# Idris Road, Fendalton, Christchurch

73 reports at 40 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 65 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/fendalton/idris-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5154&lon=172.6029&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5154&lon=172.6029&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5154&lon=172.6029&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
- [54 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/54-idris-road), 6 reports
- [35 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/35-idris-road), 6 reports
- [29A Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/29a-idris-road), 6 reports
- [22 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/22-idris-road), 4 reports
- [71 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/71-idris-road), 3 reports
- [66 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/66-idris-road), 3 reports
- [24 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/24-idris-road), 3 reports
- [9 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/9-idris-road), 2 reports
- [72A Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/72a-idris-road), 2 reports
- [70 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/70-idris-road), 2 reports
- [50A Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/50a-idris-road), 2 reports
- [48 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/48-idris-road), 2 reports
- [40 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/40-idris-road), 2 reports
- [18 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/18-idris-road), 2 reports
- [15 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/15-idris-road), 2 reports
- [1 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/1-idris-road), 2 reports
- [94 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/94-idris-road), 1 report
- [80 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/80-idris-road), 1 report
- [75 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/75-idris-road), 1 report
- [73 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/73-idris-road), 1 report
- [69 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/69-idris-road), 1 report
- [63A Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/63a-idris-road), 1 report
- [63 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/63-idris-road), 1 report
- [57 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/57-idris-road), 1 report
- [52 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/52-idris-road), 1 report
- [50 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/50-idris-road), 1 report
- [5 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/5-idris-road), 1 report
- [46E Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/46e-idris-road), 1 report
- [45 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/45-idris-road), 1 report
- [42 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/42-idris-road), 1 report
- [39 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/39-idris-road), 1 report
- [37 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/37-idris-road), 1 report
- [34 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/34-idris-road), 1 report
- [33 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/33-idris-road), 1 report
- [30 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/30-idris-road), 1 report
- [28 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/28-idris-road), 1 report
- [26A Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/26a-idris-road), 1 report
- [26 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/26-idris-road), 1 report
- [25 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/25-idris-road), 1 report
- [14 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/14-idris-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 25 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 19 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 6 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2019, 6 reports
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 11 reports
- 2023, 14 reports
- 2024, 15 reports
- 2025, 16 reports

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (34 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 April 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010427.2.88.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Apr 1901
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 July 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020726.2.98.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Jul 1902
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051202.2.61.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Dec 1905
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051211.2.66.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Dec 1905
- [THE COMING ELECTIONS. (Star, 22 June 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060622.2.41.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jun 1906
- [TRAMWAYS ELECTION. (Star, 16 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060816.2.63), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Aug 1906
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070810.2.81.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Aug 1907
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 October 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071012.2.71.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Oct 1907
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 28 November 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081128.2.93.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Nov 1908
- [TRAMWAY POLLS. (Star, 07 July 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090707.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Jul 1909
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090828.2.79.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Aug 1909
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 September 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090925.2.104.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Sept 1909

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Idris Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [TO-MORROW'S POLL. (Star, 05 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051205.2.34), Star · 1905-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [TO-DAY'S ELECTIONS. (Star, 06 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051206.2.18), Star · 1905-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [FATAL FIRE (Grey River Argus, 23 September 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19150923.2.60), Grey River Argus · 1915-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [FIRE AT PENDALTON (Evening Post, 11 September 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180911.2.23), Evening Post · 1918-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [SOLDIERS' DEATHS (Evening Post, 03 December 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181203.2.54), Evening Post · 1918-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [CITY TRAGEDY. (Ashburton Guardian, 23 December 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19181223.2.25), Ashburton Guardian · 1918-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [MISSING HORSE (Ashburton Guardian, 15 April 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19190415.2.24), Ashburton Guardian · 1919-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOR EDUCATION (Evening Post, 24 December 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19201224.2.72), Evening Post · 1920-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATH. (Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 24 June 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OSWCC19240624.2.8), Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle · 1924-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [A PIONEER PASSES (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 February 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19310203.2.31), Ellesmere Guardian · 1931-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z. AIRMEN (Evening Post, 22 September 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410922.2.87), Evening Post · 1941-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 October 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411023.2.120.1), Evening Post · 1941-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 11 November 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411111.2.11.2), Evening Post · 1941-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [MID-CANTERBURY (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 September 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19430928.2.10.2), Ellesmere Guardian · 1943-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [AIR FORCE CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 October 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19431030.2.117), Evening Post · 1943-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 August 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440822.2.68), Evening Post · 1944-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [AIR FORCE CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 06 January 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450106.2.101), Evening Post · 1945-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8659965), 37 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08659965/public/1_2ic6ytlid021.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8125699), 63 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08125699/public/1_fk34ad71z7rj.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8097379), 66 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08097379/public/1_ttu233qcdme.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8052430), 28 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08052430/public/1_aip9htfqq1fa.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8033435), 18 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08033435/public/1_brpt1bbm95mf.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7712412), 35 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07712412/public/1_k45l8sik8lf1.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7315338), 50A Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07315338/public/1_5ev0wc3k0sxq.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7195146), 39 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07195146/public/1_92lg6uhg3om.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7042038), 24 Idris Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07042038/public/1_7ngquup9wgm5.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6639354), 42 Idris Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06639354/public/1_85kjdl39at3a.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6552586), 75 Idris Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06552586/public/1_uayzyc0yj6j.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6552382), 71 Idris Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06552382/public/1_b9s2tow4rl7r.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8659965) at [37 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/37-idris-road), 30 Jul 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8163379) at [72A Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/72a-idris-road), 28 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8125699) at [63 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/63-idris-road), 21 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8097379) at [66 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/66-idris-road), 16 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8052430) at [28 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/28-idris-road), 8 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8033435) at [18 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/18-idris-road), 5 Apr 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7712412) at [35 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/35-idris-road), 10 Feb 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7712356) at [35 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/35-idris-road), 10 Feb 2026
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7315338) at [50A Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/50a-idris-road), 3 Dec 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7195146) at [39 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/39-idris-road), 12 Nov 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7042038) at [24 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/24-idris-road), 14 Oct 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6639354) at [42 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/42-idris-road), 22 Jul 2025
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6552586) at [75 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/75-idris-road), 2 Jul 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6552382) at [71 Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/71-idris-road), 2 Jul 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6512858) at [71 Idris Rd](https://www.chch.live/fendalton/71-idris-road), 23 Jun 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 39 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Glandovey Road & Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/glandovey-road-and-idris-road), 43 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=idris-road&suburb=fendalton)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Idris Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Idris Road?**

73 reports at 40 addresses, most often water & drains (25), roads & footpaths (19), trees & parks (9).

**When was Idris Road first reported on?**

2019, the record covers 65 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Idris Road?**

[Glandovey Road and Idris Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/glandovey-road-and-idris-road), 43 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=fendalton&street=idris-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Fendalton&street=idris-road