# Russley Road, Harewood, Christchurch

12 reports at 5 addresses, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 12 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/harewood/russley-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4808&lon=172.5553&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4808&lon=172.5553&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4808&lon=172.5553&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
- [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 8 reports
- [700 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/700-russley-road), 1 report
- [661 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/661-russley-road), 1 report
- [570 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/570-russley-road), 1 report
- [560 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/560-russley-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 1 report

_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 (23 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [HUNTING. (Star, 11 July 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980711.2.57), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Jul 1898
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 April 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080425.2.86.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Apr 1908
- [FACTS CONCEALED. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 07 February 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19170207.2.48), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Feb 1917
- [NO TIME FOR RACING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 07 February 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19170207.2.71), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Feb 1917
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 08 February 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230208.2.163.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Feb 1923
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 29 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411229.2.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Dec 1941
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 February 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420211.2.74), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Feb 1942
- [KILLED IN ACTION. (Evening Post, 01 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450501.2.88.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 May 1945
- [Aerial photomosaic of St James](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1955/ccl-cs-48968), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 10 May 1955
- [List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2003-go3902), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 25 Jun 2003
- [List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2004-go3456), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 21 Jun 2004
- [List of Public Valuers](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2005-go4320), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 6 Jul 2005

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Russley Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Latest Locals. (Star, 26 September 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890926.2.28), Star · 1889-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [SOUTH ISLAND TROTTING ASSOCIATION. (Star, 17 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970817.2.56), Star · 1897-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [CANTERBURY DOINGS. (Otago Witness, 26 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18970826.2.138), Otago Witness · 1897-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 28 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970928.2.25), Star · 1897-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8033422), 560 Russley Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08033422/public/1_srz4tkji20sh.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7906879), 655 Russley Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07906879/public/1_ddfkwyrfgzj5.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7640046), 570 Russley Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07640046/public/1_i32c85osx4cz.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5999254), 661 Russley Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05999254/public/1_v5p6g7tb09hw.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5526661), 700 Russley Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05526661/public/1_4d25yyg7ka3a.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4544443), 655 Russley Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04544443/public/1_p69qdt1zxhu.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4193106), 655 Russley Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04193106/public/1_y0vadn73r1cj.jpg
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/2307155), 655 Russley Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02307155/public/1_r9oWiHk.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8033422) at [560 Russley Rd](https://www.chch.live/harewood/560-russley-road), 5 Apr 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7906879) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 14 Mar 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7640046) at [570 Russley Rd](https://www.chch.live/harewood/570-russley-road), 29 Jan 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5999254) at [661 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/661-russley-road), 10 Mar 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5526661) at [700 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/700-russley-road), 9 Dec 2024
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4544443) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 15 Apr 2024
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4193106) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 25 Jan 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3173617) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 18 Mar 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3165968) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 15 Mar 2023
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/2833799) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 23 Nov 2022
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2764412) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 1 Nov 2022
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/2307155) at [655 Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/harewood/655-russley-road), 23 Apr 2022

## The businesses on it (2)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Russley Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [BP Connect Russley](https://www.chch.live/business/bp-connect-russley-harewood), Petrol stations · 661 Russley Road
- [ezystor](https://www.chch.live/business/ezystor-harewood), Storage · 572 Russley Road

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 12 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 3 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: [Harewood Road & Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/harewood-road-and-russley-road), 37 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Russley Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Russley Road?**

12 reports at 5 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (6), vehicles & parking (2), graffiti & vandalism (2).

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

2022, the record covers 12 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Harewood Road and Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/harewood-road-and-russley-road), 37 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=harewood&street=russley-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Harewood&street=russley-road
