# Main Road, Governors Bay, Christchurch

89 reports at 44 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 77 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/governors-bay/main-road

## From the air, then
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6257&lon=172.649&decade=1970_1974), 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
- [75 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 11 reports
- [4 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/4-main-road), 5 reports
- [79 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/79-main-road), 4 reports
- [36 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/36-main-road), 4 reports
- [13 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/13-main-road), 4 reports
- [112 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road), 4 reports
- [52 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/52-main-road), 3 reports
- [45 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/45-main-road), 3 reports
- [34 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/34-main-road), 3 reports
- [1 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1-main-road), 3 reports
- [98 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/98-main-road), 2 reports
- [72 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/72-main-road), 2 reports
- [66 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/66-main-road), 2 reports
- [23 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/23-main-road), 2 reports
- [21 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/21-main-road), 2 reports
- [187 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/187-main-road), 2 reports
- [179 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/179-main-road), 2 reports
- [171 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/171-main-road), 2 reports
- [157 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/157-main-road), 2 reports
- [14 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/14-main-road), 2 reports
- [125 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/125-main-road), 2 reports
- [85 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/85-main-road), 1 report
- [8 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/8-main-road), 1 report
- [61 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/61-main-road), 1 report
- [49 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/49-main-road), 1 report
- [43 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/43-main-road), 1 report
- [41 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/41-main-road), 1 report
- [40 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/40-main-road), 1 report
- [37 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/37-main-road), 1 report
- [19A Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/19a-main-road), 1 report
- [195 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/195-main-road), 1 report
- [175 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/175-main-road), 1 report
- [169 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/169-main-road), 1 report
- [165 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/165-main-road), 1 report
- [159 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/159-main-road), 1 report
- [155 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/155-main-road), 1 report
- [148–158 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/148%E2%80%93158-main-road), 1 report
- [145 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/145-main-road), 1 report
- [132 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/132-main-road), 1 report
- [122 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/122-main-road), 1 report
- [120 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/120-main-road), 1 report
- [119-125 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/119-125-main-road), 1 report
- [118 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/118-main-road), 1 report
- [100 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/100-main-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Trees & parks, 28 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 26 reports
- Water & drains, 15 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 10 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 1 report
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2021, 6 reports
- 2022, 8 reports
- 2023, 12 reports
- 2024, 10 reports
- 2025, 30 reports

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

## On the register
- [Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/325), 112 Main Road
- [Former Governors Bay School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/324), 112 Main Road

On foot: [The bay and the hill](https://www.chch.live/walks/governors-bay-and-the-hill) walks this street.

## 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 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.3), Lyttelton Times · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), Lyttelton Times · 1854-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 04 April 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550404.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1855-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [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 9 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.5), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600421.2.17.4), Lyttelton Times · 1860-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 13 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600613.2.20.1), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620416.2.8.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620419.2.4.5), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 23 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620423.2.27.1.1), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 22 January 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18670122.2.18.4), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1867-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Christchurch Afloat. (Southland Times, 17 May 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18860517.2.15), Southland Times · 1886-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Great Floods in Christchurch. (Manawatu Standard, 18 May 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS18860518.2.14), Manawatu Standard · 1886-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [AN ALARMING EXPERIENCE. (Star, 23 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990523.2.19), Star · 1899-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [CYCLING. (Star, 16 November 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011116.2.102), Star · 1901-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [INTERPROVINCIAL (Poverty Bay Herald, 25 February 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19040225.2.15), Poverty Bay Herald · 1904-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [TO-DAY'S ELECTIONS. (Star, 06 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051206.2.18), Star · 1905-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. (Poverty Bay Herald, 25 November 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19071125.2.77), Poverty Bay Herald · 1907-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [StPPLEHENTARI' ESTIMATES. j (Froh Odb Own Cobhesposdents.^ (Otago Witness, 14 October 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19081014.2.202), Otago Witness · 1908-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [MAIN HIGHWAYS (Evening Post, 01 May 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19290501.2.42), Evening Post · 1929-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8985537), 75 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08985537/public/1_bsore7gbqq8.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8978285), 195 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08978285/public/1_7vnc8bhgjnhj.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8876875), 75 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08876875/public/1_bvtodo8rzjna.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8825887), 75 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08825887/public/1_l2hgq0eo5sp7.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8694357), 75 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08694357/public/1_63uzgp3lj4nz.jpg
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8400629), 118 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08400629/public/1_osx3zkvy7gq.jpg
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8303901), 169 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08303901/public/1_icj30em79ss.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8048722), 34 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08048722/public/1_m1dk5i8aq7p.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8047120), 4 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08047120/public/1_dbo37r4s4bge.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8030813), 43 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08030813/public/1_zfz0ai8nuq99.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8023527), 37 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08023527/public/1_bccinb78kkvf.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7909154), 75 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07909154/public/1_j4u8m9emgs8k.jpg

[More photographs on the Governors Bay wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=governors-bay)

## Latest on record
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8985537) at [75 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 26 Sept 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8978285) at [195 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/195-main-road), 24 Sept 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8876875) at [75 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 7 Sept 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8825887) at [75 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 29 Aug 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8694357) at [75 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 5 Aug 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8400629) at [118 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/118-main-road), 12 Jun 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8303901) at [169 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/169-main-road), 25 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8048722) at [34 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/34-main-road), 8 Apr 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8047120) at [4 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/4-main-road), 8 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8030813) at [43 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/43-main-road), 4 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8023527) at [37 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/37-main-road), 3 Apr 2026
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7909154) at [75 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 15 Mar 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7908665) at [75 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 15 Mar 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7905925) at [75 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/75-main-road), 14 Mar 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7903024) at [36 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/36-main-road), 13 Mar 2026

## The businesses on it (3)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Main Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Harbour House](https://www.chch.live/business/harbour-house-governors-bay), Cafés · 79 Main Road, Govenor's Bay
- [Ōtoromiro Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/otoromiro-hotel-governors-bay), Restaurants · 52 Main Road
- [Over The Hill](https://www.chch.live/business/over-the-hill-governors-bay), Cafés · 79 Main Road

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Main Road?**

In [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Main Road?**

89 reports at 44 addresses, most often trees & parks (28), roads & footpaths (26), water & drains (15).

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

2017, the record covers 77 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/325), [Former Governors Bay School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/324).

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=governors-bay&street=main-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Governors%20Bay&street=main-road