Straven Road
36 reports at 20 addresses in Fendalton, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 36 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 Straven Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Fendalton.
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
- 143 Straven Road, 5 reports
- 140 Straven Road, 5 reports
- 102 Straven Road, 4 reports
- 122 Straven Road, 3 reports
- 64 Straven Road, 2 reports
- 104 Straven Road, 2 reports
- 103 Straven Road, 2 reports
- 78 Straven Road, 1 report
- 74A Straven Road, 1 report
- 71 Straven Road, 1 report
- 70A Straven Road, 1 report
- 59–61 Straven Road, 1 report
- 155 Straven Road, 1 report
- 152 Straven Road, 1 report
- 148 Straven Road, 1 report
- 144 Straven Road, 1 report
- 143A Straven Road, 1 report
- 141 Straven Road, 1 report
- 136 Straven Road, 1 report
- 108 Straven Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 16 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 7 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Animals & pests, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2020, 3 reports
- 2021, 1 report
- 2023, 9 reports
- 2024, 6 reports
- 2025, 7 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 30 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 28 September 1907)
· Papers Past,
…iccarton corner sectiori 55 x j 132ft only 105 folio 250 fanning and co or sale riccarton straven road river frontage nearly fracre only 207 fanning and co estate agents 156 oashell street 7882 busine…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 December 1907)
· Papers Past,
…subdivision are on the books for re-sale and easy terms can be given 486 riccarton estate straven road four splendid building sites at 450 per acre cashmere hills we have sold 97 sections out of 106 a…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 28 December 1907)
· Papers Past,
…ooks for ie-sale and easy terms can be j invv ve b m important important riccarton estate straven road four splendid building sites at 450 per hairs on the face merivale winchester street charm t adie…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…subdivision are on the books for re-sale and easy terms can be given 486 riccarton estate straven road four splendid building sites at 450 per acre meeivale winchester street t charm ing eesidence of…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…subdivision are on the books for re-sale and easy terms can be given 486 riccarton estate straven road four splendid building sites at 450 per acre merivale winchester street charm ing residence of 6…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…description a rare p chance apply at once as only open for a k week 408 biccarton estate straven road pour splendid building sites at 450 per tore mebivale winchester street charm ing residence of 6…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…any description a rare chance apply at once as only open for a week 408 riccarton estate straven road four splendid building sites at 450 perf acre merivale winchester street charm ing residence of 6…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…any description a rare chance apply at once as only open for a week 408 riccarton estate straven road four splendid building sites at 450 per ere merivale winchester street charm ing residence of 6 r…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 February 1908)
· Papers Past,
…45 per foot or offer it is the best corner for sale in manchester street riccarton estate straven road four splendid building sites at 450 per acre st albans hawkesbury street new house 6 rooms bathro…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 January 1909)
· Papers Past,
…use j-acre land in lawn and garden price only 525 a bargain 754 charles clark riccarton i straven road opposite the bush fine position grand section about 83ft frontage by 198 ft deep only 210 easy te…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 January 1909)
· Papers Past,
…house 1-acre land in lawn and garden price only 525 a bargain 754 charles clark eiccaeton straven road opposite the bush fine position grand section about 83ft frontage by 198 ft deep only 210 easy te…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 January 1909)
· Papers Past,
…house i-acre land in lawn and garden price only 525 a bargain 754 charles clark riccarton straven road opposite the bubh fine position grand section about 83ft frontage by 198 ft deep only 210 easy te…
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The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; 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 Straven Road in 27 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 6 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Riccarton Road & Straven Road, 68 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.
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 August 1909) · Star,
- AN £800,000 ESTATE (Otago Daily Times 9-6-1914) ·
- SOCIAL GOSSIP FROM CHRISTCHURCH (NZ Truth, 21 November 1929) · NZ Truth,
- CYCLIST'S DEATH (Evening Post, 01 November 1937) · Evening Post,
- DEATHS. (Evening Post, 07 June 1941) · Evening Post,
- MID-CANTERBURY (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 September 1943) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- BRAVE AIRMEN (Evening Post, 02 March 1945) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Abandoned Vehicle, 70A Straven Road,
- Road Signage, 122 Straven Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 102 Straven Rd,
- Water Leak, 140 Straven Rd,
- Water Leak, 140 Straven Rd,
- Hazard, vehicle, 152 Straven Rd,
- Water Pollution - Sediment, 148 Straven Road,
- Animal - Deceased, 141 Straven Road,
- Traffic Signals, 59–61 Straven Rd,
- Water Leak, 143 Straven Rd,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 136 Straven Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 102 Straven Rd,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 102 Straven Rd,
- Roads - General, 64 Straven Rd,
- Animal - Domestic, 103 Straven Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
36 reports at 20 addresses, most often water & drains (16), roads & footpaths (7), graffiti & vandalism (6).
2017, the record covers 36 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Riccarton Road and Straven Road, 68 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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