The Kilns
9 reports at 4 addresses in Hillsborough, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 9 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on The Kilns, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Hillsborough.
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
- 2 The Kilns, 5 reports
- 2A The Kilns, 2 reports
- 4 The Kilns, 1 report
- 1–9 The Kilns, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 7 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2025, 2 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- LOCAL INDUSTRY. (Star, 18 May 1874)
· Papers Past,
…wo kilns on the premises where each batch remains for a space of twenty-four hours to dry the kilns are 24ft square inside the floor of the drying rooms being supported by cast iron girders and vertic…
- MOUNT SOMERS. (Star, 10 September 1889)
· Papers Past,
…moke arising from the lime kilns not very far from the township will guide the visitor to the kilns themselves while the short tramway leading back into the mountain traces a path to the raw limestone…
- LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 10 July 1901)
· Papers Past,
…the man was either killed or badly hurt i saw one of the men who were killed yesterday in the kilns on the platform of the p railway station he was carymg something for mother she askd me which man it…
- On a Chicory Farm in the Seventies (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 October 1927)
· Papers Past,
…ployed with boys to top the chickory roots were bagged and carted into the shed adjoining the kilns the roots were placed on a huge riddle avashed in cold water then put through a slicer and left to s…
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The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names The Kilns in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Hillsborough, Christchurch, New Zealand.
9 reports at 4 addresses, most often water & drains (7), roads & footpaths (2).
2015, the record covers 9 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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