# Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

264 reports at 74 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 218 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5279&lon=172.5736&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5279&lon=172.5736&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5279&lon=172.5736&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
- [62A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/62a-waimairi-road), 20 reports
- [45 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/45-waimairi-road), 17 reports
- [53 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/53-waimairi-road), 16 reports
- [47 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/47-waimairi-road), 16 reports
- [38 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-waimairi-road), 11 reports
- [10 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/10-waimairi-road), 10 reports
- [59 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/59-waimairi-road), 8 reports
- [3 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/3-waimairi-road), 8 reports
- [42 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/42-waimairi-road), 7 reports
- [70 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/70-waimairi-road), 6 reports
- [63 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/63-waimairi-road), 6 reports
- [41 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/41-waimairi-road), 6 reports
- [30 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/30-waimairi-road), 6 reports
- [1 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/1-waimairi-road), 6 reports
- [68 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/68-waimairi-road), 5 reports
- [66 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/66-waimairi-road), 5 reports
- [61 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/61-waimairi-road), 5 reports
- [9 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/9-waimairi-road), 4 reports
- [85 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/85-waimairi-road), 4 reports
- [62B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/62b-waimairi-road), 4 reports
- [57B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/57b-waimairi-road), 4 reports
- [54 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/54-waimairi-road), 4 reports
- [40 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/40-waimairi-road), 4 reports
- [33B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33b-waimairi-road), 4 reports
- [90 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/90-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [64 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/64-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [58 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/58-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [50 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/50-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [40A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/40a-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [36A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/36a-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [11B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11b-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [11A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11a-waimairi-road), 3 reports
- [95 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/95-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [83 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/83-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [81 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/81-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [71 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/71-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [65 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/65-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [58E Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/58e-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [39 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/39-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [36B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/36b-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [35 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/35-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [31B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/31b-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [27 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/27-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [15A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15a-waimairi-road), 2 reports
- [76-88 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/76-88-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [74 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/74-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [73 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/73-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [72 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/72-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [7 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/7-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [69B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/69b-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [67 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/67-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [65A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/65a-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [63A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/63a-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [62 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/62-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [60 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/60-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [57C Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/57c-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [56 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/56-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [55 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/55-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [43L Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/43l-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [43K Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/43k-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [43E Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/43e-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [43 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/43-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [42A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/42a-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [4 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [36C Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/36c-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [34 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/34-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [33 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [31 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/31-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [21 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/21-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [20 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/20-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [2/20 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/2-20-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [17 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/17-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [11a Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11a-waimairi-road), 1 report
- [11 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/11-waimairi-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 138 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 50 reports
- Water & drains, 27 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 25 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 11 reports
- Trees & parks, 6 reports
- Everything else, 5 reports
- [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 3 reports
- 2016, 3 reports
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 1 report
- 2020, 5 reports
- 2021, 6 reports
- 2022, 27 reports
- 2023, 73 reports
- 2024, 55 reports
- 2025, 57 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 (14 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [RURAL SECTIONS CHOSEN. (Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510329.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Mar 1851
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520501.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 May 1852
- [ROAD BOARDS. (Star, 18 April 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950418.2.60), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Apr 1895
- [Aerial view of Christchurch Teachers' College](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive1232/aerial-views-christchurch/ccl-cs-15251), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1970
- [Brent Hesselyn and his windmill sculpture](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/negatives/1971/ccl-cs-36441), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 4 Oct 1971
- [LIST OF](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-go4003), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 9 Jun 2000
- [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-gs6064), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 22 Aug 2000
- [supplement](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2001-gs5761), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 24 Aug 2001
- [LIST OF PUBLIC VALUERS](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2001-go5469), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 24 Aug 2001
- [List of Public Valuers](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2002-go3512), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 29 May 2002
- [supplement](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2002-gs5594), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 16 Aug 2002
- [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2003-gs5751), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 29 Aug 2003

