# Main South Road, Islington, Christchurch 233 reports at 48 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 197 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/islington/main-south-road ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5482&lon=172.4948&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5482&lon=172.4948&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5482&lon=172.4948&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5482&lon=172.4948&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 - [729 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/729-main-south-road), 25 reports - [521 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/521-main-south-road), 23 reports - [550 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/550-main-south-road), 19 reports - [531 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/531-main-south-road), 14 reports - [679 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/679-main-south-road), 12 reports - [554 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/554-main-south-road), 12 reports - [533 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/533-main-south-road), 11 reports - [684 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/684-main-south-road), 10 reports - [677 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/677-main-south-road), 8 reports - [650 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/650-main-south-road), 8 reports - [620 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/620-main-south-road), 8 reports - [514 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/514-main-south-road), 7 reports - [733C Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/733c-main-south-road), 6 reports - [687 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/687-main-south-road), 5 reports - [727 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/727-main-south-road), 4 reports - [714 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/714-main-south-road), 4 reports - [670 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/670-main-south-road), 4 reports - [632 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/632-main-south-road), 4 reports - [548 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/548-main-south-road), 4 reports - [721 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/721-main-south-road), 3 reports - [680 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/680-main-south-road), 3 reports - [671 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/671-main-south-road), 3 reports - [638 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/638-main-south-road), 3 reports - [729A Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/729a-main-south-road), 2 reports - [724 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/724-main-south-road), 2 reports - [720 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/720-main-south-road), 2 reports - [712 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/712-main-south-road), 2 reports - [682 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/682-main-south-road), 2 reports - [673A Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/673a-main-south-road), 2 reports - [664 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/664-main-south-road), 2 reports - [600-620 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/600-620-main-south-road), 2 reports - [733D Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/733d-main-south-road), 1 report - [733 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/733-main-south-road), 1 report - [729a Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/729a-main-south-road), 1 report - [726 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/726-main-south-road), 1 report - [724A Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/724a-main-south-road), 1 report - [717 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/717-main-south-road), 1 report - [694 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/694-main-south-road), 1 report - [693 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/693-main-south-road), 1 report - [685 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/685-main-south-road), 1 report - [676 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/676-main-south-road), 1 report - [666 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/666-main-south-road), 1 report - [644 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/644-main-south-road), 1 report - [642 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/642-main-south-road), 1 report - [640 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/640-main-south-road), 1 report - [637 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/637-main-south-road), 1 report - [516–550 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/516%E2%80%93550-main-south-road), 1 report - [507–529 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/507%E2%80%93529-main-south-road), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 54 reports - Trees & parks, 48 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 34 reports - Vehicles & parking, 30 reports - Water & drains, 29 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 26 reports - Everything else, 12 reports ## Year by year - 2015, 1 report - 2016, 2 reports - 2017, 8 reports - 2020, 14 reports - 2021, 9 reports - 2022, 29 reports - 2023, 36 reports - 2024, 27 reports - 2025, 76 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 (240 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [GEOLOGY OF OTAGO. (Otago Daily Times, 31 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18620131.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Jan 1862 - [TIMARU DISTRICT ELECTORAL ROLL.—(Continued) (Lyttelton Times, 23 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620423.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Apr 1862 - [TIMARU DISTRICT ELECTORAL ROLL.—(Continued). (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620426.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Apr 1862 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 13 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18660413.2.16.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Apr 1866 - [GERALDINE ROAD BOARD. (Timaru Herald, 12 January 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18700112.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Jan 1870 - [Local and General. (Star, 15 December 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18701215.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Dec 1870 - [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 29 August 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18740829.2.40), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Aug 1874 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 11 November 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18741111.2.3.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Nov 1874 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 14 December 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18741214.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Dec 1874 - [SOCIAL AND GENERAL. (Otago Daily Times, 20 January 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18750120.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Jan 1875 - [WAIMATE ROAD BOAED. (Timaru Herald, 02 August 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18760802.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Aug 1876 - [SUPREME COURT. (Timaru Herald, 13 December 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18761213.2.32), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Dec 1876 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Main South Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 25 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980525.2.30.4), Timaru Herald · 1898-05-25T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 26 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980526.2.27.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-05-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 30 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980530.2.33.4), Timaru Herald · 1898-05-30T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 31 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980531.2.29.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-05-31T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 02 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980602.2.31.4), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 06 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980606.2.32.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 08 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980608.2.31.4), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 10 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980610.2.36.