Papanui Road

Where it runs

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Papanui Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Strowan.

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

• 432 Papanui Road, 13 reports
• 453 Papanui Road, 9 reports
• 451 Papanui Road, 9 reports
• 398 Papanui Road, 8 reports
• 310 Papanui Road, 8 reports
• 308 Papanui Road, 7 reports
• 449 Papanui Road, 6 reports
• 334 Papanui Road, 6 reports
• 445 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 440 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 392 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 375 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 368 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 342 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 330 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 326 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 296 Papanui Road, 5 reports
• 441 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 439 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 438 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 412 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 393 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 378 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 365 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 364 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 354 Papanui Road, 4 reports
• 427 Papanui Road, 3 reports
• 421 Papanui Road, 3 reports
• 411 Papanui Road, 3 reports
• 403 Papanui Road, 3 reports
• 397B Papanui Road, 3 reports
• 360 Papanui Road, 3 reports
• 437 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 435A Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 423 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 415 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 413 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 410 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 409 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 408 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 394 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 391 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 386 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 383 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 371A Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 370 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 369 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 366 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 363 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 346 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 334B Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 302 Papanui Road, 2 reports
• 444 Papanui Road, 1 report
• 443 Papanui Road, 1 report
• 442 Papanui Road, 1 report
• 440A Papanui Road, 1 report
• 436-434 Papanui Road, 1 report
• 436 Papanui Road, 1 report
• 435 Papanui Road, 1 report
• 429 Papanui Road, 1 report

What got reported

• Water & drains, 91 reports
• Graffiti & vandalism, 82 reports
• Roads & footpaths, 50 reports
• Everything else, 6 reports
• Trees & parks, 6 reports
• Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
• Rubbish & dumping, 4 reports

Year by year

• 2017, 9 reports
• 2018, 2 reports
• 2019, 34 reports
• 2020, 24 reports
• 2021, 18 reports
• 2022, 38 reports
• 2023, 45 reports
• 2024, 22 reports
• 2025, 31 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 1,537 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

• Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 24 January 1852) · Papers Past, 24 Jan 1852
  …ior well-burnt bricks may be had in any quantity at the kiln back of dr barker rural land papanui road samples may be seen at the store of mr gibbs christchurch w parxinson on sale at the store of the…
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 31 January 1852) · Papers Past, 31 Jan 1852
  …ior well-burnt bricks may be had in any quantity at the kiln back of dr barker rural land papanui road samples may be seen at the store of mr gibbs christchurch w paitinson bricks bricks bricks orders…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 27 March 1852) · Papers Past, 27 Mar 1852
  henry flavel tailor papanui road near the market-place christchurch nb all orders punctually attended to and neatly executed j dil…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852) · Papers Past, 3 Apr 1852
  …al saddler harness maker christchurch mews nb repairs neatly executed henry flavel tailor papanui roadjiear the market-place christchurch nb all orders punctually attended to and neatly executed j dil…
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852) · Papers Past, 3 Apr 1852
  …ch for sale cjeveral small allotments of from two u to five acres of land situated on the papanui road apply to mr prichard solicitor christchurch for sale ttnselected land orders i cookson bowler co…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 10 April 1852) · Papers Past, 10 Apr 1852
  …uich for sale cjeveral small allotments of from two to five acres of land situated on the papanui road apply to mr prichard solicitor christehurch for sale a bargain rjihe framework of a 4-roomed hous…
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1852) · Papers Past, 17 Apr 1852
  …hurch for sale several small allotments of from two to five acres of land situated on the papanui road apply to mr pkichard solicitor christchurch to let or to be sold by private contract first bate b…
• Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852) · Papers Past, 1 May 1852
  …tuated in kilmore street christchurch on the north side of the river avon and near to the papanui road another quarter acre section situated in gloucester street christchurch near to the footbridge ac…
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 May 1852) · Papers Past, 29 May 1852
  for sale plots of land situate about one mile from christchurch on the papanui road at from 4 os to o os an acre according to the terms of purchase also an unselected land order for…
• Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 05 June 1852) · Papers Past, 5 Jun 1852
  …be let at christchurch tw o first-rate sections of excellent land one of 100 acres on the papanui road and the other of 50 acres on the euismere road in-farms of 25 acres each or upwards to suit the c…
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 12 June 1852) · Papers Past, 12 Jun 1852
  …be let at christchurch tw o first-rate sections of excellent land one of 100 acres on the papanui road and the other of 50 acres on the ellismere road in farms of 25 acres each or upwards to suit the…
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 12 June 1852) · Papers Past, 12 Jun 1852
  …eathcote parsonage for sale dlots of land situate about one mile from christchurch on the papanui road at from 4 1 os to b os an acre according to the terms of purchase for particulars apply to mr pri…

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The businesses on it, 4

Premises whose address in the directory is Papanui Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

• Beale & Cullen DentalDentists · 393 Papanui Road
• Papanui Medical CentreDoctors & clinics · 438 Papanui Road
• Papanui PharmacyChemist · 438 Papanui Road
• Triton Hearing Clinic, PapanuiDoctors & clinics · 413 Papanui Road

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Papanui Road in 65 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 11 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Bealey Avenue & Papanui Road, 63 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

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.

• Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 28 August 1883) · Star, 28 Aug 1883
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 November 1883) · Star, 13 Nov 1883
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 16 November 1883) · Star, 16 Nov 1883
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 December 1883) · Star, 6 Dec 1883
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 December 1883) · Star, 27 Dec 1883
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 31 December 1883) · Star, 31 Dec 1883
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 05 January 1884) · Star, 5 Jan 1884
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 07 January 1884) · Star, 7 Jan 1884
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 09 January 1884) · Star, 9 Jan 1884
• THE LATE MR T. S. DUNCAN. (Star, 26 December 1884) · Star, 26 Dec 1884
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 September 1886) · Star, 9 Sept 1886
• Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 November 1890) · Star, 18 Nov 1890
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 April 1893) · Star, 25 Apr 1893
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 December 1894) · Star, 22 Dec 1894
• Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 February 1897) · Star, 18 Feb 1897
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 March 1897) · Star, 2 Mar 1897
• Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 December 1900) · Star, 13 Dec 1900
• G. G. STEAD'S WILL. (Taranaki Herald, 12 May 1908) · Taranaki Herald, 12 May 1908
• LATE C. C. STEAD'S WILL. (Grey River Argus, 12 May 1908) · Grey River Argus, 12 May 1908
• THE CITY (Ashburton Guardian, 09 November 1917) · Ashburton Guardian, 9 Nov 1917

As it was reported

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The latest on it

• Dumped Rubbish, 445 Papanui Rd, 13 Oct 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 397A Papanui Road, 19 Sept 2026
• Bus Shelter Issue, 373 Papanui Road, 14 Sept 2026
• Pavement - Damaged, 432 Papanui Road, 14 Sept 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 368 Papanui Road, 28 Aug 2026
• Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 392 Papanui Road, 28 Aug 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 330 Papanui Road, 24 Aug 2026
• Hazard, vehicle, 306 Papanui Road, 27 Jul 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 441 Papanui Rd, 5 Jul 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 398 Papanui Rd, 2 Jul 2026
• Roads - General, 348 Papanui Rd, 18 Jun 2026
• Water Leak, 296 Papanui Road, 16 Jun 2026
• Street Light Outage, 423 Papanui Rd, 28 May 2026
• Damaged Road, 423 Papanui Rd, 24 May 2026
• General Request, 326 Papanui Rd, 29 Apr 2026