Springs Road
25 reports at 7 addresses in Wigram, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 23 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Springs Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Wigram.
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
- 29 Springs Road, 11 reports
- 29R Springs Road, 6 reports
- 19 Springs Road, 4 reports
- 87 Springs Road, 1 report
- 77 Springs Road, 1 report
- 37 Springs Road, 1 report
- 23 Springs Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 11 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Trees & parks, 4 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 5 reports
- 2024, 1 report
- 2025, 10 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 103 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 24 December 1858)
· Papers Past,
…land office christchurch for a ferry and house of accommodation ten acres on the south or springs road having 10 chains frontage to the road and extending back in a rectangular block 10 chains adjoini…
- ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE FOR 1859-60. (Lyttelton Times, 30 November 1859)
· Papers Past,
…road culverts 200 0 diff lincoln road extension of works 400 n gsf-d improvement 400 0 pf springs road culverts c 100 n thf papdnui completion of road 3 o opening road to the bush on the kowai 50 huru…
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 December 1861)
· Papers Past,
…cester street christchurch luck clark gloucester street fors a l e freehold land near the springs road gf acres of excellent land situated between 4j the great south road and the springs road about 7…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 11 December 1861)
· Papers Past,
…oucester street christchurch luck clark gloucester street for sale freehold land near the springs road gf acres of excellent land situated between 3 the great south road and the springs road about 7 m…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1861)
· Papers Past,
…wo pounds ten shillings luck clark gloucester street f 0 r sale vc freehold land near the springs road gf acres of excellent land situated between jj the great south road and the springs road about 7…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 18 December 1861)
· Papers Past,
…of two pounds ten shillings luck clark gloucester street for sale freehold land near the springs road g acres of excellent land situated between juj the great south road and the springs road about 7…
- Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 01 February 1862)
· Papers Past,
…ater this property will be sold in one lot or in two lots as follows 1 160 acres north of springs road of which 41 acres are in cultivation with house outbuildings and garden 2 69 acres south of the r…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 22 February 1862)
· Papers Past,
…ss agricultural and pasture land in capital order with homestead complete situated on the springs road about 6 miles from christchurch a 20-acre section price only 5 per acre an excellent farm ofrone…
- ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HEATHCOTE—CLAIMS TO VOTE.—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862)
· Papers Past,
…frey george r aiken robert bartrum george beaumont james heathcote valley i tweed house i springs road i ferry road christchurch i cashmere road i leasehold 5 freehold i leasehold s freehold 1 leaseho…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1862)
· Papers Past,
…221862 1680 for sale near riccarton 412 as re o s f excellenfc lani situated just off the springs road and about a mile from kiccarton the land which is all fenced in and divided into four paddocks is…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 30 April 1862)
· Papers Past,
for sale near riccarton a v acres of excellent land situated just off js the springs road and about a mile from riccarton j the land which is all fenced in and divided into four paddocks…
- PROVINCIAL COUNCIL EXTENSION BILL, 1865. (Timaru Herald, 05 January 1866)
· Papers Past,
…ict on the south by the river selwyn and lake ellesmere and on the west by the weeden and springs road ths waterholes road by tancreds the ellesmere and lincoln road and the drain road to the kiver se…
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The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Springs Road in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Halswell Junction Road & Springs Road, 89 crashes pinned to the pairing.
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.
- Local & General (Star, 07 September 1893) · Star,
- Local & General. (Star, 21 September 1893) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH NEWS. (Auckland Star, 19 December 1902) · Auckland Star,
- WELLINGTON, October 21 (Otago Witness, 25 October 1905) · Otago Witness,
- The Akaroa Mail FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1909. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 November 1909) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- CHRISTCHURCH, November 15. (Otago Witness, 17 November 1909) · Otago Witness,
- TASMAN FLIGHT (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 September 1928) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 February 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 March 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 May 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 05 June 1934) · Evening Post,
- POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 December 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 11 September 1935) · Evening Post,
- WIGRAM GROWS UP (Evening Post, 22 May 1937) · Evening Post,
- POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 December 1937) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- ELECTRIC POWER (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 July 1938) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 December 1938) · Evening Post,
- SPRINGS-ELLESMERE BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 June 1939) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- SUPPLY OF POWER (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 August 1939) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 September 1941) · Evening Post,
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Pavement - Damaged, 29 Springs Rd,
- Park - General Request, 29 Springs Rd,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 37 Springs Rd,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 29R Springs Road,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 29R Springs Road,
- Poles and Signage - General, 29 Springs Rd,
- Poles and Signage - General, 29 Springs Rd,
- General Request, 29R Springs Road,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 23 Springs Rd,
- General Request, 29R Springs Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 29R Springs Road,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 29 Springs Rd,
- Facility - General Request, 29 Springs Rd,
- Damaged Street Sign, 29 Springs Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 29 Springs Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
In Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand.
25 reports at 7 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (11), roads & footpaths (4), trees & parks (4).
2016, the record covers 23 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Halswell Junction Road and Springs Road, 89 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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