# Hills Road, Marshland, Christchurch

43 reports at 20 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 40 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/marshland/hills-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4837&lon=172.6466&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4837&lon=172.6466&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4837&lon=172.6466&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4837&lon=172.6466&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
- [473 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/473-hills-road), 10 reports
- [849 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/849-hills-road), 4 reports
- [584 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/584-hills-road), 3 reports
- [579 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/579-hills-road), 3 reports
- [568 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/568-hills-road), 3 reports
- [566 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/566-hills-road), 3 reports
- [544 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/544-hills-road), 3 reports
- [852 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/852-hills-road), 2 reports
- [836 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/836-hills-road), 1 report
- [829 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/829-hills-road), 1 report
- [750 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/750-hills-road), 1 report
- [715 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/715-hills-road), 1 report
- [700 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/700-hills-road), 1 report
- [680 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/680-hills-road), 1 report
- [630 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/630-hills-road), 1 report
- [595 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/595-hills-road), 1 report
- [501 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/501-hills-road), 1 report
- [483 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/483-hills-road), 1 report
- [481 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/481-hills-road), 1 report
- [479 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/479-hills-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 14 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 12 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 16 reports
- 2025, 9 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 (100 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 29 September 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580929.2.17.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Sept 1858
- [ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE (Lyttelton Times, 06 November 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18581106.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Nov 1858
- [Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 29 October 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591029.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Oct 1859
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 May 1860
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 13 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600613.2.20.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Jun 1860
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 March 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610316.2.23.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Mar 1861
- [LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH RAILWAY. (Lyttelton Times, 20 July 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610720.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Jul 1861
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 23 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611123.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Nov 1861
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 30 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611130.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Nov 1861
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 04 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611204.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Dec 1861
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 11 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611211.2.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Dec 1861
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611214.2.4.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Dec 1861

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Hills Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 March 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960306.2.34.1), Star · 1896-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [TO-DAY'S ELECTION. (Star, 06 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18991206.2.44), Star · 1899-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE FIFTH CONTINGENT. (Star, 24 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000324.2.64.7), Star · 1900-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [LIST OF THE MEN SELECTED. (Star, 27 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000327.2.6), Star · 1900-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE ROLL CALL. (Otago Daily Times, 10 April 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19000410.2.105), Otago Daily Times · 1900-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [TO-DAY'S ELECTIONS. (Star, 06 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051206.2.18), Star · 1905-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [TIMARU TO CHRISTCHURCH (Wanganui Chronicle, 01 November 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19091101.2.23.2), Wanganui Chronicle · 1909-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [CYCLING ROAD RACE. (West Coast Times, 01 November 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT19091101.2.26.1), West Coast Times · 1909-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [CYCLING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 01 November 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19091101.2.36), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1909-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [AN OLD WOMAN'S DEATH. (Otago Daily Times 15-8-1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19100815.2.105), Otago Daily Times · 1910-08-15T12:00:00Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 18 January 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19160118.2.13), Evening Post · 1916-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROAD RACING (Evening Post, 02 October 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231002.2.110), Evening Post · 1923-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [AMATEUR EVENT (Evening Post, 25 October 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19261025.2.16), Evening Post · 1926-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [A CLOSE FINISH (Evening Post, 12 September 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270912.2.38.1), Evening Post · 1927-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [STIRRING FINISH (Evening Post, 07 October 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19291007.2.138.3), Evening Post · 1929-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [CYCLE ROAD RACE (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 September 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19320920.2.29), Ellesmere Guardian · 1932-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [MOTOR-CAR SMASH (Evening Post, 18 August 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340818.2.79), Evening Post · 1934-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE REV. F. R. INWOOD (Evening Post, 02 May 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390502.2.34), Evening Post · 1939-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420119.2.103), Evening Post · 1942-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 08 May 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430508.2.76), Evening Post · 1943-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8531416), 700 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08531416/public/1_dna9c70srftj.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8493036), 849 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08493036/public/1_gbnmzph33op.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8354328), 680 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08354328/public/1_x7yd5fqfltb.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8107359), 544 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08107359/public/1_zipeamw904s.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7920249), 544 Hills Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07920249/public/1_82iln8l3uh58.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7916426), 473 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07916426/public/1_0ou5i9gi42ky.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7509699), 584 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07509699/public/1_kib9x69qk8g.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7419403), 829 Hills Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07419403/public/1_1yqz94muao8u.jpg
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7111423), 473 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07111423/public/1_tmn5h5eyvmpd.jpg
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6784917), 544 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06784917/public/1_j9jkcm5jgc5.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6212287), 566 Hills Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06212287/public/1_rcbs7t8yf5b.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6028688), 566 Hills Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06028688/public/1_8k5n26u9no7t.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8531416) at [700 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/700-hills-road), 6 Jul 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8493036) at [849 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/849-hills-road), 29 Jun 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8354328) at [680 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/680-hills-road), 3 Jun 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8107359) at [544 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/544-hills-road), 18 Apr 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7920249) at [544 Hills Rd](https://www.chch.live/marshland/544-hills-road), 17 Mar 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7916426) at [473 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/473-hills-road), 16 Mar 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7509699) at [584 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/584-hills-road), 8 Jan 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7419403) at [829 Hills Rd](https://www.chch.live/marshland/829-hills-road), 22 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7111423) at [473 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/473-hills-road), 27 Oct 2025
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6784917) at [544 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/544-hills-road), 23 Aug 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6212287) at [566 Hills Rd](https://www.chch.live/marshland/566-hills-road), 19 Apr 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6028688) at [566 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/566-hills-road), 15 Mar 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5766898) at [584 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/584-hills-road), 27 Jan 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5735501) at [579 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/579-hills-road), 21 Jan 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5680819) at [584 Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/marshland/584-hills-road), 11 Jan 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Hills Road & Shirley Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/hills-road-and-shirley-road), 59 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Hills Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Hills Road?**

43 reports at 20 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (14), roads & footpaths (12), graffiti & vandalism (9).

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

2018, the record covers 40 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Hills Road and Shirley Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/hills-road-and-shirley-road), 59 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=marshland&street=hills-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Marshland&street=hills-road