Sparks Road

476 reports at 134 addresses in Hoon Hay, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 359 separate days somebody filed something about it.

476 reports 134 addresses359 days reported onfrom the air, then 11 documents carry the name 3 businessesthe 105th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

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

From the air, then

Sparks Road from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

Sparks Road from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sparks Road from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sparks Road from the air, 1975-1979 — **1975-1979** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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

89 Sparks Road, 26 reports
66 Sparks Road, 25 reports
67 Sparks Road, 15 reports
89A Sparks Road, 14 reports
90 Sparks Road, 13 reports
62 Sparks Road, 12 reports
257 Sparks Road, 12 reports
87 Sparks Road, 11 reports
48 Sparks Road, 11 reports
88 Sparks Road, 9 reports
91 Sparks Road, 8 reports
65 Sparks Road, 8 reports
259 Sparks Road, 8 reports
198 Sparks Road, 8 reports
137 Sparks Road, 8 reports
64 Sparks Road, 7 reports
39A Sparks Road, 7 reports
39 Sparks Road, 7 reports
147 Sparks Road, 7 reports
83 Sparks Road, 6 reports
76B Sparks Road, 6 reports
45 Sparks Road, 6 reports
165 Sparks Road, 6 reports
52 Sparks Road, 5 reports
43 Sparks Road, 5 reports
74 Sparks Road, 4 reports
72 Sparks Road, 4 reports
69 Sparks Road, 4 reports
50 Sparks Road, 4 reports
41 Sparks Road, 4 reports
261 Sparks Road, 4 reports
169A Sparks Road, 4 reports
159 Sparks Road, 4 reports
148A Sparks Road, 4 reports
144 Sparks Road, 4 reports
143 Sparks Road, 4 reports
141 Sparks Road, 4 reports
136 Sparks Road, 4 reports
134 Sparks Road, 4 reports
96 Sparks Road, 3 reports
86 Sparks Road, 3 reports
85 Sparks Road, 3 reports
76 Sparks Road, 3 reports
75 Sparks Road, 3 reports
60 Sparks Road, 3 reports
53 Sparks Road, 3 reports
48-52 Sparks Road, 3 reports
37 Sparks Road, 3 reports
253 Sparks Road, 3 reports
239 Sparks Road, 3 reports
237 Sparks Road, 3 reports
215 Sparks Road, 3 reports
179 Sparks Road, 3 reports
177 Sparks Road, 3 reports
156 Sparks Road, 3 reports
154B Sparks Road, 3 reports
152 Sparks Road, 3 reports
150B Sparks Road, 3 reports
149 Sparks Road, 3 reports
142B Sparks Road, 3 reports

and the other 74 the record names

114 Sparks Road, 3 reports
108 Sparks Road, 3 reports
100 Sparks Road, 3 reports
78 Sparks Road, 2 reports
61 Sparks Road, 2 reports
59 Sparks Road, 2 reports
54 Sparks Road, 2 reports
41A Sparks Road, 2 reports
27 Sparks Road, 2 reports
269 Sparks Road, 2 reports
267 Sparks Road, 2 reports
246 Sparks Road, 2 reports
194–198 Sparks Road, 2 reports
167A Sparks Road, 2 reports
163B Sparks Road, 2 reports
163 Sparks Road, 2 reports
161 Sparks Road, 2 reports
160 Sparks Road, 2 reports
155 Sparks Road, 2 reports
154 Sparks Road, 2 reports
145 Sparks Road, 2 reports
140 Sparks Road, 2 reports
139 Sparks Road, 2 reports
132 Sparks Road, 2 reports
128 Sparks Road, 2 reports
122 Sparks Road, 2 reports
120 Sparks Road, 2 reports
119 Sparks Road, 2 reports
112 Sparks Road, 2 reports
102 Sparks Road, 2 reports
92 Sparks Road, 1 report
84 Sparks Road, 1 report
77 Sparks Road, 1 report
73 Sparks Road, 1 report
68 Sparks Road, 1 report
63 Sparks Road, 1 report
59A Sparks Road, 1 report
58 Sparks Road, 1 report
35 Sparks Road, 1 report
269E Sparks Road, 1 report
263 Sparks Road, 1 report
261-263 Sparks Road, 1 report
247 Sparks Road, 1 report
243 Sparks Road, 1 report
227 Sparks Road, 1 report
219 Sparks Road, 1 report
213 Sparks Road, 1 report
195 Sparks Road, 1 report
191 Sparks Road, 1 report
189 Sparks Road, 1 report
188–192 Sparks Road, 1 report
170–176 Sparks Road, 1 report
168 Sparks Road, 1 report
167 Sparks Road, 1 report
163E Sparks Road, 1 report
162–166 Sparks Road, 1 report
158 Sparks Road, 1 report
156A Sparks Road, 1 report
150A Sparks Road, 1 report
150 Sparks Road, 1 report
146 Sparks Road, 1 report
142A Sparks Road, 1 report
142 Sparks Road, 1 report
137A Sparks Road, 1 report
135 Sparks Road, 1 report
131 Sparks Road, 1 report
130 Sparks Road, 1 report
127 Sparks Road, 1 report
125 Sparks Road, 1 report
124 Sparks Road, 1 report
123 Sparks Road, 1 report
118 Sparks Road, 1 report
106 Sparks Road, 1 report
104 Sparks Road, 1 report

