Hills Road

Where it runs

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Hills Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Edgeware.

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 →

Then and now

The photograph names Hills Road in its title and its copy is hosted under the source record’s stated rights, it opens that record. The frame is the street as it stands, the pose the QC bank verified (outside The Cheesecake Shop). The whole collection, oldest first →

The addresses on it

• 163 Hills Road, 18 reports
• 205 Hills Road, 17 reports
• 113 Hills Road, 17 reports
• 20B Hills Road, 9 reports
• 115 Hills Road, 9 reports
• 67 Hills Road, 8 reports
• 160A Hills Road, 8 reports
• 111 Hills Road, 8 reports
• 88 Hills Road, 7 reports
• 5 Hills Road, 7 reports
• 127 Hills Road, 7 reports
• 8 Hills Road, 5 reports
• 30A Hills Road, 5 reports
• 202 Hills Road, 5 reports
• 123 Hills Road, 5 reports
• 104 Hills Road, 5 reports
• 86B Hills Road, 4 reports
• 29 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 207 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 205C Hills Road, 4 reports
• 205A Hills Road, 4 reports
• 204-202 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 173 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 112 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 108 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 101 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 1/129 Hills Road, 4 reports
• 86 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 75 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 69 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 68 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 51 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 45 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 39 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 27 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 20a Hills Road, 3 reports
• 20A Hills Road, 3 reports
• 205D Hills Road, 3 reports
• 2-8 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 2 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 196 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 195 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 188A Hills Road, 3 reports
• 169 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 168 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 167 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 156 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 150 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 135 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 120 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 114 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 106 Hills Road, 3 reports
• 95 Hills Road, 2 reports
• 94 Hills Road, 2 reports
• 93 Hills Road, 2 reports
• 89 Hills Road, 2 reports
• 87 Hills Road, 2 reports
• 86A Hills Road, 2 reports
• 72 Hills Road, 2 reports
• 65 Hills Road, 2 reports

What got reported

• Graffiti & vandalism, 198 reports
• Water & drains, 63 reports
• Roads & footpaths, 51 reports
• Rubbish & dumping, 31 reports
• Vehicles & parking, 14 reports
• Trees & parks, 8 reports
• Everything else, 6 reports
• Noise, 2 reports

Year by year

• 2015, 8 reports
• 2016, 9 reports
• 2017, 5 reports
• 2018, 7 reports
• 2019, 36 reports
• 2020, 32 reports
• 2021, 31 reports
• 2022, 35 reports
• 2023, 47 reports
• 2024, 66 reports
• 2025, 52 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 100 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

• Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 29 September 1858) · Papers Past, 29 Sept 1858
  …epted awebb 297 5 0 no tender do metalling ferry road name of parties cashel-street hills hills road to christchurch quay to marks tendering road cashel-street the ferry thomas hughes 7s per yard 9s p…
• ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE (Lyttelton Times, 06 November 1858) · Papers Past, 6 Nov 1858
  …ath road forming and metalling from heathcote to coppell 2000 widening and metalling 30c0 hills road metalling 30 current repairs of roads 800 rivers clearing avon 500 improvement of the heathcote 150…
• Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 29 October 1859) · Papers Past, 29 Oct 1859
  …aroa antf the peninsula the other works to be specially mentioned under this head are the hills road and the papanut and harewood koad the former has been gradually opened andnow forms an excellent ro…
• JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860) · Papers Past, 19 May 1860
  …r street christchurch architect luxton john winsor saw mill s rangiora farmer lyons james hills road heathcote district cordwainer lyons joseph hills road heathcote district laborer maber john island…
• Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 13 June 1860) · Papers Past, 13 Jun 1860
  …thomas lower lincoln road laborer lynch john south christchuroh road laborer lyons james hills road heathcote district cord wainer lyons joseph hills road heathcote district laborer maber1 john islan…
• Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 March 1861) · Papers Past, 16 Mar 1861
  …comprises the rural sections nos 91 877 and 2600 and is divided into two portions by the hills road from christchurch to lyttelton the portion south of the road contains about 40 acres a considerable…
• LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH RAILWAY. (Lyttelton Times, 20 July 1861) · Papers Past, 20 Jul 1861
  …ble to get across the ferry from the rush there took heart of grace and turned off to the hills road so that by the time of his honor arrival about twelve oclock the procession with some slight deviat…
• Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 23 November 1861) · Papers Past, 23 Nov 1861
  …near the head of the navigation on the south bank of the river heathcote and close to the hills road leading from christchurch to lyttelton being parts of rural sections nos 245 and 91 the line of rai…
• Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 30 November 1861) · Papers Past, 30 Nov 1861
  …near the head of the navigation on the south bank of the river heathcote and close to the hills road leading from christchurch to lyttelton being parts of rural sections nob 245 and 91 the line of rai…
• Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 04 December 1861) · Papers Past, 4 Dec 1861
  …near the head of the navigation on the south bank of the river heathcote and close to the hills road leading from christchurch to lyttelton being parts of rural sections nos 245 and 91 the line of rai…
• Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 11 December 1861) · Papers Past, 11 Dec 1861
  …the head of the j navigation on the south bank of the river heatht cote and close to the hills road leading from i christchurch io lyttelton being parts ot rural i sections nos 245 and 91 f the line…
• Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1861) · Papers Past, 14 Dec 1861
  …near the head ofthe navigation on the south bank of the river heathcote and close to the hills road leading from christchurch to lyttelton being parts of rural sections nos 245 and 91 the line of rai…

