# Springs Road, Hornby South, Christchurch

11 reports at 4 addresses, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 11 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/springs-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5658&lon=172.5218&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5658&lon=172.5218&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5658&lon=172.5218&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5658&lon=172.5218&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
- [376 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/376-springs-road), 6 reports
- [214 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/214-springs-road), 3 reports
- [394 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/394-springs-road), 1 report
- [330R Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/330r-springs-road), 1 report

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

## Year by year
- 2020, 1 report
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 3 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 (106 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 24 December 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18581224.2.13.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Dec 1858
- [ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE FOR 1859-60. (Lyttelton Times, 30 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591130.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Nov 1859
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611207.2.23.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Dec 1861
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 11 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611211.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Dec 1861
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611214.2.4.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Dec 1861
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 18 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611218.2.21.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Dec 1861
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 01 February 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620201.2.25.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Feb 1862
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 22 February 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620222.2.4.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Feb 1862
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 19 March 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620319.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Mar 1862
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620322.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Mar 1862
- [ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HEATHCOTE—CLAIMS TO VOTE.—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620412.2.20), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Apr 1862
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620426.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Apr 1862

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Springs Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 28 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790128.2.23.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 30 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790130.2.28.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Timaru Herald, 30 April 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790430.2.21.5), Timaru Herald · 1879-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Timaru Herald, 01 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790501.2.20.5), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 22 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790522.2.22.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 23 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790523.2.23.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 26 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790526.2.20.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 23 August 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790823.2.18.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 30 September 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790930.2.17.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Timaru Herald, 21 October 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18791021.2.22.7), Timaru Herald · 1879-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 20 November 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18791120.2.20.4), Timaru Herald · 1879-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 August 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18940831.2.17.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1894-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 October 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061006.2.75.3), Star · 1906-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080111.2.78.2), Star · 1908-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [SPRINGS COUNTY (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 November 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331117.2.5), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [SEVERE SNOWSTORM. (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 June 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350611.2.29), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [SPRINGS COUNTY (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350913.2.34), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [SPRINGS-ELLESMERE BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 June 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19390613.2.6.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1939-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [SPRINGS COUNTY COUNCIL (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 September 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19430910.2.3), Ellesmere Guardian · 1943-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 September 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19440912.2.13), Ellesmere Guardian · 1944-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8775203), 214 Springs Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08775203/public/1_pfhlandyynbm.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6251635), 376 Springs Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06251635/public/1_4bxwz6e2h0tn.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6200632), 376 Springs Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06200632/public/1_elyb9642kvm.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5566166), 376 Springs Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05566166/public/1_6dl6d45cxnx6.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5347319), 330R Springs Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05347319/public/1_lgqj9malohc.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5027324), 214 Springs Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05027324/public/1_vf7t1ponrvm.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1292369), 394 Springs Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01292369/1_AsB57D.jpg

[More photographs on the Hornby South wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hornby-south)

## Latest on record
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8775203) at [214 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/214-springs-road), 20 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6714992) at [376 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/376-springs-road), 7 Aug 2025
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6251635) at [376 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/376-springs-road), 28 Apr 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6200632) at [376 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/376-springs-road), 16 Apr 2025
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/5566166) at [376 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/376-springs-road), 17 Dec 2024
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5347319) at [330R Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/330r-springs-road), 31 Oct 2024
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5027324) at [214 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/214-springs-road), 20 Aug 2024
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/3307642) at [214 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/214-springs-road), 4 May 2023
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3235598) at [376 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/376-springs-road), 8 Apr 2023
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2980425) at [376 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/376-springs-road), 16 Jan 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1292369) at [394 Springs Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south/394-springs-road), 5 Nov 2020

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [Hi everyone, Bit of a long shot, but I seem to have dropped my blue wallet somewhere around the Amyes Road / Springs Road area in Hornby today. Unfortunately, whoever found it has already used my…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wt3wp4/lost_blue_wallet_in_hornby_area_just_hoping_to/), r/chch · M-Leee, 29 Sept 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Springs Road?**

In [Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Springs Road?**

11 reports at 4 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (6), trees & parks (2), rubbish & dumping (1).

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

2020, the record covers 11 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=hornby-south&street=springs-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hornby%20South&street=springs-road
