# Main Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch

2 reports at 1 addresses, the first in 2025, the latest 2026. 2 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/ferrymead/main-road

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5581&lon=172.7092&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5581&lon=172.7092&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5581&lon=172.7092&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5581&lon=172.7092&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
- [2 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/2-main-road), 2 reports

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

## Year by year
- 2025, 1 report

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## On the register
- [Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/138), 2A Main Road

## 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.*
- [Evans, Charles, Papauni Laboure (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560220.2.4), Lyttelton Times · 1856-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 13 July 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590713.2.20.2), Lyttelton Times · 1859-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 31 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590831.2.15.2), Lyttelton Times · 1859-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (Lyttelton Times, 06 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611106.2.15), Lyttelton Times · 1861-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Lyttelton Times. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1861. (Lyttelton Times, 16 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611116.2.12), Lyttelton Times · 1861-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620125.2.19.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [PUBLIC WORKS.-CANTERBURY. (FROM THE "LYTTELTON TIMES.") (Daily Southern Cross, 05 February 1863)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18630205.2.22), Daily Southern Cross · 1863-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [CANTERBURY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) (Daily Southern Cross, 02 December 1863)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18631202.2.19), Daily Southern Cross · 1863-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE FIRST RAILWAY IN NEW ZEALAND. (Wellington Independent, 12 December 1863)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18631212.2.13), Wellington Independent · 1863-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [OPENING OP THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (West Coast Times, 26 October 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18661026.2.10), West Coast Times · 1866-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (Timaru Herald, 26 June 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18670626.2.12), Timaru Herald · 1867-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. (Star, 10 January 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710110.2.10), Star · 1871-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Thames Star, 24 October 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18791024.2.10.2), Thames Star · 1879-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [AFTERNOON SITTING. (Star, 24 October 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18791024.2.18.3), Star · 1879-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [TOWN & COUNTRY. (Timaru Herald, 19 November 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18941119.2.10), Timaru Herald · 1894-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 25 June 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19020625.2.2), Poverty Bay Herald · 1902-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Herald, 07 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19051207.2.13), Wanganui Herald · 1905-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 02 December 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19101202.2.8), Ashburton Guardian · 1910-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL RAILWAYS (Evening Post, 08 February 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350208.2.195.21), Evening Post · 1935-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [SOUTH ISLAND LINE COST' £4,645,907 (Evening Post, 17 December 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19451217.2.84), Evening Post · 1945-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8915673), 2 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08915673/public/1_7ue2jqyvkpdk.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7172502), 2 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07172502/public/1_gbin1mwek1lu.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8915673) at [2 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/2-main-road), 14 Sept 2026
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7172502) at [2 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/2-main-road), 8 Nov 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Main Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Main Road?**

2 reports at 1 address, most often everything else (1), graffiti & vandalism (1).

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

2025, the record covers 2 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What heritage places are on Main Road?**

[Former Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/138).

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=ferrymead&street=main-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Ferrymead&street=main-road