# State Highway 73, Avonhead, Christchurch

2 reports at 2 addresses, the first in 2020, the latest 2020. 2 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/state-highway-73

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5244&lon=172.5479&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5244&lon=172.5479&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5244&lon=172.5479&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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
- [278 State Highway 73](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/278-state-highway-73), 1 report
- [262 State Highway 73](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/262-state-highway-73), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2020, 2 reports

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name.*
- [Darfield area from the air](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/47393), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 1 Jan 1920
- [New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Amendment Bylaw 2017/2](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2017-au1436), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 30 Mar 2017
- [Weather: What you need to know about road closures, flights, ferries, schools and evacuations](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/559592/weather-what-you-need-to-know-about-road-closures-flights-ferries-schools-and-evacuations), [Radio New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/collection/radio-new-zealand), 1 May 2025

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1167535), 262 State Highway 73, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01167535/1_9uFxbX.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1134284), 278 State Highway 73, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01134284/1_gRPWOm.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1167535) at [262 State Highway 73](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/262-state-highway-73), 28 Jul 2020
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1134284) at [278 State Highway 73](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/278-state-highway-73), 29 Jun 2020

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [ChargeNet chargers at Castle Hill, Springfield and Darfield on State Highway 73, and the newly installed charger at Kaiapoi, are unavailable due to recent vandalism.](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361086141/four-ev-chargers-vandalised-including-three-along-sh73), The Press · Joanne Naish, 23 Sept 2026

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is State Highway 73?**

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

**What gets reported on State Highway 73?**

2 reports at 2 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (1), graffiti & vandalism (1).

**When was State Highway 73 first reported on?**

2020, the record covers 2 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2020.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=avonhead&street=state-highway-73 · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonhead&street=state-highway-73