What got reported

Graffiti & vandalism, 135 reports
Roads & footpaths, 108 reports
Water & drains, 107 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 55 reports
Trees & parks, 30 reports
Vehicles & parking, 23 reports
Animals & pests, 11 reports
Everything else, 8 reports

Year by year

2016, 3 reports
2017, 4 reports
2018, 7 reports
2019, 35 reports
2020, 5 reports
2021, 28 reports
2022, 48 reports
2023, 98 reports
2024, 121 reports
2025, 86 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.

Aerial photomosaic of Sparks Road and Hoon Hay Road · Canterbury Stories, 1 Jan 1926
Aerial photomosaic of Sparks Road, Hoon Hay Road, and Lyttelton Street. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
Aerial photomosaic of Halswell and Sparks Road · Canterbury Stories, 1 Jan 1926
Aerial photomosaic of Halswell and Sparks Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 13 May 1941) · Papers Past, 13 May 1941
…mr a v poole 181 crinan street invercargill f i private leslie charles adam mr c w adam 2 sparks road cashmere i christchurch f private myles gibbons matheson mr ewan matheson box 10 otautau f corpora…
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 January 1945) · Papers Past, 3 Jan 1945
…ms basil s lsgt mrs n e williams 17 puriri st riccarton w woods william j pte mrs m woods sparks road halswell m wounded and missing sidford stuart g lieut mr g sidford care t and w young ltd box 1251…
REGISTER · New Zealand Gazette, 22 Aug 2000
…sonville Pharmacy Limited Shop 3, 6 Clark Road, HOBSONVILLE Hoon Hay Pharmacy Limited 73A Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, CHRISTCHURCH Hoppers Pharmacy (1980) Limited 147 Main Street, UPPER HUTT Hornby Mall Ph…
supplement · New Zealand Gazette, 24 Aug 2001
…bsonville Pharmacy Limited Shop 3, 6 Clark Road, HOBSONVILLEHoon Hay Pharmacy Limited 73A Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, CHRISTCHURCHHoppers Pharmacy (1980) Limited 147 Main Street, UPPER HUTTHornby Mall Phar…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 4 Jul 2002
…tant, of 94 Grey Street, Hamilton, at 12.40 p.m.King, Aaron Patrick, truck driver, of 141 Sparks Road, Christchurch, at 4.40 p.m.Mitchell, Leslie James, beneficiary, of 365 Breezes Road, Aranui, Chris…
supplement · New Zealand Gazette, 16 Aug 2002
…Village Pharmacy Limited 356 Albert Street, PALMERSTON NORTHHoon Hay Pharmacy Limited 120 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, CHRISTCHURCHHoppers Pharmacy (1980) Limited 147 Main Street, UPPER HUTTHornby Mall Phar…
REGISTER · New Zealand Gazette, 29 Aug 2003
…rmacy Limited 356 Albert Street, Hokowhitu, PALMERSTON NORTHHoon Hay Pharmacy Limited 120 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, CHRISTCHURCHHoppers Pharmacy (1980) Limited 147 Main Street, UPPER HUTTHornby Mall Phar…
Register of Pharmacies · New Zealand Gazette, 27 Aug 2004
…LMERSTON NORTHHook Holdings Limited 58 Queen Street, WAIMATEHoon Hay Pharmacy Limited 120 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, CHRISTCHURCHHoppers Pharmacy (1980) Limited 147 Main Street, UPPER HUTTHornby Mall Phar…
No Asset Procedures · New Zealand Gazette, 3 Jul 2008
…Fleming, Elizabeth Anne), 120 Duke Street, Opotiki – 26 June 2008.Swan, Linley Ann, 4/106 Sparks Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch – 21 June 2008.Tanginoa, Mele Moheaki, 91 Taurus Crescent, Beach Haven, No…

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

Schools on it

The Ministry’s directory gives the street as a school’s address, the rating describes the community each draws from, not how well it teaches.

Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka, Contributing · decile 8 · EQI 416 · roll 454

The businesses on it, 3

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

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.

Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River stream · 2 m away Sparks Wetland footbridge · 118 m away Sparks Wetland footbridge · 133 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Sparks Road in 37 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 9 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Hendersons Road & Sparks Road, 45 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.