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-10T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 11 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980611.2.26.2), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 20 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980620.2.28.4), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 21 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980621.2.35.4), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 22 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980622.2.31.4), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 23 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980623.2.30.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-23T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 24 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980624.2.28.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 28 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980628.2.29.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-28T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 30 June 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980630.2.21.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 01 July 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18980701.2.32.3), Timaru Herald · 1898-07-01T00:00:00.000Z - [TO-DAY'S ELECTION. (Star, 06 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18991206.2.44), Star · 1899-12-06T00:00:00.000Z - [THE FINAL CALL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 01 March 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19170301.2.30), Wairarapa Daily Times · 1917-03-01T00:00:00.000Z - [LINESMAN INJURED (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 November 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331109.2.22), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-11-09T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9018943), 550 Main South Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09018943/public/1_wvolx9lcx8g.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8889352), 714 Main South Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08889352/public/1_zuohbo17kj85.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8796579), 712 Main South Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08796579/public/1_cfl7nby6vwou.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8780197), 554 Main South Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08780197/public/1_hn4ut9qujgdn.jpg - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8765101), 684 Main South Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08765101/public/1_j8u4b5d7ijql.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8603283), 712 Main South Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08603283/public/1_r4v4gymxd5ep.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8590454), 673A Main South Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08590454/public/1_nqkzmzf52leo.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8513336), 684 Main South Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08513336/public/1_tzn7iz5jr6lp.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8502942), 550 Main South Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08502942/public/1_wur9uobqjkqe.jpg - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8476799), 533 Main South Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08476799/public/1_dtkwre0u6wfn.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8428829), 550 Main South Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08428829/public/1_rxbsmiowmow.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8382936), 714 Main South Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08382936/public/1_g32ywvxlogr.jpg [More photographs on the Islington wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=islington) ## Latest on record - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9018943) at [550 Main South Rd](https://www.chch.live/islington/550-main-south-road), 2 Oct 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8889352) at [714 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/714-main-south-road), 9 Sept 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8796579) at [712 Main South Rd](https://www.chch.live/islington/712-main-south-road), 24 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8780197) at [554 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/554-main-south-road), 21 Aug 2026 - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8765101) at [684 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/684-main-south-road), 18 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8603283) at [712 Main South Rd](https://www.chch.live/islington/712-main-south-road), 20 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8590454) at [673A Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/673a-main-south-road), 17 Jul 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8513336) at [684 Main South Rd](https://www.chch.live/islington/684-main-south-road), 3 Jul 2026 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8502942) at [550 Main South Rd](https://www.chch.live/islington/550-main-south-road), 1 Jul 2026 - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/8476799) at [533 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/533-main-south-road), 26 Jun 2026 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8428829) at [550 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/550-main-south-road), 17 Jun 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8382936) at [714 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/714-main-south-road), 9 Jun 2026 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8327127) at [680 Main South Rd](https://www.chch.live/islington/680-main-south-road), 29 May 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8297430) at [726 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/726-main-south-road), 23 May 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8284968) at [714 Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/islington/714-main-south-road), 21 May 2026 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [Branston Centre on Main South Road, Hornby, August 24th 2008 (Canterbury Stories CCL-Kete-19832).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1x1ykfa/branston_centre_on_main_south_road_hornby_august/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 10 Oct 2026 - [The car park at Woolworths on the intersection of Main South Road and Shands Road, Hornby, October 5th 1978 (Canterbury Stories CCL-StarP-04760A).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wkzpuz/the_car_park_at_woolworths_on_the_intersection_of/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 20 Sept 2026 ## The businesses on it (6) *Premises whose address in the directory is Main South Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Hornby Rugby League Football Club](https://www.chch.live/business/hornby-rugby-league-football-club-islington), Clubs · 550 Main South Road Islington - [Little Sister Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/little-sister-cafe-islington), Cafés · 670 Main South Road, Islington - [NPD](https://www.chch.live/business/npd-islington), Petrol stations · 694 Main South Road - [The Islington Hotel](https://www.chch.live/business/the-islington-hotel-islington), Bars & pubs · 670 Main South Road, Islington - [The Swamp Tavern](https://www.chch.live/business/the-swamp-tavern-islington), Bars & pubs · 1/670 Main South Road Islington - [Thirsty Liquor Islington](https://www.chch.live/business/thirsty-liquor-islington), Bottle stores · 2/670 Main South Road Islington ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 12 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt. The corner the record returns to: [Blenheim Road & Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 157 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=main-south-road&suburb=islington) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Main South Road?** In [Islington](https://www.chch.live/islington), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Main South Road?** 233 reports at 48 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (54), trees & parks (48), graffiti & vandalism (34). **When was Main South Road first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 197 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Main South Road?** [Blenheim Road and Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/blenheim-road-and-main-south-road), 157 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=islington&street=main-south-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Islington&street=main-south-road