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The businesses on it, 13

Premises whose address in the directory is Hills Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

• Aroma Delight Indian TakeawaysRestaurants · 90 Hills Road, Edgeware
• Big Daddy's LiquorBottle stores · 205 Hills Road, Shirley
• Cafe PJCafés · 205 Hills Road, Shirley
• Fish & Chips, Chinese TakeawaysRestaurants · 92 Hills Road, Shirley
• Heroes BurgersFast food · 205 Hills Road
• Hills Road Medical CentreDoctors & clinics · 196 Hills Road, Shirley
• Mainland Turkish FoodFast food · 204 Hills Road
• Noodle UnionRestaurants · 202 Hills Road, Shirley
• Pizza HutRestaurants · Cnr Warrington Street and Hills Road, Shirley
• Sasuke Sushi & Japanese FoodFast food · 204 Hills Road, Shirley
• SubwayFast food · 202 Hills Road, Shirley
• The Cheesecake ShopBakeries · 205a Hills Road

…and 1 more whose address names it.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Hills Road in 78 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 20 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Hills Road & Shirley Road, 59 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

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.

• CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861) · Lyttelton Times, 19 Jan 1861
• St Albans Borough Council. (Star, 17 March 1885) · Star, 17 Mar 1885
• Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 25 March 1905) · Star, 25 Mar 1905
• DEATHS. (Star, 03 October 1907) · Star, 3 Oct 1907
• Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 February 1908) · Star, 22 Feb 1908
• Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 July 1908) · Star, 17 Jul 1908
• Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Wanganui Chronicle, 17 October 1908) · Wanganui Chronicle, 17 Oct 1908
• TRAMWAY TRAFFIC. (Star, 19 October 1908) · Star, 19 Oct 1908
• Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 19-10-1908) · Otago Daily Times, 19 Oct 1908
• TRAMWAY TRAFFIC. (Star, 20 October 1908) · Star, 20 Oct 1908
• Page 17 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Free Lance, 14 November 1908) · New Zealand Free Lance, 14 Nov 1908
• Page 21 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Free Lance, 21 November 1908) · New Zealand Free Lance, 21 Nov 1908
• Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Observer, 19 December 1908) · Observer, 19 Dec 1908
• TRAFFIC RETURNS. (Star, 16 March 1909) · Star, 16 Mar 1909
• THE TRAMWAYS. (Star, 23 June 1909) · Star, 23 Jun 1909
• THE TRAMWAYS. (Star, 24 June 1909) · Star, 24 Jun 1909
• BOWLING. (Star, 04 December 1909) · Star, 4 Dec 1909
• ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 14-10-1916) · Otago Daily Times, 14 Oct 1916
• TOSSED IN THE AIR (Evening Post, 16 July 1923) · Evening Post, 16 Jul 1923
• N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS (Evening Post, 13 January 1931) · Evening Post, 13 Jan 1931

As it was reported

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The latest on it

• Water Leak, 40 Hills Rd, 2 Oct 2026
• Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 78 Hills Rd, 2 Oct 2026
• Water Leak, 89 Hills Road, 22 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 112 Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 113 Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 20A Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 20A Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 20A Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Hills Road, 21 Sept 2026
• Water Leak, 34 Hills Road, 15 Sept 2026
• Water Leak, 38 Hills Road, 15 Sept 2026
• Water Leak, 111 Hills Road, 7 Sept 2026
• Hazard, vehicle, 86 Hills Rd, 4 Sept 2026