# Aikmans Road, Merivale, Christchurch

214 reports at 63 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 181 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/aikmans-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5133&lon=172.617&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5133&lon=172.617&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5133&lon=172.617&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
- [129 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129-aikmans-road), 49 reports
- [95 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/95-aikmans-road), 8 reports
- [125 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/125-aikmans-road), 8 reports
- [29 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/29-aikmans-road), 7 reports
- [150 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/150-aikmans-road), 7 reports
- [137 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/137-aikmans-road), 7 reports
- [133A Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/133a-aikmans-road), 7 reports
- [91 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/91-aikmans-road), 6 reports
- [64 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/64-aikmans-road), 6 reports
- [25 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/25-aikmans-road), 6 reports
- [154 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/154-aikmans-road), 6 reports
- [87 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/87-aikmans-road), 5 reports
- [56 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/56-aikmans-road), 5 reports
- [54 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-aikmans-road), 5 reports
- [23 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-aikmans-road), 5 reports
- [102 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/102-aikmans-road), 5 reports
- [98 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/98-aikmans-road), 4 reports
- [91A Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/91a-aikmans-road), 4 reports
- [99 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/99-aikmans-road), 3 reports
- [92B Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/92b-aikmans-road), 3 reports
- [33 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-aikmans-road), 3 reports
- [20 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/20-aikmans-road), 3 reports
- [119 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/119-aikmans-road), 3 reports
- [72A Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/72a-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [55 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/55-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [34B Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34b-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [30 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/30-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [27-69 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-69-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [27 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [143 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/143-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [116 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/116-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [114 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/114-aikmans-road), 2 reports
- [92b Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/92b-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [92A Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/92a-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [90 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/90-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [87A Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/87a-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [79 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/79-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [76 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/76-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [75B Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/75b-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [72 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/72-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [71 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/71-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [69-71 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/69-71-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [69 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/69-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [66 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/66-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [60 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/60-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [48 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/48-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [46 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/46-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [40 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/40-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [38 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [34 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [24 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/24-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [21 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/21-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [18 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/18-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [15 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [138 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/138-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [135 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/135-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [133 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/133-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [128 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/128-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [121 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/121-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [111 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/111-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [105 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/105-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [103 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/103-aikmans-road), 1 report
- [101 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/101-aikmans-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 63 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 48 reports
- Water & drains, 39 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 30 reports
- Everything else, 12 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 11 reports
- Trees & parks, 11 reports

## Year by year
- 2015, 3 reports
- 2016, 5 reports
- 2017, 8 reports
- 2019, 5 reports
- 2020, 4 reports
- 2021, 5 reports
- 2022, 37 reports
- 2023, 56 reports
- 2024, 34 reports
- 2025, 34 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.*
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080620.2.86.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Jun 1908
- [WWI gas mask and army uniform](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-14512), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1919
- [Elmwood Normal School War Memorial](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/william-trethewey-papers/ccl-cs-96254), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 02 September 1921)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19210902.2.97), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Sept 1921
- [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 06 June 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250606.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Jun 1925
- [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 05 September 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380905.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Sept 1938
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 21 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410521.2.87), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 May 1941
- [FIRST LIST (Evening Post, 18 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411218.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Dec 1941
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 16 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420716.2.84.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Jul 1942
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 November 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19431102.2.31), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Nov 1943
- [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2012-ds2297), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 19 Apr 2012
- [Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2017-ot3774), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 27 Jul 2017

