# Harper Avenue, Merivale, Christchurch 3 reports at 1 addresses, the first in 2025, the latest 2025. 2 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/harper-avenue ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5224&lon=172.619&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5224&lon=172.619&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5224&lon=172.619&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 - [1 Harper Avenue](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-harper-avenue), 3 reports ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports - Trees & parks, 1 report ## Year by year - 2025, 3 reports ## In the written record *Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (8 on the shelf; the 7 earliest listed).* - [The Harper Avenue](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/167103), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 30 Nov 1900 - [Intersection of Park Terrace, on the left, and Park Road (now Harper Avenue): horse-drawn wagons are shown crossing the Carlton bridge into Park Road.](http://library.christchurch.org.nz/heritage/photos/disc3/img0073.asp), [Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Images Collection](https://www.chch.live/collection/christchurch-city-libraries-heritage-images-collection), 1 Jan 1906 - [Carlton Bridge and Harper Avenue, Christchurch](http://library.christchurch.org.nz/heritage/photos/disc8/img0061.asp), [Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Images Collection](https://www.chch.live/collection/christchurch-city-libraries-heritage-images-collection), 1 Jan 1932 - [View to Hagley Park with Harper Avenue and the eastern suburbs, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30660059), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 1947 - [Holmwood Road and Fendalton Road aerial](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/negatives/1973/ccl-cs-77261), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 16 Mar 1973 - [Helmores Lane bridge](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1975/ccl-cs-3935), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 15 Jan 1975 - [Ko tātou, tātou - we are one: What to expect from the national remembrance service](https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/385841/ko-tatou-tatou-we-are-one-what-to-expect-from-the-national-remembrance-service), [Radio New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/collection/radio-new-zealand), 29 Mar 2019 ## As it was reported - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6856755), 1 Harper Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06856755/public/1_rhlbwcsk47r.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6822881), 1 Harper Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06822881/public/1_xk2wuw38hvk.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6822855), 1 Harper Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06822855/public/1_yfwjwdvmgkl.jpg [More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale) ## Latest on record - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6856755) at [1 Harper Ave](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-harper-avenue), 7 Sept 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6822881) at [1 Harper Ave](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-harper-avenue), 31 Aug 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6822855) at [1 Harper Ave](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-harper-avenue), 31 Aug 2025 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 11 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=harper-avenue&suburb=merivale) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Harper Avenue?** In [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Harper Avenue?** 3 reports at 1 address, most often graffiti & vandalism (2), trees & parks (1). **When was Harper Avenue first reported on?** 2025, the record covers 2 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=merivale&street=harper-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=harper-avenue