Prestons Road
160 reports at 65 addresses in Redwood, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 140 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 Prestons Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Redwood.
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
- 120R Prestons Road, 15 reports
- 131 Prestons Road, 11 reports
- 120 Prestons Road, 11 reports
- 1 Prestons Road, 10 reports
- 157 Prestons Road, 9 reports
- 106 Prestons Road, 9 reports
- 137 Prestons Road, 5 reports
- 51 Prestons Road, 4 reports
- 28B Prestons Road, 4 reports
- 63 Prestons Road, 3 reports
- 28 Prestons Road, 3 reports
- 111 Prestons Road, 3 reports
- 109R Prestons Road, 3 reports
- 107 Prestons Road, 3 reports
- 99 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 93 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 92 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 75 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 50 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 42 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 39A Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 28A Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 167 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 155 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 141 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 139 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 117 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 11 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 103 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 102 Prestons Road, 2 reports
- 98 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 94 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 83 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 7 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 67 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 57 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 54 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 52 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 5 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 48 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 46A Prestons Road, 1 report
- 43A Prestons Road, 1 report
- 37B Prestons Road, 1 report
- 37 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 34B Prestons Road, 1 report
- 34A Prestons Road, 1 report
- 30 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 3 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 19B Prestons Road, 1 report
- 145–157 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 145 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 140 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 136 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 133 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 129 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 127B Prestons Road, 1 report
- 126 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 125 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 121–133 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 115 Prestons Road, 1 report
and the other 5 the record names
- 114 Prestons Road, 1 report
- 104A Prestons Road, 1 report
- 103A Prestons Road, 1 report
- 100A Prestons Road, 1 report
- 100 Prestons Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 58 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 39 reports
- Water & drains, 23 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 20 reports
- Trees & parks, 10 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Everything else, 5 reports
Year by year
- 2016, 5 reports
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 5 reports
- 2020, 6 reports
- 2021, 9 reports
- 2022, 25 reports
- 2023, 17 reports
- 2024, 29 reports
- 2025, 35 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- TRAIN AND TRUCK (Evening Post, 23 February 1935)
· Papers Past,
…hill road mairehau received headand arminjuries and concussion and alex gibbs married of prestons road mairehau head and shoulder injuries moonlight was admitted to hospital his condition being satis…
- WgC8436
· Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection,
…road centre top is Hills road and the straight road running from mid-left to mid-right is Prestons Road. Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection…
- Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register
· New Zealand Gazette,
…ITED.307 WILLIS STREET LIMITED.349 FREDERICK INVESTMENTS LIMITED.360 SOFTWARE LIMITED.365 PRESTONS ROAD LIMITED.37FORUS LIMITED.38 GRACEFIELD LIMITED.3D CREATIVE WAIRARAPA LIMITED.3KA SHELF COMPANY 3…
- Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register
· New Zealand Gazette,
…TEES LIMITED.360VISIONNZ LIMITED.365 WEST COAST ROAD LIMITED.37 DARVEL STREET LIMITED.379 PRESTONS ROAD LIMITED.3D TRAILERS LIMITED.4 ART SAKE (2010) LIMITED.4 WHEELER IMPORTER NZ LIMITED.5 C’S LIMITE…
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.
- Redwood School (Christchurch), Contributing · decile 8 · EQI 443 · roll 303
The businesses on it, 3
Premises whose address in the directory is Prestons Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Prestons Road in 38 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Marshland Road & Prestons Road, 184 crashes pinned to the pairing.
Its file in the papers
Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.
- Latest Provincial Telegrams. (Marlborough Express, 12 April 1876) · Marlborough Express,
- BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Marlborough Express, 06 September 1884) · Marlborough Express,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 08 February 1887) · Marlborough Express,
- ECCLESIASTICAL. (Auckland Star, 21 April 1892) · Auckland Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 28 April 1893) · Wanganui Chronicle,
- CATHOLICS AND CONTROVERSY. (New Zealand Tablet, 21 May 1897) · New Zealand Tablet,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 05 December 1900) · Evening Post,
- LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 02 July 1907) · Marlborough Express,
- LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 16 February 1912) · Marlborough Express,
- Untitled (Grey River Argus, 28 October 1918) · Grey River Argus,
- Women in Print (Evening Post, 01 October 1923) · Evening Post,
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 29 February 1924) · Evening Post,
- WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 16 February 1928) · Evening Post,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 22 June 1935) · Evening Post,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 11 March 1939) · Evening Post,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 27 November 1939) · Evening Post,
- TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 June 1941) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 July 1941) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 08 August 1941) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 December 1941) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Street Cleaning, 1 Prestons Road,
- Water Leak, 63 Prestons Rd,
- Pavement - General, 120R Prestons Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 107 Prestons Road,
- Roads - General, 107 Prestons Road,
- Pavement - General, 131 Prestons Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 1 Prestons Road,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 157 Prestons Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 157 Prestons Road,
- Pavement - Damaged, 157 Prestons Road,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 157 Prestons Road,
- Street Cleaning, 157 Prestons Road,
- Water General, 98 Prestons Road,
- Street Light Outage, 19B Prestons Road,
- Poles and Signage - General, 51 Prestons Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
In Redwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.
160 reports at 65 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (58), roads & footpaths (39), water & drains (23).
2016, the record covers 140 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Marshland Road and Prestons Road, 184 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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