# Prestons Road, Redwood, Christchurch

160 reports at 65 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 140 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/redwood/prestons-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.474&lon=172.6255&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.474&lon=172.6255&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.474&lon=172.6255&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.474&lon=172.6255&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
- [120R Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/120r-prestons-road), 15 reports
- [131 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/131-prestons-road), 11 reports
- [120 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/120-prestons-road), 11 reports
- [1 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/1-prestons-road), 10 reports
- [157 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/157-prestons-road), 9 reports
- [106 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/106-prestons-road), 9 reports
- [137 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/137-prestons-road), 5 reports
- [51 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/51-prestons-road), 4 reports
- [28B Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/28b-prestons-road), 4 reports
- [63 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/63-prestons-road), 3 reports
- [28 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/28-prestons-road), 3 reports
- [111 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/111-prestons-road), 3 reports
- [109R Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/109r-prestons-road), 3 reports
- [107 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/107-prestons-road), 3 reports
- [99 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/99-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [93 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/93-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [92 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/92-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [75 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/75-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [50 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/50-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [42 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/42-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [39A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/39a-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [28A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/28a-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [167 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/167-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [155 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/155-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [141 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/141-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [139 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/139-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [117 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/117-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [11 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/11-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [103 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/103-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [102 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/102-prestons-road), 2 reports
- [98 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/98-prestons-road), 1 report
- [94 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/94-prestons-road), 1 report
- [83 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/83-prestons-road), 1 report
- [7 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/7-prestons-road), 1 report
- [67 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/67-prestons-road), 1 report
- [57 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/57-prestons-road), 1 report
- [54 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/54-prestons-road), 1 report
- [52 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/52-prestons-road), 1 report
- [5 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/5-prestons-road), 1 report
- [48 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/48-prestons-road), 1 report
- [46A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/46a-prestons-road), 1 report
- [43A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/43a-prestons-road), 1 report
- [37B Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/37b-prestons-road), 1 report
- [37 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/37-prestons-road), 1 report
- [34B Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/34b-prestons-road), 1 report
- [34A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/34a-prestons-road), 1 report
- [30 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/30-prestons-road), 1 report
- [3 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/3-prestons-road), 1 report
- [19B Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/19b-prestons-road), 1 report
- [145–157 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/145%E2%80%93157-prestons-road), 1 report
- [145 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/145-prestons-road), 1 report
- [140 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/140-prestons-road), 1 report
- [136 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/136-prestons-road), 1 report
- [133 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/133-prestons-road), 1 report
- [129 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/129-prestons-road), 1 report
- [127B Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/127b-prestons-road), 1 report
- [126 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/126-prestons-road), 1 report
- [125 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/125-prestons-road), 1 report
- [121–133 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/121%E2%80%93133-prestons-road), 1 report
- [115 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/115-prestons-road), 1 report
- [114 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/114-prestons-road), 1 report
- [104A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/104a-prestons-road), 1 report
- [103A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/103a-prestons-road), 1 report
- [100A Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/100a-prestons-road), 1 report
- [100 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/100-prestons-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 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

_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.*
- [TRAIN AND TRUCK (Evening Post, 23 February 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350223.2.136), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Feb 1935
- [WgC8436](https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/Collection/WgC8436.jpg.info), [Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=Air%20Force%20Museum%20of%20New%20Zealand%20Photograph%20Collection), 5 Dec 1943
- [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-ds2368), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 17 Apr 2014
- [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2017-ds1782), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 13 Apr 2017

