Merivale Lane
113 reports at 48 addresses in Merivale, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 100 separate days somebody filed something about it.
113 reports48 addresses100 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then87 documents carry the namethe 698th street on the roll, by days it took to know
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Merivale Lane, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. 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
- 35 Merivale Lane, 10 reports
- 154 Merivale Lane, 8 reports
- 120 Merivale Lane, 7 reports
- 56 Merivale Lane, 5 reports
- 98 Merivale Lane, 4 reports
- 86 Merivale Lane, 4 reports
- 75 Merivale Lane, 4 reports
- 70A Merivale Lane, 4 reports
- 109 Merivale Lane, 4 reports
- 105A Merivale Lane, 4 reports
- 74 Merivale Lane, 3 reports
- 62A Merivale Lane, 3 reports
- 37 Merivale Lane, 3 reports
- 108 Merivale Lane, 3 reports
- 90 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 89 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 72 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 55 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 42 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 148 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 131 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 130 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 125A Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 116 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 115 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 107 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 1 Merivale Lane, 2 reports
- 95 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 68 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 64 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 62B Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 57 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 54 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 50 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 36 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 31 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 16 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 134 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 133 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 126 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 123 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 122 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 120 MERIVALE LANE, 1 report
- 115E Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 115D Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 113-115 Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 107A Merivale Lane, 1 report
- 105 Merivale Lane, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 43 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 26 reports
- Trees & parks, 22 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 11 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
- Animals & pests, 1 report
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 4 reports
- 2018, 3 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 5 reports
- 2021, 4 reports
- 2022, 12 reports
- 2023, 35 reports
- 2024, 19 reports
- 2025, 19 reports
On the register
- St Andrew's Church and Setting, 16 Merivale Lane
On foot, The houses the avenues kept walks this street.
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 87 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- St Albans Borough Council. (Star, 26 February 1884)
· Papers Past,
…bility attached to thorn in the matter the mayor drew attention to a fence encroaching on merivale lane and the surveyor was instructed to sco to it it waa resolved on the motion of councillor smith s…
- The Charges Against the Crabtrees. (Star, 23 December 1884)
· Papers Past,
…oyed by mr goss stated that in october last he was working at a houso for mr wilkinson at merivale lane for which mr goss was contractor there was a quantity of building material belonging to mr goss…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 May 1894)
· Papers Past,
…e house 6 rooms scullery stables c st albans office road 2 acres land fenced and in gross merivale lane 3 acres land in grass also cottage 5 rooms to be let together or separately shops floxton 3 acre…
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 July 1896)
· Papers Past,
…oad h l bowker 887 to let 4 rooms tnam street linwood 7s 4 rooms matheson boad 9s 5 rooms merivale lane 8s 4 rooms crescent 80-ad bs h l bowker market place bs6 to let superior house 2 rooms peter bor…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 11 February 1897)
· Papers Past,
…ins j 10s 6d sunshade for s lld see adver wanted good general servant apply to mrs martin merivale lane papanui boad corner before 1 pm or after six must produce written references 4611 wanted to sell…
- BOROUGH COUNCILS. (Star, 28 June 1898)
· Papers Past,
…mr common waited on the council with reference to putting down crossings particularly in merivale lane and also placing a lamp in webb street it was decided that gravel should be laid on the crossing…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 April 1899)
· Papers Past,
…nt headache cure are merivale a number of select building ulisiinplywonderful sections in merivale lane near papanui tend for his free book which con road monftosir y llbem wnte a��d i richmond three…
- GALA AT MERIVALE. (Star, 26 January 1900)
· Papers Past,
…lock there were more than two thousand people present two lines of flags were hung across merivale lane the first at its junction with the papanui road and the second opposite the merivale entrance ga…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 September 1902)
· Papers Past,
…red centre flowers scullery etc over th parkerson and co 191 hereford street 7005 if ok a merivale lane st alhans syou modern house of 7 large room plastered bath ihot andi cold all up-to-date every c…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 November 1902)
· Papers Past,
…lered centre flowers cullery etc pverft parkerson and op 191 hereford street 7005 tf qc a merivale lane st albanl xsvoxj modem house of 7 large rpom plajijereds baiiii hot and cold all up-toate eveiy…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 November 1902)
· Papers Past,
…tered centra flowers soullery etc over ith parkerson and co 191 hereford street 7005 iqkn merivale lane st albans dw-ftju modern houae of 7 large rooms j plastered barth hot and oold all up-to-date ev…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 October 1903)
· Papers Past,
…i-appointed gentle man residence in bast position 10 rooms j-acre in nice garden 1750 301 merivale lane modern villa of 6 large rooms and cyclery 1 rood 7 perches land 950 or offer 64 halton road just…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
Schools on it
The Ministry’s directory gives the street as a school’s address, the rating describes the community each draws from, not how well it teaches.
- Ferndale Te Ahu, Specialist School · decile 4 · EQI 521 · roll 140
- Selwyn House School, Full Primary · private, not rated · roll 310
The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Merivale Lane in 9 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Poles and Signage - General, 109 Merivale Lane,
- Damaged Street Sign, 35 Merivale Lane,
- Damaged Street Sign, 122 Merivale Lane,
- Pavement - General, 115D Merivale Ln,
- General Request, 70A Merivale Ln,
- Road Signage, 36 Merivale Lane,
- Water Leak, 115 Merivale Ln,
- Road Signage, 120 Merivale Lane,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 131 Merivale Ln,
- Pavement - Damaged, 16 Merivale Ln,
- Water Leak, 86 Merivale Ln,
- Hazard, vehicle, 108 Merivale Lane,
- Roads - General, 55 Merivale Lane,
- Damaged Street Sign, 1 Merivale Lane,
- Pavement - General, 74 Merivale Ln,
Questions, answered briefly
Where is Merivale Lane?
In Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand.
What gets reported on Merivale Lane?
113 reports at 48 addresses, most often water & drains (43), roads & footpaths (26), trees & parks (22).
When was Merivale Lane first reported on?
2015, the record covers 100 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
What heritage places are on Merivale Lane?
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