# The Kilns, Hillsborough, Christchurch

9 reports at 4 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 9 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/the-kilns

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.6715&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.6715&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.6715&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5639&lon=172.6715&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
- [2 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2-the-kilns), 5 reports
- [2A The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2a-the-kilns), 2 reports
- [4 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/4-the-kilns), 1 report
- [1–9 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/1%E2%80%939-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

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

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name.*
- [LOCAL INDUSTRY. (Star, 18 May 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740518.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 May 1874
- [MOUNT SOMERS. (Star, 10 September 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890910.2.48), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Sept 1889
- [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 10 July 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19010710.2.239.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Jul 1901
- [On a Chicory Farm in the Seventies (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 October 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19271014.2.36), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Oct 1927

## As it was reported
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8675561), 1–9 The Kilns, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08675561/public/1_5kmv2j8goro8.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8248831), 2 The Kilns, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08248831/public/1_e9m6pypst3o3.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8173713), 2 The Kilns, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08173713/public/1_r7gd8fn3k7i.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6792249), 2 The Kilns, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06792249/public/1_l2tz0x59qnp.jpg
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/6581148), 2 The Kilns, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06581148/public/1_kn37a77bkrf1.jpg
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/75267), 4 The Kilns, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00075267/0

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

## Latest on record
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8675561) at [1–9 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/1%E2%80%939-the-kilns), 2 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8248831) at [2 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2-the-kilns), 14 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8173713) at [2 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2-the-kilns), 30 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6792249) at [2 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2-the-kilns), 25 Aug 2025
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/6581148) at [2 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2-the-kilns), 8 Jul 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2872468) at [2A The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2a-the-kilns), 6 Dec 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2833055) at [2 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2-the-kilns), 23 Nov 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2717150) at [2A The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/2a-the-kilns), 16 Oct 2022
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/75267) at [4 The Kilns](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/4-the-kilns), 17 Jun 2015

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is The Kilns?**

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

**What gets reported on The Kilns?**

9 reports at 4 addresses, most often water & drains (7), roads & footpaths (2).

**When was The Kilns first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 9 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=hillsborough&street=the-kilns · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hillsborough&street=the-kilns