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Aikmans Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620322.2.30.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 05 June 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780605.2.11.1), Star · 1878-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 October 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18851024.2.5.3), Star · 1885-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE LATE MR PETER CUNNINGHAM. (Star, 27 July 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960727.2.58), Star · 1896-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970810.2.8.3), Star · 1897-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970812.2.11.4), Star · 1897-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [BOROUGH COUNCILS. (Star, 28 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980628.2.12), Star · 1898-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 27 May 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020527.2.74.6), Star · 1902-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 July 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020712.2.84.2), Star · 1902-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 September 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040928.2.46.2), Star · 1904-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 March 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060303.2.74.2), Star · 1906-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 July 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060730.2.10.4), Star · 1906-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060824.2.34.2), Star · 1906-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090318.2.39.1), Star · 1909-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090325.2.33.2), Star · 1909-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL ITEMS (Hawera & Normanby Star, 02 September 1921)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19210902.2.15), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1921-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHILDREN'S COMPETITION (Evening Post, 12 January 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270112.2.139), Evening Post · 1927-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTHS. (Evening Post, 10 January 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450110.2.2), Evening Post · 1945-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9051086), 101 Aikmans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09051086/public/1_mzcdih9bcuas.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8960775), 125 Aikmans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08960775/public/1_o33kji2shqhf.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8868507), 105 Aikmans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08868507/public/1_z5jf4p5o7jb.jpg
- [Sign Poles](https://www.chch.live/report/8852600), 33 Aikmans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08852600/public/1_rchhvns23vnj.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8852382), 56 Aikmans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08852382/public/1_fh34pxpigefp.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8785998), 129 Aikmans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08785998/public/1_s6fbpfl4wvss.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8683460), 60 Aikmans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08683460/public/1_vlps8ohebmap.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8675100), 56 Aikmans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08675100/public/1_tqm39kw68iil.jpg
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8559589), 102 Aikmans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08559589/public/1_qnformnbltgj.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8512119), 111 Aikmans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08512119/public/1_hybh2tkn5prj.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8134690), 150 Aikmans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08134690/public/1_0vhscv7rq3dbg.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8104876), 129 Aikmans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08104876/public/1_6uwtsn5i4z2t.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9051086) at [101 Aikmans Rd](https://www.chch.live/merivale/101-aikmans-road), 7 Oct 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8960775) at [125 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/125-aikmans-road), 21 Sept 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8868507) at [105 Aikmans Rd](https://www.chch.live/merivale/105-aikmans-road), 5 Sept 2026
- [Sign Poles](https://www.chch.live/report/8852600) at [33 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-aikmans-road), 2 Sept 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8852382) at [56 Aikmans Rd](https://www.chch.live/merivale/56-aikmans-road), 2 Sept 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8785998) at [129 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129-aikmans-road), 22 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8683460) at [60 Aikmans Rd](https://www.chch.live/merivale/60-aikmans-road), 3 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8675100) at [56 Aikmans Rd](https://www.chch.live/merivale/56-aikmans-road), 2 Aug 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8564180) at [102 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/102-aikmans-road), 13 Jul 2026
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8559589) at [102 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/102-aikmans-road), 12 Jul 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8512119) at [111 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/111-aikmans-road), 3 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8134690) at [150 Aikmans Rd](https://www.chch.live/merivale/150-aikmans-road), 23 Apr 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8104876) at [129 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129-aikmans-road), 18 Apr 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8092669) at [129 Aikmans Road](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129-aikmans-road), 15 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7925794) at [75B Aikmans Rd](https://www.chch.live/merivale/75b-aikmans-road), 17 Mar 2026

## Schools on it
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Contributing · decile 10 · EQI 376 · roll 564

## The businesses on it (9)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Aikmans Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Aikmans Bar & Eatery](https://www.chch.live/business/aikmans-bar-eatery-merivale), Bars & pubs · 154 Aikmans Road
- [Aikmans Bar & Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/aikmans-bar-restaurant-merivale), Restaurants · 154 Aikmans Road, Merivale
- [Aikmans Pizzeria & Sports Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/aikmans-pizzeria-sports-bar-merivale), Restaurants · 152 Aikmans Road, Merivale
- [Elmwood Players](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-players-merivale), Cinemas & theatres · 31 Aikmans Road, Merivale
- [JDV](https://www.chch.live/business/jdv-merivale), Restaurants · 150 Aikmans Road, Merivale
- [Little India](https://www.chch.live/business/little-india-merivale), Restaurants · 150 Aikmans Road
- [Mods Hair Merivale](https://www.chch.live/business/mods-hair-merivale), Business · 141 Aikmans Road Merivale
- [Repertory Theatre](https://www.chch.live/business/repertory-theatre-merivale), Cinemas & theatres · 31 Aikmans Road, Merivale
- [Studio 125 Gallery](https://www.chch.live/business/studio-125-gallery-merivale), Galleries · 125 Aikmans Road, Merivale

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 19 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Aikmans Road & Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/aikmans-road-and-papanui-road), 33 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Aikmans Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Aikmans Road?**

214 reports at 63 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (63), roads & footpaths (48), water & drains (39).

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

2015, the record covers 181 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Aikmans Road and Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/aikmans-road-and-papanui-road), 33 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=merivale&street=aikmans-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=aikmans-road