# Ilam Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

341 reports at 60 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 260 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/ilam-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5289&lon=172.5799&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5289&lon=172.5799&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5289&lon=172.5799&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
- [39 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/39-ilam-road), 48 reports
- [54 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/54-ilam-road), 17 reports
- [46 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/46-ilam-road), 17 reports
- [11 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11-ilam-road), 15 reports
- [35 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/35-ilam-road), 14 reports
- [2 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/2-ilam-road), 13 reports
- [45 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/45-ilam-road), 12 reports
- [47 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/47-ilam-road), 11 reports
- [27 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/27-ilam-road), 11 reports
- [38 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-ilam-road), 10 reports
- [40 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/40-ilam-road), 9 reports
- [69 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/69-ilam-road), 8 reports
- [18 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/18-ilam-road), 8 reports
- [53 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/53-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [51 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/51-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [49 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/49-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [36 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/36-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [34 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/34-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [1 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/1-ilam-road), 7 reports
- [23 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/23-ilam-road), 6 reports
- [65 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/65-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [58 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/58-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [52 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/52-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [50 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/50-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [44 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/44-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [37 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/37-ilam-road), 5 reports
- [60 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/60-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [28 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/28-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [25 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/25-ilam-road), 4 reports
- [6A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/6a-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [6 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/6-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [59A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/59a-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [56 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/56-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [5 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/5-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [42 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/42-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [33 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [29 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/29-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [22 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/22-ilam-road), 3 reports
- [67 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/67-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [64 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/64-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [62 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/62-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [4 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [21 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/21-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [20 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/20-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [14 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/14-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [12 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/12-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [10 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/10-ilam-road), 2 reports
- [8B Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8b-ilam-road), 1 report
- [8A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8a-ilam-road), 1 report
- [8 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-ilam-road), 1 report
- [61 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/61-ilam-road), 1 report
- [57A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/57a-ilam-road), 1 report
- [57 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/57-ilam-road), 1 report
- [42-34 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/42-34-ilam-road), 1 report
- [32 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/32-ilam-road), 1 report
- [26 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/26-ilam-road), 1 report
- [25B Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/25b-ilam-road), 1 report
- [25A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/25a-ilam-road), 1 report
- [16 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/16-ilam-road), 1 report
- [11A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11a-ilam-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 128 reports
- Water & drains, 88 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 74 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 19 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 14 reports
- Trees & parks, 13 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 4 reports
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 8 reports
- 2022, 55 reports
- 2023, 58 reports
- 2024, 81 reports
- 2025, 78 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 (34 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 August 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860828.2.50.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Aug 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 September 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860909.2.48.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Sept 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 October 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861005.2.58.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Oct 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861223.2.36.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Dec 1886
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 January 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870105.2.48.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Jan 1887
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 January 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870117.2.51.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jan 1887
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 March 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870314.2.42.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Mar 1887
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24804771), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24804769), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24804770), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [Housing](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-archive/R24804768), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1972
- [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-gs6064), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 22 Aug 2000

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Ilam Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 04 April 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550404.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1855-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (Wellington Independent, 03 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660403.2.28.6), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 10 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660410.2.25.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 14 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660414.2.34.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 17 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660417.2.22.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Wellington Independent, 19 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660419.2.26.4), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 21 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660421.2.23.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 24 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660424.2.32.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 26 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660426.2.26.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 28 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660428.2.30.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wellington Independent, 01 May 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660501.2.20.3), Wellington Independent · 1866-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Wellington Independent, 05 May 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660505.2.26.4), Wellington Independent · 1866-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Wellington Independent, 10 May 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18660510.2.28.4), Wellington Independent · 1866-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Timaru Herald, 24 May 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18820524.2.2.8), Timaru Herald · 1882-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Timaru Herald, 03 June 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18820603.2.2.8), Timaru Herald · 1882-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [OTAGO A. & P. SOCIETY'S SHOW. (Otago Witness, 02 December 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18871202.2.140), Otago Witness · 1887-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 23 October 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19071023.2.234.2), Otago Witness · 1907-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9008155), 51 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09008155/public/1_cn3uremq2ddq.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9000420), 65 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09000420/public/1_6adqclj9iipj.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8986828), 58 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08986828/public/1_jlpx1o93ygbb.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8974281), 54 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08974281/public/1_72ne4wclems2.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8974254), 25A Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08974254/public/1_00n2p7evzb46kv.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8963584), 4 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08963584/public/1_q4zkudia3qh.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8945799), 58 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08945799/public/1_32qojderckp.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8915849), 49 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08915849/public/1_25ikeihwbtzj.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8915838), 45 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08915838/public/1_x8y99itcllq.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8882765), 27 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08882765/public/1_p6cut4l00xl.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8842936), 23 Ilam Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08842936/public/1_ys9sludizpby.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8831629), 69 Ilam Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08831629/public/1_7k2nt985ia54.jpg

[More photographs on the Upper Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9069207) at [64 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/64-ilam-road), 11 Oct 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9008155) at [51 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/51-ilam-road), 30 Sept 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9000420) at [65 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/65-ilam-road), 29 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8999158) at [2 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/2-ilam-road), 29 Sept 2026
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8986828) at [58 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/58-ilam-road), 26 Sept 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8974281) at [54 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/54-ilam-road), 24 Sept 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8974254) at [25A Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/25a-ilam-road), 24 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8963584) at [4 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-ilam-road), 22 Sept 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8955161) at [2 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/2-ilam-road), 21 Sept 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8945799) at [58 Ilam Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/58-ilam-road), 19 Sept 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8915849) at [49 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/49-ilam-road), 14 Sept 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8915838) at [45 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/45-ilam-road), 14 Sept 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8882765) at [27 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/27-ilam-road), 8 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8876052) at [42 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/42-ilam-road), 7 Sept 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8842936) at [23 Ilam Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/23-ilam-road), 1 Sept 2026

## The businesses on it (1)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Ilam Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Takurua Vets](https://www.chch.live/business/takurua-vets-upper-riccarton), Vets · 1 Ilam Road

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 33 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Ilam Road & Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/ilam-road-and-memorial-avenue), 71 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Ilam Road?**

In [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Ilam Road?**

341 reports at 60 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (128), water & drains (88), roads & footpaths (74).

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

2015, the record covers 260 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Ilam Road and Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/crashes/ilam-road-and-memorial-avenue), 71 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=upper-riccarton&street=ilam-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=ilam-road