# 179 Kennedys Bush Road, Kennedys Bush

40 reports on record since September 2016 · 30 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/179-kennedys-bush-road

## What gets reported here
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes) — 9
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 4
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/problems/flooding) — 4
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 4
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles) — 3
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2

## Reported here
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8919015) — 14 Sept 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7843876) — 4 Mar 2026
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7799391) — 24 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7205717) — 13 Nov 2025
- [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/6894576) — 15 Sept 2025
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6838269) — 3 Sept 2025
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6820445) — 30 Aug 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6810935) — 28 Aug 2025
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/6608480) — 15 Jul 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6541270) — 29 Jun 2025

## Photographed here (30 on record)
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8919015) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08919015/public/1_27tcvlt8xqfh.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7843876) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07843876/public/1_ikruofi62kt.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7799391) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07799391/public/1_tr3pcqfdcuet.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7205717) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07205717/public/1_ibybkpg4sgae.jpg
- [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/6894576) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06894576/public/1_vhgs1fyfrud2.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6838269) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06838269/public/1_lnb4e2eesfo2.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6820445) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06820445/public/1_4oes9ejw59o.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6810935) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06810935/public/1_0kzo2hu4lwmn.jpg
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/6608480) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06608480/public/1_axf09xxxxbja.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6541270) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06541270/public/1_wi9f9x4q9dq9.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6314013) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06314013/public/1_mkqpmt6twgp8.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5787218) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05787218/public/1_tcnkljxeitos.jpg

[More photographs on the Kennedys Bush wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=kennedys-bush)

## Also reported on Kennedys Bush Road
- [185 Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/185-kennedys-bush-road) — 24 reports
- [275 Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/275-kennedys-bush-road) — 19 reports
- [189 Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/189-kennedys-bush-road) — 14 reports
- [319 Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/319-kennedys-bush-road) — 10 reports
- [243 Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/243-kennedys-bush-road) — 10 reports
- [201B Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/201b-kennedys-bush-road) — 10 reports
- [201A-201B Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/201a-201b-kennedys-bush-road) — 10 reports
- [201A Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/201a-kennedys-bush-road) — 8 reports
- [Kennedys Bush Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/kennedys-bush-road)

## On the doorstep
- [The Whare](https://www.chch.live/business/the-whare-kennedys-bush) — 263 m away · Museums

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Halswell Quarry Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89612-halswell-quarry-park) — 160 m away — “(illegible plaque – weathered)” · 2004
- [Halswell Quarry Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89609-halswell-quarry-park) — 195 m away — “20 DEC 1963 / TIME CAPSULE / MARKING (illegible) / TO BE OPENED NEXT CENTURY / (sponsor li…” · 2001
- [John Taylor Walkway](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89712-halswell-quarry-park) — 214 m away — “JOHN TAYLOR WALKWAY” · 2001

*The plaque pins come from the register — a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Kennedys Bush Road in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=kennedys-bush-road&suburb=kennedys-bush)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Kennedys Bush ran about **$730 a week** — $180 above the city median of $550 — [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Halswell ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/halswell) — the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here — Former Dwelling and setting, Halswell Quarry Manager's Residence, Garden and Garage
*141 m away · located to ±61 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/121)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/7223

## The green nearby
- [Halswell Quarry Park](https://www.chch.live/park/927-halswell-quarry-park) — you are in it · Regional · 56 ha
- [Stowe Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1561-stowe-drainage-reserve) — 427 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-266-kennedys-bush) — 7 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 179 Kennedys Bush Road?**

40 council reports on record since September 2016 — most often pothole (9), roads - general (4), flooding (4).

**Which suburb is 179 Kennedys Bush Road in?**

Kennedys Bush, Christchurch — on [Kennedys Bush Road](https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/kennedys-bush-road).

**What stood at 179 Kennedys Bush Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it — [Former Dwelling and setting, Halswell Quarry Manager's Residence, Garden and Garage](https://www.chch.live/place/121).

**What is the nearest park to 179 Kennedys Bush Road?**

[Halswell Quarry Park](https://www.chch.live/park/927-halswell-quarry-park) — the address is inside it, 56 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=kennedys-bush&address=179-kennedys-bush-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Kennedys%20Bush&street=kennedys-bush-road
