# Tunnel Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 34 reports at 6 addresses, the first in 2021, the latest 2026. 29 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/tunnel-road ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5742&lon=172.6982&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5742&lon=172.6982&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5742&lon=172.6982&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5742&lon=172.6982&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 - [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 19 reports - [45RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/45rr-tunnel-road), 9 reports - [31 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/31-tunnel-road), 3 reports - [35 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/35-tunnel-road), 1 report - [28 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/28-tunnel-road), 1 report - [26 Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/26-tunnel-road), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 24 reports - Roads & footpaths, 5 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 4 reports - Trees & parks, 1 report ## Year by year - 2021, 3 reports - 2022, 2 reports - 2024, 11 reports - 2025, 14 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.* - [REPORT (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540422.2.18), Lyttelton Times · 1854-04-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550519.2.14), Lyttelton Times · 1855-05-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Chapter II.—The River. (Lyttelton Times, 07 November 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18551107.2.6), Lyttelton Times · 1855-11-07T00:00:00.000Z - [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 26 February 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590226.2.15), Lyttelton Times · 1859-02-26T00:00:00.000Z - [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 09 March 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590309.2.24), Lyttelton Times · 1859-03-09T00:00:00.000Z - [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 14 September 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590914.2.11), Lyttelton Times · 1859-09-14T00:00:00.000Z - [The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591022.2.15), Lyttelton Times · 1859-10-22T00:00:00.000Z - [TOWN AND COUNTRY NEWS. (Lyttelton Times, 14 September 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610914.2.11), Lyttelton Times · 1861-09-14T00:00:00.000Z - [CANTERBURY. (Wellington Independent, 24 September 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18610924.2.17), Wellington Independent · 1861-09-24T00:00:00.000Z - [TOWN AND COUNTRY NEWS. (Lyttelton Times, 05 October 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611005.2.14), Lyttelton Times · 1861-10-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 23 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611123.2.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1861-11-23T00:00:00.000Z - [TRAFFIC BETWEEN LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620329.2.16), Lyttelton Times · 1862-03-29T00:00:00.000Z - [PROGRESS OF PUBLIC WORKS IN CANTERBURY. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 18 November 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18621118.2.14), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1862-11-18T00:00:00.000Z - [THE MOORHOUSE TUNNEL. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 June 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18670608.2.19), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1867-06-08T00:00:00.000Z - [THE MOORHOUSE'TUNNEL (Hawke's Bay Herald, 02 July 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18670702.2.19), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1867-07-02T00:00:00.000Z - [LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Star, 04 March 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740304.2.13), Star · 1874-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - [INQUEST. (Star, 06 July 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780706.2.15), Star · 1878-07-06T00:00:00.000Z - [EARLY PROVINCIAL DAYS. (Star, 13 February 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010213.2.51), Star · 1901-02-13T00:00:00.000Z - [A BIG IDEA.. (Star, 01 September 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090901.2.21), Star · 1909-09-01T00:00:00.000Z - [EARLY DAYS (Evening Post, 05 July 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19260705.2.15), Evening Post · 1926-07-05T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8680615), 45RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08680615/public/1_sbvb8na7w4lk.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7869221), 45RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07869221/public/1_ekr4ubvo03ec.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6978176), 55RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06978176/public/1_gq4btvi4qw7q.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6072668), 55RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06072668/public/1_i4sywsibb8k.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5930165), 55RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05930165/public/1_bvrgll7m8c8k.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5917144), 55RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05917144/public/1_d2gg9z85q2vj.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5857797), 55RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05857797/public/1_rjxxkm31i1nf.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5857794), 55RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05857794/public/1_80wlabzv3zvw.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5831231), 45RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05831231/public/1_v43kb525dku.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5805344), 45RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05805344/public/1_0dtvf42tg0lql.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5805341), 45RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05805341/public/1_kh0r28cp29g.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5805134), 45RR Tunnel Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05805134/public/1_xguo5r6ha1sk.jpg [More photographs on the Heathcote Valley wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=heathcote-valley) ## Latest on record - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8880438) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 7 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8680615) at [45RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/45rr-tunnel-road), 3 Aug 2026 - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8150587) at [35 Tunnel Rd](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/35-tunnel-road), 26 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7869221) at [45RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/45rr-tunnel-road), 8 Mar 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6978176) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 2 Oct 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6072668) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 23 Mar 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5930165) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 25 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5917144) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 22 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5857797) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 12 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5857794) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 12 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5831231) at [45RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/45rr-tunnel-road), 7 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5805344) at [45RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/45rr-tunnel-road), 3 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/5805341) at [45RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/45rr-tunnel-road), 3 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/5805134) at [45RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/45rr-tunnel-road), 3 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5723301) at [55RR Tunnel Road](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley/55rr-tunnel-road), 19 Jan 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 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 4 seriously hurt. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=tunnel-road&suburb=heathcote-valley) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Tunnel Road?** In [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Tunnel Road?** 34 reports at 6 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (24), roads & footpaths (5), rubbish & dumping (4). **When was Tunnel Road first reported on?** 2021, the record covers 29 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=heathcote-valley&street=tunnel-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Heathcote%20Valley&street=tunnel-road