# Lower Styx Road, Bottle Lake, Christchurch 113 reports at 45 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 94 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/bottle-lake/lower-styx-road ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4473&lon=172.6788&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4473&lon=172.6788&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4473&lon=172.6788&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4473&lon=172.6788&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 - [154 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/154-lower-styx-road), 13 reports - [51 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/51-lower-styx-road), 8 reports - [288 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/288-lower-styx-road), 7 reports - [52 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/52-lower-styx-road), 6 reports - [286 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/286-lower-styx-road), 6 reports - [234 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/234-lower-styx-road), 5 reports - [232 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/232-lower-styx-road), 5 reports - [230 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/230-lower-styx-road), 5 reports - [119–121 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/119%E2%80%93121-lower-styx-road), 4 reports - [206 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/206-lower-styx-road), 3 reports - [166 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/166-lower-styx-road), 3 reports - [135–137 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/135%E2%80%93137-lower-styx-road), 3 reports - [91–99 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/91%E2%80%9399-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [75 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/75-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [70 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/70-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [48 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/48-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [290 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/290-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [240 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/240-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [228–266 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/228%E2%80%93266-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [176 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/176-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [166-154 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/166-154-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [150 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/150-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [148 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/148-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [119 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/119-lower-styx-road), 2 reports - [78 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/78-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [68 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/68-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [51-143 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/51-143-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [239 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/239-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [238 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/238-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [235 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/235-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [226 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/226-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [218 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/218-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [217 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/217-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [212-222 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/212-222-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [188 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/188-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [186 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/186-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [161 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/161-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [160 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/160-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [156 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/156-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [143 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/143-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [139–141 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/139%E2%80%93141-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [123–133 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/123%E2%80%93133-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [118 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/118-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [101–103 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/101%E2%80%93103-lower-styx-road), 1 report - [101 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/101-lower-styx-road), 1 report ## What got reported - Rubbish & dumping, 66 reports - Roads & footpaths, 26 reports - Water & drains, 6 reports - Everything else, 6 reports - Trees & parks, 4 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 reports - Vehicles & parking, 1 report ## Year by year - 2015, 5 reports - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 3 reports - 2019, 4 reports - 2020, 10 reports - 2021, 6 reports - 2022, 13 reports - 2023, 7 reports - 2024, 17 reports - 2025, 34 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.* - [SECOND LIST (Evening Post, 17 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411217.2.15.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Dec 1941 - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 January 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440115.2.86), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jan 1944 - [Justices of the Peace Appointed](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2005-go1050), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 24 Feb 2005 - [TELECOM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 69XJ OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 2001](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2011-go8265), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 23 Nov 2011 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Lower Styx Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [THE MONTH. (West Coast Times, 16 June 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660616.2.3), West Coast Times · 1866-06-16T00:00:00.000Z - [THE MONTH. (West Coast Times, 18 June 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660618.2.3), West Coast Times · 1866-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - [TAPANUI. (Bruce Herald, 29 July 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BH18680729.2.25), Bruce Herald · 1868-07-29T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 13 January 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860113.2.16.6), Star · 1886-01-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 February 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860201.2.38.2), Star · 1886-02-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 October 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861026.2.43.1), Star · 1886-10-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 November 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861116.2.49.3), Star · 1886-11-16T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 March 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870330.2.43.2), Star · 1887-03-30T00:00:00.000Z - [Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1906. (Poverty Bay Herald, 14 July 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19060714.2.9), Poverty Bay Herald · 1906-07-14T00:00:00.000Z - [GOLDFIELDS REMINISCENCES, (Otago Witness, 29 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19060829.2.40), Otago Witness · 1906-08-29T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8889236), 75 Lower Styx Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08889236/public/1_zbfnf66cyhk.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8781767), 119 Lower Styx Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08781767/public/1_nf5ujqm4naa.jpg - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8679342), 101–103 Lower Styx Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08679342/public/1_5o6ei55ov098.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8534131), 119–121 Lower Styx Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08534131/public/1_0motd2i4a66kk.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8533176), 48 Lower Styx Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08533176/public/1_muzlmknncx8.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8496820), 135–137 Lower Styx Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08496820/public/1_xq64exn7pqem.jpg - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8199734), 148 Lower Styx Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08199734/public/1_chohzi1pl55.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8163465), 156 Lower Styx Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08163465/public/1_nu5qksfu89a.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8163288), 51 Lower Styx Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08163288/public/1_f73mo9jd6v5a.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8005646), 228–266 Lower Styx Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08005646/public/1_vgynxdkmkxr.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7928437), 78 Lower Styx Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07928437/public/1_acrwicnb4jex.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7590382), 217 Lower Styx Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07590382/public/1_mpjzsdareybo.jpg [More photographs on the Bottle Lake wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=bottle-lake) ## Latest on record - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8889236) at [75 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/75-lower-styx-road), 9 Sept 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8781767) at [119 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/119-lower-styx-road), 21 Aug 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8679342) at [101–103 Lower Styx Rd](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/101%E2%80%93103-lower-styx-road), 3 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8534131) at [119–121 Lower Styx Rd](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/119%E2%80%93121-lower-styx-road), 7 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8533176) at [48 Lower Styx Rd](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/48-lower-styx-road), 7 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8496820) at [135–137 Lower Styx Rd](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/135%E2%80%93137-lower-styx-road), 30 Jun 2026 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8199734) at [148 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/148-lower-styx-road), 5 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8163465) at [156 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/156-lower-styx-road), 28 Apr 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8163288) at [51 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/51-lower-styx-road), 28 Apr 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8005646) at [228–266 Lower Styx Rd](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/228%E2%80%93266-lower-styx-road), 31 Mar 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7928437) at [78 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/78-lower-styx-road), 18 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7590382) at [217 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/217-lower-styx-road), 21 Jan 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7494977) at [68 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/68-lower-styx-road), 6 Jan 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7313261) at [139–141 Lower Styx Rd](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/139%E2%80%93141-lower-styx-road), 2 Dec 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7187286) at [286 Lower Styx Road](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/286-lower-styx-road), 10 Nov 2025 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Lower Styx Road & Marshland Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/lower-styx-road-and-marshland-road), 30 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lower-styx-road&suburb=bottle-lake) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Lower Styx Road?** In [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Lower Styx Road?** 113 reports at 45 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (66), roads & footpaths (26), water & drains (6). **When was Lower Styx Road first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 94 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Lower Styx Road?** [Lower Styx Road and Marshland Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/lower-styx-road-and-marshland-road), 30 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=bottle-lake&street=lower-styx-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Bottle%20Lake&street=lower-styx-road