# Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 331 reports at 31 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 255 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/clifton/main-road ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.565&lon=172.7498&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.565&lon=172.7498&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.565&lon=172.7498&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.565&lon=172.7498&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 - [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road), 55 reports - [286 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/286-main-road), 46 reports - [300 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/300-main-road), 43 reports - [305 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/305-main-road), 30 reports - [288 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/288-main-road), 30 reports - [258–296 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 24 reports - [264A Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/264a-main-road), 14 reports - [266A Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/266a-main-road), 10 reports - [262 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/262-main-road), 10 reports - [278 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/278-main-road), 8 reports - [301-305 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-305-main-road), 7 reports - [284 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/284-main-road), 7 reports - [284R Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/284r-main-road), 5 reports - [274A Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/274a-main-road), 5 reports - [272 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/272-main-road), 5 reports - [262A Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/262a-main-road), 5 reports - [298 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/298-main-road), 4 reports - [280 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/280-main-road), 4 reports - [270 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/270-main-road), 4 reports - [295 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/295-main-road), 2 reports - [287 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/287-main-road), 2 reports - [258B Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258b-main-road), 2 reports - [300-292 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/300-292-main-road), 1 report - [289 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/289-main-road), 1 report - [285 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/285-main-road), 1 report - [284A Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/284a-main-road), 1 report - [279 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/279-main-road), 1 report - [275 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/275-main-road), 1 report - [269 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/269-main-road), 1 report - [268 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/268-main-road), 1 report - [260 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/260-main-road), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 136 reports - Trees & parks, 66 reports - Roads & footpaths, 62 reports - Water & drains, 39 reports - Everything else, 13 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 10 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/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 _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 (984 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Wellington Independent, 19 February 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18510219.2.19), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Feb 1851 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 March 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540325.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Mar 1854 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540401.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Apr 1854 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 08 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540408.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Apr 1854 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540415.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Apr 1854 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540422.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Apr 1854 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540429.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Apr 1854 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 06 May 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540506.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 May 1854 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 October 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541028.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Oct 1854 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 November 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541101.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Nov 1854 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 November 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541108.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Nov 1854 - [REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550516.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 May 1855 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Main Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 02 June 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18830602.2.12.1), Timaru Herald · 1883-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Grey River Argus, 03 June 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18870603.2.10.2), Grey River Argus · 1887-06-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Grey River Argus, 06 June 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18870606.2.19.2), Grey River Argus · 1887-06-06T00:00:00.000Z - [CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. (Taranaki Herald, 10 September 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18870910.2.24), Taranaki Herald · 1887-09-10T00:00:00.000Z - [CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL. (Taranaki Herald, 07 July 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18880707.2.13), Taranaki Herald · 1888-07-07T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (New Zealand Tablet, 06 December 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT19001206.2.49), New Zealand Tablet · 1900-12-06T00:00:00.000Z - [NOTICES, (West Coast Times, 11 July 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT19010711.2.20), West Coast Times · 1901-07-11T00:00:00.000Z - [WEST-LAND COUNTY COUNCIL. (West Coast Times, 09 October 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT19021009.2.14), West Coast Times · 1902-10-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 September 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060929.2.106.1), Star · 1906-09-29T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061220.2.39.2), Star · 1906-12-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 March 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080307.2.76.2), Star · 1908-03-07T00:00:00.000Z - [THE SUMNER LANDSLIDE. (Mataura Ensign 3-10-1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19121003.2.26), Mataura Ensign · 1912-03-10T12:00:00Z - [THE SUMNER LANDSLIDE (Hawera & Normanby Star, 03 October 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19121003.2.78.2), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1912-10-03T00:00:00.000Z - [THE 109 th LIST (Evening Post, 12 July 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150712.2.27), Evening Post · 1915-07-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Taranaki Daily News 21-2-1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19200221.2.2.3), Taranaki Daily News · 1920-02-21T12:00:00Z - [Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 19 January 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19260119.2.129.1), Evening Post · 1926-01-19T00:00:00.000Z - [CARNIVAL ESSAYS (Evening Post, 01 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19331201.2.220), Evening Post · 1933-12-01T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 07 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420107.2.89), Evening Post · 1942-01-07T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 February 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450203.2.55), Evening Post · 1945-02-03T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 01 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450501.2.88.1), Evening Post · 1945-05-01T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9019480), 258–296 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09011728/public/1_bz21zg8fd8d8.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011719), 258–296 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09011719/public/1_5grwm1yazkab.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011712), 258–296 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09011712/public/1_su7zdfphxlm.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011686), 258–296 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09011686/public/1_dtxzk9s7jecv.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8992630), 258–296 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08992630/public/1_sxfa3ozeu2ck.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8709972), 301 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08709972/public/1_ed0v9dgldtue.jpg - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8679804), 301 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08679804/public/1_xdl6721unu2.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8508606), 280 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08508606/public/1_7kc55sz17hi2.jpg - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8481137), 258–296 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08481137/public/1_pf9wddcvbbc.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8449216), 258–296 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08449216/public/1_bxxqn3vfsgd.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8390278), 305 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08390278/public/1_rot4azpuq3h5.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8358532), 286 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08358532/public/1_hv2pb4gvssmt.jpg [More photographs on the Clifton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=clifton) ## Latest on record - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9027610) at [300 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/300-main-road), 4 Oct 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9019480) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 2 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011719) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 1 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011712) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 1 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9011686) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 1 Oct 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8992630) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 28 Sept 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8733349) at [264A Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/264a-main-road), 12 Aug 2026 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8709972) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road), 8 Aug 2026 - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8679804) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road), 3 Aug 2026 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8508606) at [280 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/clifton/280-main-road), 2 Jul 2026 - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8481137) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 26 Jun 2026 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8449216) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 21 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8390278) at [305 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/305-main-road), 10 Jun 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8358532) at [286 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/286-main-road), 4 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8347164) at [258–296 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/clifton/258%E2%80%93296-main-road), 2 Jun 2026 ## The businesses on it (1) *Premises whose address in the directory is Main Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Sumner Surf Life Saving Club](https://www.chch.live/business/sumner-surf-life-saving-club-clifton), Clubs · 301 Main Road Clifton ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 9 seriously hurt. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=main-road&suburb=clifton) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Main Road?** In [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/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. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=clifton&street=main-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Clifton&street=main-road