# Johns Road, Coutts Island, Christchurch

6 reports at 2 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2025. 6 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/coutts-island/johns-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4462&lon=172.6114&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4462&lon=172.6114&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4462&lon=172.6114&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4462&lon=172.6114&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
- [160 Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/160-johns-road), 5 reports
- [130R Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/130r-johns-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Trees & parks, 5 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 1 report
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 1 report

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (45 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 25 February 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990225.2.68.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Feb 1899
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990318.2.58.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Mar 1899
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 April 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990401.2.67.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Apr 1899
- [Heslington General Store](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/local-scenes-and-places/ccl-cs-80546), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1900
- [THE ALLEGED HORSE FIEND. (Star, 16 September 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020916.2.55), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Sept 1902
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 May 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090527.2.64.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 May 1909
- [Devonvale Dairy Farm](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/devonvale/ccl-cs-80560), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1910
- [Devonvale Dairy Farm](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/devonvale/ccl-cs-80529), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1910
- [House on Johns Road, Belfast](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/local-scenes-and-places/ccl-cs-80519), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1929
- [Aerial view of Belfast east](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/local-scenes-and-places/ccl-cs-80557), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1930
- [LIST OF](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-go4003), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 9 Jun 2000
- [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-gs6064), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 22 Aug 2000

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Johns Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18531022.2.5), Lyttelton Times · 1853-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580102.2.18.2), Lyttelton Times · 1858-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.2), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1860-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 06 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600606.2.17.4), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. (Lyttelton Times, 21 November 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18601121.2.14), Lyttelton Times · 1860-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620416.2.19.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620419.2.4.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [TELEGRAMS. (Grey River Argus, 03 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18830403.2.7), Grey River Argus · 1883-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 31 December 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18871231.2.26.4), Ashburton Guardian · 1887-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [ACCIDENTS & DEATHS. (Ashburton Guardian, 25 April 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19120425.2.12), Ashburton Guardian · 1912-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 September 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150906.2.26), Evening Post · 1915-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 20 November 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181120.2.6), Evening Post · 1918-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 06 July 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19220706.2.23.7), Evening Post · 1922-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 07 July 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19220707.2.143.7), Evening Post · 1922-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 27 February 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330227.2.171.1), Evening Post · 1933-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 16 August 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370816.2.137.3), Evening Post · 1937-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411210.2.86), Evening Post · 1941-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. HONOURS (Evening Post, 11 May 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430511.2.47), Evening Post · 1943-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [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

## As it was reported
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7309823), 160 Johns Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07309823/public/1_isg3dbrs61ol.jpg
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4927125), 160 Johns Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04927125/public/1_8c4avmosisyh.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/4758731), 130R Johns Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04758731/public/1_72px9c4skquj.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4533687), 160 Johns Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04533687/public/1_ogn3vt8ydslf.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/384883), 160 Johns Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00384883/0
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/283392), 160 Johns Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00283392/0

[More photographs on the Coutts Island wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=coutts-island)

## Latest on record
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7309823) at [160 Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/160-johns-road), 2 Dec 2025
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4927125) at [160 Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/160-johns-road), 25 Jul 2024
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/4758731) at [130R Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/130r-johns-road), 8 Jun 2024
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4533687) at [160 Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/160-johns-road), 12 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/384883) at [160 Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/160-johns-road), 8 Mar 2018
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/283392) at [160 Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island/160-johns-road), 31 Jul 2017

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [Christchurch sewage: new development #3: Johns Road in Christchurch’s north; $31M council build needed](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQYkY2d2s0N2RRTmF0YzlPNUFzaHZ3ak1CUWlXZWRMNkNwTkV2akpZVHBMVkpRNHNlV0xpenp3elZ2MGpMaEwzWFFqZHhLSXI5M1FZQzdVNVU0Y1gyd2dKWC1ldWdTUXhyS0pfRG1FdUc5Tk9DZ202WDRNUnItdTBUVGNR?oc=5), The news · The New Zealand Reporter, 14 Oct 2026

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Johns Road?**

In [Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Johns Road?**

6 reports at 2 addresses, most often trees & parks (5), graffiti & vandalism (1).

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

2017, the record covers 6 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

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

[Johns Road and Sawyers Arms Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/johns-road-and-sawyers-arms-road), 67 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=coutts-island&street=johns-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Coutts%20Island&street=johns-road