# Symes Road, Hornby, Christchurch 11 reports at 4 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 7 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/hornby/symes-road ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5415&lon=172.5497&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5415&lon=172.5497&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5415&lon=172.5497&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5415&lon=172.5497&decade=1975_1979), 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 - [2 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-symes-road), 5 reports - [7 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-symes-road), 3 reports - [3 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/3-symes-road), 2 reports - [4A Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/4a-symes-road), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6 reports - Vehicles & parking, 3 reports - Roads & footpaths, 1 report - Everything else, 1 report ## Year by year - 2018, 1 report - 2019, 5 reports - 2020, 1 report - 2024, 1 report - 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.* - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450428.2.47), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Apr 1945 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Symes Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 21 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790521.2.8), Star · 1879-05-21T00:00:00.000Z - [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 29 May 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18940529.2.12), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1894-05-29T00:00:00.000Z - [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 July 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18940731.2.17), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1894-07-31T00:00:00.000Z - [AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, (Star, 21 May 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960521.2.60), Star · 1896-05-21T00:00:00.000Z - [THE Ellesmere Guardian. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1899. Local and General (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990322.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-03-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Local and General (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 November 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19001120.2.7), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-11-20T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 05 August 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19010805.2.20), Evening Post · 1901-08-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 January 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19020120.2.36.1), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1902-01-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Hawera & Normanby Star, 27 January 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19020127.2.37.1), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1902-01-27T00:00:00.000Z - [CYCLING. (Star, 02 August 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020802.2.48), Star · 1902-08-02T00:00:00.000Z - [THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. YESTERDAY'S POLLING. (Star, 18 November 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081118.2.2), Star · 1908-11-18T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 June 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170622.2.95), Evening Post · 1917-06-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 24 December 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351224.2.186.4), Evening Post · 1935-12-24T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410625.2.75), Evening Post · 1941-06-25T00:00:00.000Z - [FIRST LIST (Evening Post, 08 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411208.2.17.1), Evening Post · 1941-12-08T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 21 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420121.2.75.1), Evening Post · 1942-01-21T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 August 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440815.2.80), Evening Post · 1944-08-15T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z. PRISONERS OF WAR NOW SAFE (Evening Post, 23 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450523.2.13), Evening Post · 1945-05-23T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6808001), 7 Symes Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06808001/public/1_bwb45uqblfib.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6060632), 3 Symes Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06060632/public/1_nfd6dmw69ubq.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4483020), 7 Symes Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04483020/public/1_zzzazbhz4zad.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/1266135), 7 Symes Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01266135/1_i1yogn.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743204), 2 Symes Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00743204/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743202), 2 Symes Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00743202/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743189), 2 Symes Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00743189/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743187), 2 Symes Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00743187/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743186), 2 Symes Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00743186/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/508517), 4A Symes Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00508517/0 [More photographs on the Hornby wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hornby) ## Latest on record - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9081096) at [3 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/3-symes-road), 13 Oct 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6808001) at [7 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-symes-road), 28 Aug 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6060632) at [3 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/3-symes-road), 21 Mar 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4483020) at [7 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-symes-road), 1 Apr 2024 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/1266135) at [7 Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-symes-road), 16 Oct 2020 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743204) at [2 Symes Rd](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-symes-road), 28 Jun 2019 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743202) at [2 Symes Rd](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-symes-road), 28 Jun 2019 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743189) at [2 Symes Rd](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-symes-road), 28 Jun 2019 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743187) at [2 Symes Rd](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-symes-road), 28 Jun 2019 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/743186) at [2 Symes Rd](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-symes-road), 28 Jun 2019 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/508517) at [4A Symes Rd](https://www.chch.live/hornby/4a-symes-road), 24 Sept 2018 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 13 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Main South Road & Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/main-south-road-and-symes-road), 30 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=symes-road&suburb=hornby) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Symes Road?** In [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Symes Road?** 11 reports at 4 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (6), vehicles & parking (3), roads & footpaths (1). **When was Symes Road first reported on?** 2018, the record covers 7 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Symes Road?** [Main South Road and Symes Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/main-south-road-and-symes-road), 30 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=hornby&street=symes-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hornby&street=symes-road