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Prestons Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Latest Provincial Telegrams. (Marlborough Express, 12 April 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18760412.2.11.2), Marlborough Express · 1876-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Marlborough Express, 06 September 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18840906.2.15), Marlborough Express · 1884-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 08 February 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18870208.2.8), Marlborough Express · 1887-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [ECCLESIASTICAL. (Auckland Star, 21 April 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18920421.2.41), Auckland Star · 1892-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 28 April 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18930428.2.7), Wanganui Chronicle · 1893-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [CATHOLICS AND CONTROVERSY. (New Zealand Tablet, 21 May 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18970521.2.27), New Zealand Tablet · 1897-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 05 December 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19001205.2.22.4), Evening Post · 1900-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 02 July 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19070702.2.21), Marlborough Express · 1907-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 16 February 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19120216.2.16), Marlborough Express · 1912-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Grey River Argus, 28 October 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19181028.2.7), Grey River Argus · 1918-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Women in Print (Evening Post, 01 October 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231001.2.131), Evening Post · 1923-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 29 February 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240229.2.124), Evening Post · 1924-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 16 February 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280216.2.154), Evening Post · 1928-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 22 June 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350622.2.8.7), Evening Post · 1935-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 11 March 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390311.2.12.8), Evening Post · 1939-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 27 November 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19391127.2.137), Evening Post · 1939-11-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410630.2.94.3), Evening Post · 1941-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 July 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410702.2.96), Evening Post · 1941-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 08 August 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410808.2.91.1), Evening Post · 1941-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411231.2.10), Evening Post · 1941-12-31T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8783262), 63 Prestons Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08783262/public/1_r6zhvkurxyng.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8772636), 120R Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08772636/public/1_avx3ehdqmys.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8708253), 107 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08708253/public/1_jo1kn9oadr8k.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8690586), 131 Prestons Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08690586/public/1_wvmudgvofulm.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8623768), 1 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08623768/public/1_dhpi9cbo5q8.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8602261), 157 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08602261/public/1_xsi9cxii1cda.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8581605), 157 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08581605/public/1_6ytpd5bift7n.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8581571), 157 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08581571/public/1_2wazdvluaoli.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8581560), 157 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08581560/public/1_8istwts4el7h.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8504210), 157 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08504210/public/1_i8zdxft2va6.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8423119), 98 Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08423119/public/1_prsmmh2ob3ks.jpg
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8398678), 19B Prestons Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08398678/public/1_ik4lmtm1iwe.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8794965) at [1 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/1-prestons-road), 23 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8783262) at [63 Prestons Rd](https://www.chch.live/redwood/63-prestons-road), 21 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8772636) at [120R Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/120r-prestons-road), 19 Aug 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8750825) at [107 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/107-prestons-road), 15 Aug 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8708253) at [107 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/107-prestons-road), 8 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8690586) at [131 Prestons Rd](https://www.chch.live/redwood/131-prestons-road), 5 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8623768) at [1 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/1-prestons-road), 23 Jul 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8602261) at [157 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/157-prestons-road), 20 Jul 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8581605) at [157 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/157-prestons-road), 16 Jul 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8581571) at [157 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/157-prestons-road), 16 Jul 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8581560) at [157 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/157-prestons-road), 16 Jul 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8504210) at [157 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/157-prestons-road), 1 Jul 2026
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8423119) at [98 Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/98-prestons-road), 16 Jun 2026
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8398678) at [19B Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/redwood/19b-prestons-road), 11 Jun 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8303945) at [51 Prestons Rd](https://www.chch.live/redwood/51-prestons-road), 25 May 2026

## Schools on it
- [Redwood School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3484-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.*
- [Liquorland](https://www.chch.live/business/liquorland-redwood), Bottle stores · 18 Prestons Road, Redwood
- [Prestons Road Surgery](https://www.chch.live/business/prestons-road-surgery-redwood), Doctors & clinics · 96 Prestons Road, Redwood
- [The Bottle O Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/business/the-bottle-o-prestons-road-redwood), Bottle stores · 18 Prestons Road Redwood

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 38 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Marshland Road & Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-prestons-road), 184 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Prestons Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Prestons Road?**

160 reports at 65 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (58), roads & footpaths (39), water & drains (23).

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

2016, the record covers 140 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Marshland Road and Prestons Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-prestons-road), 184 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=redwood&street=prestons-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Redwood&street=prestons-road