Murphys Road
65 reports at 27 addresses in Halswell, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 53 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 Murphys Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Halswell.
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
- 20 Murphys Road, 11 reports
- 77 Murphys Road, 8 reports
- 70R Murphys Road, 4 reports
- 2 Murphys Road, 4 reports
- 1 Murphys Road, 4 reports
- 66 Murphys Road, 3 reports
- 62 Murphys Road, 3 reports
- 50 Murphys Road, 3 reports
- 4 Murphys Road, 3 reports
- 8 Murphys Road, 2 reports
- 56 Murphys Road, 2 reports
- 42 Murphys Road, 2 reports
- 39 Murphys Road, 2 reports
- 64 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 63 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 61 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 59 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 57-77 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 52 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 51 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 40 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 33 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 30 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 19 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 18 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 17 Murphys Road, 1 report
- 11 Murphys Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 17 reports
- Trees & parks, 14 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 9 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 9 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 7 reports
- Everything else, 5 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Animals & pests, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 3 reports
- 2017, 8 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 8 reports
- 2024, 11 reports
- 2025, 16 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 07 December 1943)
· Papers Past,
…ert j pte mrs m j jenkins 38 kildare avenue st hellers bay m sloss earl rpte mr f h sloss murphys road springlands blenheim reynolds charles f pte mrs e thompson 10 trafford street gore sister robinso…
- Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register
· New Zealand Gazette,
…& KITCHENS LIMITED.MUNROE HOMES LIMITED.MURCO HOLDINGS LIMITED.MURFLAD PROPERTIES LIMITED.MURPHYS ROAD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED.MURRAY PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED.MURRAYS BAY PROPERTIES LIMITED.MURRAYS VETE…
- Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of Christchurch City CBD and suburbs
· TAPUHI,
…housing subdivisions and suburbs near Halswell, Longhurst (a Fulton Hogan site bounded by Murphys Road and Halswell Junction Road, Quaifes Road, Whincops Road), Knight's Stream Park in Aidanfield subu…
- Objections to Proposed Boundaries of Electoral Districts of New Zealand
· New Zealand Gazette,
…sted solution: Include an area bound by Caldwells Road, Sandstone Road, Ormiston Road and Murphys Road within the Botany electorate.N25N25-001 b WaikatoObjection W R CowieObjects to the Hamilton East…
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 Murphys Road in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The stops on it, 1
1 Metro stop on Murphys Road in Halswell, in ECan’s stop record: served by route 7.
- Murphys Rd near Graycliffe St
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 19 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 30 April 1880) · New Zealand Tablet,
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 December 1882) · Star,
- CRICKET. (Star, 30 October 1896) · Star,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 February 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 February 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 February 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 April 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 April 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 May 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 June 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 June 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 15 June 1909) · Star,
- ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE. (Ashburton Guardian, 15 June 1909) · Ashburton Guardian,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 26 December 1931) · Evening Post,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 28 March 1932) · Evening Post,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 April 1933) · Evening Post,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 April 1935) · Evening Post,
- DRAINAGE BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 December 1938) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 August 1940) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- DRAINAGE BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 July 1943) · Ellesmere Guardian,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Abandoned Vehicle, 64 Murphys Rd,
- Animal - General, 70R Murphys Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 62 Murphys Rd,
- General Request, 62 Murphys Rd,
- Hazard, vehicle, 33 Murphys Rd,
- General Request, 56 Murphys Road,
- Accessibility, 1 Murphys Rd,
- Roads - General, 50 Murphys Rd,
- Water General, 11 Murphys Rd,
- Park - General Request, 77 Murphys Rd,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 70R Murphys Road,
- Roads - General, 66 Murphys Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 70R Murphys Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 30 Murphys Rd,
- Hazard, vehicle, 8 Murphys Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Halswell, Christchurch, New Zealand.
65 reports at 27 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (17), trees & parks (14), vehicles & parking (9).
2016, the record covers 53 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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