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Waimairi Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [THE CITY. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 September 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19110916.2.3), Ashburton Guardian · 1911-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 September 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150915.2.72), Evening Post · 1915-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [MID-CANTERBURY (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 September 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19430928.2.10.2), Ellesmere Guardian · 1943-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [COMMERCIAL (Evening Post, 29 September 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450929.2.113), Evening Post · 1945-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9061043), 47 Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09061043/public/1_vtvs5yucaggu.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9051152), 38 Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09051152/public/1_p514x1pll5pd.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9046272), 38 Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09046272/public/1_qnepsh9x1rc.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8985463), 66 Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08985463/public/1_twod4in7bbp.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8886740), 85 Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08886740/public/1_izjfq8d5wnfb.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8825828), 4 Waimairi Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08825828/public/1_tz2d9j8tiqk.jpg
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8741266), 57B Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08741266/public/1_au53vtrn0zvr.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8698078), 62B Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08698078/public/1_k4lhsf6nl78y.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8601806), 85 Waimairi Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08601806/public/1_uuznk5o726r.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8474004), 47 Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08474004/public/1_y68juflxt489.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8470066), 59 Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08470066/public/1_idp3jj2gag7a.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8309732), 36A Waimairi Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08309732/public/1_bsdcywet4np8.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9061043) at [47 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/47-waimairi-road), 9 Oct 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9051152) at [38 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-waimairi-road), 7 Oct 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9046272) at [38 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-waimairi-road), 7 Oct 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8985463) at [66 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/66-waimairi-road), 26 Sept 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8886740) at [85 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/85-waimairi-road), 8 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8825828) at [4 Waimairi Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/4-waimairi-road), 29 Aug 2026
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8741266) at [57B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/57b-waimairi-road), 14 Aug 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8698078) at [62B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/62b-waimairi-road), 6 Aug 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8663330) at [40A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/40a-waimairi-road), 30 Jul 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8601806) at [85 Waimairi Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/85-waimairi-road), 20 Jul 2026
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8474004) at [47 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/47-waimairi-road), 25 Jun 2026
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8470066) at [59 Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/59-waimairi-road), 24 Jun 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8378188) at [57B Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/57b-waimairi-road), 8 Jun 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8309732) at [36A Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/36a-waimairi-road), 26 May 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8227176) at [62B Waimairi Rd](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/62b-waimairi-road), 10 May 2026

## The businesses on it (8)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Waimairi Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Bank of New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/business/bank-of-new-zealand-upper-riccarton), Banks · 1 Waimairi Road
- [Bush Inn Shopping Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/bush-inn-shopping-centre-upper-riccarton), Malls · 20 Waimairi Road
- [Bush Inn Tavern](https://www.chch.live/business/bush-inn-tavern-upper-riccarton), Bars & pubs · 20 Waimairi Road Upper Riccarton
- [Dubba Dubba](https://www.chch.live/business/dubba-dubba-upper-riccarton), Fast food · 11B Waimairi Road
- [New York Deli Bush Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/new-york-deli-bush-inn-upper-riccarton), Restaurants · 20 Waimairi Road Upper Riccarton
- [Shanghai Street Dumpling](https://www.chch.live/business/shanghai-street-dumpling-upper-riccarton), Restaurants · 20 Waimairi Road Upper Riccarton
- [The Source Bulk Foods](https://www.chch.live/business/the-source-bulk-foods-upper-riccarton), Delis · 20 Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton
- [V-Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/v-mart-upper-riccarton-2), Supermarkets · 20 Waimairi Road

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 44 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Maidstone Road & Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/maidstone-road-and-waimairi-road), 84 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Waimairi Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Waimairi Road?**

264 reports at 74 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (138), roads & footpaths (50), water & drains (27).

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

2015, the record covers 218 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Maidstone Road and Waimairi Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/maidstone-road-and-waimairi-road), 84 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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