Summit Road
127 reports at 43 addresses in Heathcote Valley, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 109 separate days somebody filed something about it.
127 reports43 addresses109 days reported onfrom the air, then137 documents carry the namethe 645th street on the roll, by days it took to know
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Summit Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Heathcote Valley.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The addresses on it
- 715 Summit Road, 16 reports
- 701–825 Summit Road, 11 reports
- 825 Summit Road, 10 reports
- 702 Summit Road, 9 reports
- 645 Summit Road, 8 reports
- 575 Summit Road, 8 reports
- 795 Summit Road, 7 reports
- 821 Summit Road, 3 reports
- 810 Summit Road, 3 reports
- 713 Summit Road, 3 reports
- 587–607 Summit Road, 3 reports
- 817 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 816 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 813 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 812 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 811 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 809 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 808 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 755 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 719 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 653–689 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 615–651 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 1201 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 1039–1139 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 1012 Summit Road, 2 reports
- 935-1027 Summit Road, 1 report
- 859–973 Summit Road, 1 report
- 815 Summit Road, 1 report
- 807 Summit Road, 1 report
- 806 Summit Road, 1 report
- 805 Summit Road, 1 report
- 795A Summit Road, 1 report
- 764 Summit Road, 1 report
- 728 Summit Road, 1 report
- 721-825 Summit Road, 1 report
- 720 Summit Road, 1 report
- 714 Summit Road, 1 report
- 704 Summit Road, 1 report
- 691–699 Summit Road, 1 report
- 422–450 Summit Road, 1 report
- 190 Summit Road, 1 report
- 1013 Summit Road, 1 report
- 1011 Summit Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 49 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 33 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 16 reports
- Trees & parks, 10 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 6 reports
- Animals & pests, 6 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
Year by year
- 2017, 2 reports
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2021, 2 reports
- 2022, 17 reports
- 2023, 26 reports
- 2024, 25 reports
- 2025, 30 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 137 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 January 1879)
· Papers Past,
…ended he thought the roads connecting the harbor with okain bay and little akaloa and the summit road were very necessary works mr mdonald thought a portion of these funds should be allotted to wainui…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 September 1880)
· Papers Past,
…years dating from the ist of november next no acreage locality 1220 130 head of bay next summit road 1225 114 okairfs bay 122g 104 le bon bay 1228 107 okain bay 1229 144 little river 1231 12g price v…
- AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 October 1881)
· Papers Past,
…veyor the request was granted from messrs snndys co calling attention to the state of the summit road from the long bay road to their iand at waikorakikari valley and asking to have it put in repair h…
- AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 November 1881)
· Papers Past,
…a stewart 10 10s john gunning 25 p shadbolt co 18 mrstewartstender was accepted long bay summit roadl p johnston 28 osullivan wanl 23 it was resolved to accept osullivan ward tender waimii valley bus…
- AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 December 1882)
· Papers Past,
…asking if he would accept the position as defined by the council mr mcgregor accepted the summit road the chairman said that the council owned a deht of gratitude to mr wilkin for the work he had done…
- Peninsula News. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 February 1883)
· Papers Past,
…heathcote und wisoccupijd by these gentlemen and d mccullouh they were all at work on the summit road some distance away and had no idea of the catastrophe that was occurring some maoris who wen passi…
- AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 March 1883)
· Papers Past,
…rate for what was a district road for by the government circular they would see that the summit road was hot considered a main road and therefore the county funds should not be devoted to that purpos…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 April 1883)
· Papers Past,
…near mount bossu 3rd pigeon bay new road-from birdling junction to saddle at junction of summit roads 4th loag bay roadfrom german i bay saddle to grass hill beyond geoige bush sth onuku roadfrom aka…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 April 1883)
· Papers Past,
…e near mount bossu 3rd pigeon bay new roadfrom birdling junction to saddle at junction of summit roads 4th long bay roadfrom german bay saddle to grass hill beyond george bush 5 th onuku roadfrom akar…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 April 1883)
· Papers Past,
…e near mount bossu 3rd pigeon bay new roadfrom birdling junction to saddle at junction of summit roads 4th long bay roadfrom german bay saddle to grass hill beyond george bush sth onuku roadfrom akaro…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 April 1883)
· Papers Past,
…e n ar mount boppu 3rd pigeon bay new roadfrom birdling junction to saddle at junction of summit roads 4th long bay roadfrom german bay saddle to grass hill beyond george bash sth onuku roadfrom akaro…
- Original Correspondence (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 September 1883)
· Papers Past,
…epared to acquit itself of that responsibility the action it has taken in relation to the summit road will i believe eventuate in the prosecution of that work this will provide access to the railway f…
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The named ground
Named places within 350 m of a reported pin, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Summit Road in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Dyers Pass Road & Summit Road, 166 crashes pinned to the pairing, 6 killed.
Its file in the papers
Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.
- No. I.—THE BRIDLE-PATH TO THE PERRY (Lyttelton Times, 18 January 1851) · Lyttelton Times,
- WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1851) · Lyttelton Times,
- WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Wellington Independent, 19 February 1851) · Wellington Independent,
- REPORT (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854) · Lyttelton Times,
- REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855) · Lyttelton Times,
- THE BRIDLE PATH & THE ADJOINING HILLS. (Lyttelton Times, 31 December 1856) · Lyttelton Times,
- The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1859) · Lyttelton Times,
- PUBLIC WORKS.-CANTERBURY. (FROM THE "LYTTELTON TIMES.") (Daily Southern Cross, 05 February 1863) · Daily Southern Cross,
- OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US. (Star, 14 November 1870) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 March 1872) · Star,
- A VISIT TO THE WEST COAST. (West Coast Times, 27 March 1873) · West Coast Times,
- PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTE. (Star, 08 March 1878) · Star,
- The Volunteers. (Star, 27 April 1885) · Star,
- EARLY PROVINCIAL DAYS. (Star, 13 February 1901) · Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 03 August 1909) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH DAY BY DAY. (Ashburton Guardian, 23 August 1911) · Ashburton Guardian,
- TOPICS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 29 March 1926) · Evening Post,
- GREAT GRASS FIRES (Evening Post, 09 January 1935) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Animal - General, 1039–1139 Summit Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 701–825 Summit Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 701–825 Summit Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 825 Summit Road,
- Street Cleaning, 575 Summit Rd,
- Animal - General, 587–607 Summit Rd,
- Park - General Request, 721-825 Summit Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 859–973 Summit Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 701–825 Summit Rd,
- Animal - General, 615–651 Summit Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 701–825 Summit Rd,
- Roads - General, 701–825 Summit Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 701–825 Summit Rd,
- Hazard, vehicle, 1039–1139 Summit Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 810 Summit Road,
Questions, answered briefly
Where is Summit Road?
In Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, New Zealand.
What gets reported on Summit Road?
127 reports at 43 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (49), rubbish & dumping (33), roads & footpaths (16).
When was Summit Road first reported on?
2017, the record covers 109 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
What is the busiest corner on Summit Road?
Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road, 166 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 6 of them fatal.
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