Past,
…i north beach new brighton 37 miss hessy 54 simeon street christchurch is miss m price 37 russley road upper riccarton 39 mrs c odonnell 63 keppell street new brighton 40 mrs h behras mt school rakaia…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 29 December 1941)
· Papers Past,
…klewfa hampton sgt mrs w m tuck nelson creek km t vincent william henry sgt j vincent 13t russley road upper riccar ton christchurch m weir stanley james cpl mrs m c weir po box 361 oneputie m west ch…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 February 1942)
· Papers Past,
…f l thomai--2 calcutta street khandallah i vincent william henry sgt mrs c j vincent 137 russley road upper riccar wickinsboy albert pte mr f j-owndm 12 prime road grey lynn auckland brother-in-law v…
- KILLED IN ACTION. (Evening Post, 01 May 1945)
· Papers Past,
…co airs j howard s7 portia street stratford w vincent william h sgt airs c j vincent 137 russley road upper rlcearton m astiey vernon g capt mrs v m astley 07 alt albert road alt albert w ballantyne…
- Aerial photomosaic of St James
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of St James including Russley Road and Harewood Road. Christchurch 1955 aerial photomosaics…
- List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948
· New Zealand Gazette,
…enman, Wilson Alexander P.O. Box 17-694, Christchurch 14-Mar-1978Penny, Malcolm Robert 30 Russley Road, Christchurch 9-Nov-1999Quaife, Geoffrey Stephen P.O. Box 2603, Christchurch 17-Nov-1983Radovonic…
- List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948
· New Zealand Gazette,
…enman, Wilson Alexander P.O. Box 17-694, Christchurch 14-Mar-1978Penny, Malcolm Robert 30 Russley Road, Christchurch 9-Nov-1999Quaife, Geoffrey Stephen P.O. Box 2603, Christchurch 17-Nov-1983Radovonic…
- List of Public Valuers
· New Zealand Gazette,
…nman, Wilson Alexander P.O. Box 17-694, Christchurch 14-Mar-1978 Penny, Malcolm Robert 30 Russley Road, Christchurch 9-Nov-1999 Quaife, Geoffrey Stephen P.O. Box 2603, Christchurch 17-Nov-1983 Radovon…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Russley Road in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Harewood Road & Russley Road, 37 crashes pinned to the pairing.
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.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Water General, 158 Russley Road,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 274R Russley Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 290–366 Russley Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 168 Russley Rd,
- Street Cleaning, 266 Russley Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 138 Russley Road,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 367 Russley Road,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 367 Russley Road,
- Park - General Request, 148 Russley Rd,
- Pavement - Damaged, 190 Russley Rd,
- Water Leak, 148 Russley Road,
- Park - General Request, 148 Russley Rd,
- Park - General Request, 148 Russley Road,
- Water Leak, 148 Russley Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 367 Russley Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Avonhead, Christchurch, New Zealand.
142 reports at 23 addresses, most often trees & parks (48), rubbish & dumping (46), graffiti & vandalism (28).
2016, the record covers 130 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Harewood Road and Russley Road, 37 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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