Hoon Hay Road

68 reports at 9 addresses in Somerfield, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 52 separate days somebody filed something about it.

68 reports 9 addresses52 days reported onfrom the air, then 58 documents carry the namethe 1266th 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 Hoon Hay Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Somerfield.

From the air, then

Hoon Hay Road from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

Hoon Hay Road from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Hoon Hay Road from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Hoon Hay Road from the air, 1975-1979 — **1975-1979** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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

243A Hoon Hay Road, 17 reports
217C Hoon Hay Road, 15 reports
225 Hoon Hay Road, 14 reports
207B Hoon Hay Road, 7 reports
257 Hoon Hay Road, 6 reports
207A Hoon Hay Road, 4 reports
223A Hoon Hay Road, 2 reports
219C Hoon Hay Road, 2 reports
237 Hoon Hay Road, 1 report

What got reported

Trees & parks, 33 reports
Graffiti & vandalism, 17 reports
Water & drains, 10 reports
Roads & footpaths, 6 reports
Everything else, 1 report
Animals & pests, 1 report

Year by year

2015, 1 report
2017, 1 report
2018, 2 reports
2019, 3 reports
2021, 9 reports
2022, 3 reports
2023, 29 reports
2024, 7 reports
2025, 10 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 58 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1858) · Papers Past, 20 Feb 1858
…ed being 250 lincoln road from fifth mile to ellesmere junction 500 forming and metalling hoon hay road 600 the list work was stated to be from the lin coin road to the foot of the hills and necessary…
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 18 September 1858) · Papers Past, 18 Sept 1858
…der e dobson provincial engineer office of public works christchurch sept 14 1858 forming hoon hay road notice to contractors ftihe provincial government are pre j pared to receive tenders for forming…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 September 1858) · Papers Past, 22 Sept 1858
…nder e dobson provincial engineer office of public works christchurch sept 141858 forming hoon hay road notice to contractors fthhe provincial government are pre jl pared to receive tenders for formin…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 25 September 1858) · Papers Past, 25 Sept 1858
…der e doeson provincial engineer office of public works christchurch sept 14 1858 forming hoon hay road notice to contractors nphe provincial governmeat are pre jl pared to receive tenders for forming…
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 29 September 1858) · Papers Past, 29 Sept 1858
…g thrown up a j government contract on a previous w parish 6s 9d peryard declined forming hoon hay road 38 chains in length olerenshaw and armitage 228 os oddeclined rbowen 216 15s odaccepted metallin…
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 02 October 1858) · Papers Past, 2 Oct 1858
…ng thrown up a government conj tract on a previous w parish 6s 9dperyard declined forming hoon hay road 38 chains in length olerenshaw and armitage 228 os oddeclined rbowen 216 15s odaccepted metallin…
ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE (Lyttelton Times, 06 November 1858) · Papers Past, 6 Nov 1858
…heathcote 800 draining filling up gravel pit and continuation of works 800 district roads hoon hay roadforming and metalling 1000 fendall town ro2 500 bridge over the avon 200 ohoko bush road 350 sout…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 13 November 1858) · Papers Past, 13 Nov 1858
…ale apiece of fire acres situated on the most accessible part of the hill abutting on the hoon hay road there is a good road formed into the bush which is about 6 miles from christchurch and is timber…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 November 1858) · Papers Past, 17 Nov 1858
…ale apiece of five acres situated on the most accessible part of the hill abutting on the hoon hay road there is a good road formed into the bush which is about 6 miles from christchurch and is timber…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 November 1858) · Papers Past, 20 Nov 1858
…ale apiece of five acres situated on the most accessible part of the hill abutting on the hoon hay road there is a good road formed into the bush which is about 6 miles from christchurch and is timber…
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 24 November 1858) · Papers Past, 24 Nov 1858
…any tender e dobson j provincial engineer office of public works christchurch nov 20 1858 hoon hay road notice to carters others the provincial government are prepared to receive tenders for metala li…
Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 27 November 1858) · Papers Past, 27 Nov 1858
…andbridge overfheathcote 300 draining filling up gravel-pit and continuation of works 800 hoon hay road forming metalling 1000 fendall town road iooo bridge over the avon 200 ohoko bush road 450 south…