# Tunnel Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch

32 reports at 4 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 31 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5573&lon=172.6934&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5573&lon=172.6934&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5573&lon=172.6934&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
- [200 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 13 reports
- [280 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 12 reports
- [250 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/250-tunnel-road), 6 reports
- [278 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/278-tunnel-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 8 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 5 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 10 reports

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

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Tunnel Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [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
- [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. (Otago Daily Times, 19 June 1863)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18630619.2.18), Otago Daily Times · 1863-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [GREAT MEETING IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 21 September 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18670921.2.9), Timaru Herald · 1867-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. (Star, 10 January 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710110.2.10), Star · 1871-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [OPENING OF THE NORTHERN RAILWAY. (Star, 30 April 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720430.2.10), Star · 1872-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [VOLUNTEERING IN THE EARLY DAYS. (Star, 12 July 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970712.2.52), Star · 1897-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, THURSDAY. OCT. 5, 1905. FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAYS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 05 October 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19051005.2.11), Poverty Bay Herald · 1905-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 05 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19061205.2.10), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1906-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [HEATHCOTE RIVER (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 July 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19440714.2.15), Ellesmere Guardian · 1944-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8913261), 280 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08913261/public/1_p53t2fmdpnek.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8233076), 200 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08233076/public/1_dcgl0vzk5lkq.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7765194), 280 Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07765194/public/1_ourxowmjuqx.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7762545), 278 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07762545/public/1_y1vu824r6rjv.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7502937), 200 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07502937/public/1_d0lin0knupfs.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7399329), 200 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07399329/public/1_a6poumxxdfdp.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7315346), 200 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07315346/public/1_l4bw87qyb3nn.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7179256), 200 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07179256/public/1_vs0932sofeg1.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6954331), 200 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06954331/public/1_uikvelqw5gpx.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6849101), 280 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06849101/public/1_nuwsrysoi4eh.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6846400), 280 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06846400/public/1_rxryuqw2wime.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6628007), 280 Tunnel Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06628007/public/1_pc55i3yyxs9.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8913261) at [280 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 13 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8233076) at [200 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 11 May 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7765194) at [280 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 18 Feb 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7762545) at [278 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/278-tunnel-road), 18 Feb 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7735093) at [280 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 13 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7502937) at [200 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 7 Jan 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7399329) at [200 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 17 Dec 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7315346) at [200 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 3 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7179256) at [200 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 9 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6954331) at [200 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 27 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6849101) at [280 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 5 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6846400) at [280 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 4 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6628007) at [280 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 19 Jul 2025
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6336805) at [200 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/200-tunnel-road), 14 May 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6072674) at [280 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead/280-tunnel-road), 23 Mar 2025

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [Witness describes moments before person critically injured on Tunnel Road](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPaXZPTkltS2VyZThvRVF5QmkzTkNoRWdPaEYza3pqSHZ3cXdpVVZLbU5oMm40Rk9nSHFja21FaHJrMEVPQlRxaWtrNTJETnlVa0RtS2h5M1phYlJadzVhWW5LX0ZpS01fajFfMDk0eGlMU2t5Q05iQ2Jqd01UUjc1QW1nNnBvS2pNdldwSEliMF9SeE9CZmM1SzdVY24ya3NFRkEzSktseHBuaFkwM09YZFBWLWU1aXBS?oc=5), The news · Chris Lynch Media, 27 Sept 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 0 seriously hurt.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Tunnel Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Tunnel Road?**

32 reports at 4 addresses, most often trees & parks (9), graffiti & vandalism (8), rubbish & dumping (6).

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

2018, the record covers 31 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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