# Centaurus Road, Cashmere, Christchurch

170 reports at 50 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 142 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/centaurus-road

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5696&lon=172.6388&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5696&lon=172.6388&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5696&lon=172.6388&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5696&lon=172.6388&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [38 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/38-centaurus-road), 22 reports
- [44 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/44-centaurus-road), 12 reports
- [31 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/31-centaurus-road), 9 reports
- [6 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/6-centaurus-road), 8 reports
- [56 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/56-centaurus-road), 8 reports
- [50 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/50-centaurus-road), 8 reports
- [2 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/2-centaurus-road), 8 reports
- [8 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/8-centaurus-road), 6 reports
- [32 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/32-centaurus-road), 5 reports
- [21 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/21-centaurus-road), 5 reports
- [28 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/28-centaurus-road), 4 reports
- [12 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/12-centaurus-road), 4 reports
- [58 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/58-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [55 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/55-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [48 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/48-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [42 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/42-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [3 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/3-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [26 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/26-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [19 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/19-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [14 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/14-centaurus-road), 3 reports
- [7/83 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/7-83-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [7 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/7-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [5 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/5-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [47 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/47-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [40 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/40-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [4 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/4-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [37 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/37-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [36 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/36-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [34 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/34-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [33 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/33-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [28–30 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/28%E2%80%9330-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [25 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/25-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [23 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/23-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [22 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/22-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [16 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/16-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [10 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/10-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [1 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/1-centaurus-road), 2 reports
- [60 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/60-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [53 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/53-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [46 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/46-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [43 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/43-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [41 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/41-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [38B Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/38b-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [35 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/35-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [30 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/30-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [29–31 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/29%E2%80%9331-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [21A Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/21a-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [21-25 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/21-25-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [18 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/18-centaurus-road), 1 report
- [15 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/15-centaurus-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 68 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 36 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 35 reports
- Trees & parks, 20 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 8 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 3 reports
- 2016, 7 reports
- 2017, 4 reports
- 2018, 5 reports
- 2019, 18 reports
- 2020, 9 reports
- 2021, 10 reports
- 2022, 31 reports
- 2023, 33 reports
- 2024, 22 reports
- 2025, 18 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 (27 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Fire escape from top floor; Road past Hospital gates](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/album-1/ccl-cs-53237), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1913
- [View from Cashmere Sanatorium hill](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53283), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1913
- [Looking over Fisherton and Beckenham from Sanatorium](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53289), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1918
- [Cashmere Sanatorium](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53273), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [Coronation Hospital and Cashmere Sanatorium](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53272), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury and Hillsborough](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47083), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926
- [Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital complex](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53281), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1930
- [Murphy Bros Staff Photo](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17412), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1940
- [Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive887/ccl-cs-53280), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1940
- [Former substation at Murphy's Brickworks](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8167), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 10 Jun 1940
- [COURT'S WARNING (Evening Post, 30 November 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19401130.2.16), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Nov 1940
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410625.2.75), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Jun 1941

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Centaurus Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 June 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430612.2.109), Evening Post · 1943-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [NOW SAFE (Evening Post, 21 September 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450921.2.118), Evening Post · 1945-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8739707), 44 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08739707/public/1_a1g04vpjbzu7.jpg
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8099363), 21 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08099363/public/1_en1mq8i39v8b.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7991411), 28–30 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07991411/public/1_lba5lzsnstdg.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7824205), 19 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07824205/public/1_n3uuccduoklh.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7732509), 42 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07732509/public/1_3d8r78mcimxi.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7555976), 3 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07555976/public/1_qh5le65ygdr8.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7545988), 50 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07545988/public/1_2n5y51cmsjul.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7542274), 44 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07542274/public/1_n7bk7p5lc7iu.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7139507), 19 Centaurus Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07139507/public/1_h8out0uhajw5.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7074447), 28–30 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07074447/public/1_amxpfwx8wet2.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7023768), 10 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07023768/public/1_55bhzw0cumj.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7010517), 50 Centaurus Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07010517/public/1_q8wfrtytaa2.jpg

[More photographs on the Cashmere wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=cashmere)

## Latest on record
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8739707) at [44 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/44-centaurus-road), 13 Aug 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8444395) at [15 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/15-centaurus-road), 20 Jun 2026
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8099363) at [21 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/21-centaurus-road), 17 Apr 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7991411) at [28–30 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/28%E2%80%9330-centaurus-road), 28 Mar 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7824205) at [19 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/19-centaurus-road), 28 Feb 2026
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7751448) at [50 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/50-centaurus-road), 16 Feb 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7732509) at [42 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/42-centaurus-road), 13 Feb 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7555976) at [3 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/3-centaurus-road), 15 Jan 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7545988) at [50 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/50-centaurus-road), 14 Jan 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7542274) at [44 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/44-centaurus-road), 13 Jan 2026
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/7343105) at [42 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/42-centaurus-road), 8 Dec 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7139507) at [19 Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/19-centaurus-road), 2 Nov 2025
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7074447) at [28–30 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/28%E2%80%9330-centaurus-road), 21 Oct 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7023768) at [10 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/10-centaurus-road), 11 Oct 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7010517) at [50 Centaurus Rd](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/50-centaurus-road), 8 Oct 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 43 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 16 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Centaurus Road & Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/centaurus-road-and-dyers-pass-road), 27 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Centaurus Road?**

In [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Centaurus Road?**

170 reports at 50 addresses, most often water & drains (68), roads & footpaths (36), graffiti & vandalism (35).

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

2015, the record covers 142 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Centaurus Road and Dyers Pass Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/centaurus-road-and-dyers-pass-road), 27 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=cashmere&street=centaurus-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Cashmere&street=centaurus-road