Main Road
331 reports at 31 addresses in Clifton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 255 separate days somebody filed something about it.
331 reports31 addresses255 days reported onfrom the air, then984 documents carry the name1 businessesthe 216th street on the roll, by days it took to know
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Main Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Clifton.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- 301 Main Road, 55 reports
- 286 Main Road, 46 reports
- 300 Main Road, 43 reports
- 305 Main Road, 30 reports
- 288 Main Road, 30 reports
- 258–296 Main Road, 24 reports
- 264A Main Road, 14 reports
- 266A Main Road, 10 reports
- 262 Main Road, 10 reports
- 278 Main Road, 8 reports
- 301-305 Main Road, 7 reports
- 284 Main Road, 7 reports
- 284R Main Road, 5 reports
- 274A Main Road, 5 reports
- 272 Main Road, 5 reports
- 262A Main Road, 5 reports
- 298 Main Road, 4 reports
- 280 Main Road, 4 reports
- 270 Main Road, 4 reports
- 295 Main Road, 2 reports
- 287 Main Road, 2 reports
- 258B Main Road, 2 reports
- 300-292 Main Road, 1 report
- 289 Main Road, 1 report
- 285 Main Road, 1 report
- 284A Main Road, 1 report
- 279 Main Road, 1 report
- 275 Main Road, 1 report
- 269 Main Road, 1 report
- 268 Main Road, 1 report
- 260 Main Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 136 reports
- Trees & parks, 66 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 62 reports
- Water & drains, 39 reports
- Everything else, 13 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 10 reports
- Animals & pests, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 4 reports
- 2017, 5 reports
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 13 reports
- 2020, 9 reports
- 2021, 25 reports
- 2022, 50 reports
- 2023, 45 reports
- 2024, 78 reports
- 2025, 63 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 984 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Wellington Independent, 19 February 1851)
· Papers Past,
…rom the ferry v christchurch in a complete state as it forms part of the intended lino of main road which passes through sumner we hope on a future occasion to complete our glance at the means of land…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 March 1854)
· Papers Past,
…nd i td nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 April 1854)
· Papers Past,
…and i j nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 08 April 1854)
· Papers Past,
…and jti nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about lr acres broken up…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 April 1854)
· Papers Past,
…n and i nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854)
· Papers Past,
…in and nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 April 1854)
· Papers Past,
…in and nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile aud a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 06 May 1854)
· Papers Past,
…nd jb nearly 40 acres broken up about a niile and a quarter from christchjirch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres ofland with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up a…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 October 1854)
· Papers Past,
…christchurch and a first-rate position for merchants stores and waterside premises on the main road from lyttelton to christchurch for particulars and inspection of plan apply to mr cridland architect…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 November 1854)
· Papers Past,
…christchurch and a first-rate position for merchants store and waterside premises on the main road from lyttelton to christchurch for particulars and inspection of plan apply to mr ciudland architect…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 November 1854)
· Papers Past,
…christchurch and a first-rate position for merchants stores and waterside premises on the main road from lyttehou to christchurch for particulars and inspection of plan apply to mr ceidlanb architect…
- REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855)
· Papers Past,
…x wakefield as rural section no 2 and instead of setting out the most suitable line for a main road through the section in lieu of the streets then abandoned the only communication reserved from the e…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The businesses on it, 1
Premises whose address in the directory is Main Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
The named ground
Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; 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 Main Road in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 9 seriously hurt.
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.
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 02 June 1883) · Timaru Herald,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Grey River Argus, 03 June 1887) · Grey River Argus,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Grey River Argus, 06 June 1887) · Grey River Argus,
- CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] (Taranaki Herald, 10 September 1887) · Taranaki Herald,
- CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL. (Taranaki Herald, 07 July 1888) · Taranaki Herald,
- Untitled (New Zealand Tablet, 06 December 1900) · New Zealand Tablet,
- NOTICES, (West Coast Times, 11 July 1901) · West Coast Times,
- WEST-LAND COUNTY COUNCIL. (West Coast Times, 09 October 1902) · West Coast Times,
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 September 1906) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 December 1906) · Star,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 March 1908) · Star,
- THE SUMNER LANDSLIDE. (Mataura Ensign 3-10-1912) · Mataura Ensign,
- THE SUMNER LANDSLIDE (Hawera & Normanby Star, 03 October 1912) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- THE 109 th LIST (Evening Post, 12 July 1915) · Evening Post,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Taranaki Daily News 21-2-1920) · Taranaki Daily News,
- Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 19 January 1926) · Evening Post,
- CARNIVAL ESSAYS (Evening Post, 01 December 1933) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 07 January 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 February 1945) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 01 May 1945) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Street Cleaning, 300 Main Rd,
- General Request, 258–296 Main Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 258–296 Main Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 258–296 Main Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 258–296 Main Rd,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 258–296 Main Rd,
- Pavement - Damaged, 264A Main Road,
- Trees - General, 301 Main Road,
- Public Toilet, 301 Main Road,
- Trees - General, 280 Main Road,
- Street Light Outage, 258–296 Main Rd,
- Water General, 258–296 Main Rd,
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 305 Main Rd,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 286 Main Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 258–296 Main Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
Where is Main Road?
In Clifton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
What gets reported on Main Road?
331 reports at 31 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (136), trees & parks (66), roads & footpaths (62).
When was Main Road first reported on?
2015, the record covers 255 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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