Holly Road
5 reports at 2 addresses in Merivale, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 5 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Holly Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Merivale.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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
- 1 Holly Road, 3 reports
- 3 Holly Road, 2 reports
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 92 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 September 1880)
· Papers Past,
…h dwtbiot colombo road north belt crescent road papanui rod edg are road springfield road holly road the following par��ona have been license by the drainage board to make connections with the public…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 April 1885)
· Papers Past,
…low dog-cart f fuchs wellington hotel 2714 anted a nurse and housemaid apply v mrs d caro holly road off papanui road meiivale 2699 w anted a secondhand pair of skids for dray work address by letter t…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 July 1885)
· Papers Past,
…treet east 5422 wanted a good general servant house maid kept apply at once to mrs d caro holly road papanui road 5409 lost on or about juue 28 from the soughter yards papanui 10 sheep finder rewarded…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 October 1885)
· Papers Past,
…ley streot spring��eld read be springfield street barker estate e and w be derwent street holly road be houy street barker road be baudon street clare road he claro street berry street be colne street…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 04 August 1887)
· Papers Past,
…miss c e gordon springfield road 3rd prize 3 6774 words reduoed to 6369 i mr thos gordon holly road 4th prize 32 6783 words reduoed to 6351 these prizes are now payable on application 1221 ijheap ooo…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 10 December 1887)
· Papers Past,
…exfe door 7655 ftto let cottage i-acre garden well stocked 1 with fruit trees mrs pearson holly road st albans 7536 to let four-ronmed cottage and scullery gas and water laid on 29 conference street a…
- SENIOR MATCHES. (Star, 28 May 1888)
· Papers Past,
…waltham v stdenhah juvenile druids waltham won by three points to one mertvaee juniors v holly road draw-in favour of merivale kaxapoi second v stdenham second sydenhannron byfive points to two…
- Miscellaneous. (Star, 18 June 1888)
· Papers Past,
…bridge fiest v sydenham third a draw albion v britannia albion won by beven points to nil holly road v avonside a draw sydenham juniors v lyttelton junioks sydenham won by one point to nil…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 February 1890)
· Papers Past,
…ited agents tattenrahs 401 wwv let a cottage and quarter-acre garden zjl apply mr pearson holly road st albans 8…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 February 1890)
· Papers Past,
…wooil apply next house 568 mho likt a cottage and ouarter-acre garden l apply mrs pearson holly road st albans 8 mo let good house four rooms and scullery j 15 richmond road apply w h hargreavee cathe…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 March 1890)
· Papers Past,
…le co 752 cathedral square rrno let a cottage and quarter-icro garded s apply mrs pearson holly road st albans 8 to lkt sroomed furnished house gas ard water apply j wilson 109 colombo street 683 to l…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 March 1890)
· Papers Past,
…ly accepted 339x wanted to sell cheap a 50in bicycle oate�� best make apply to j mdougall holly road st albans 704 wanted to sell wellfiniahed cottage three rooms scullery and shed with nice garden we…
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The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Holly Road in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand.
5 reports at 2 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (2), water & drains (1), roads & footpaths (1).
2017, the record covers 5 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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