# Main North Road, Kainga, Christchurch 64 reports at 19 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 58 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/kainga/main-north-road ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4189&lon=172.6527&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4189&lon=172.6527&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4189&lon=172.6527&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4189&lon=172.6527&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 - [1380 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1380-main-north-road), 21 reports - [1320 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1320-main-north-road), 7 reports - [1291 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1291-main-north-road), 7 reports - [1230A Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230a-main-north-road), 6 reports - [1250 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1250-main-north-road), 4 reports - [1330 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1330-main-north-road), 3 reports - [1322-1328 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1322-1328-main-north-road), 2 reports - [1275 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1275-main-north-road), 2 reports - [1230 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230-main-north-road), 2 reports - [1283 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1283-main-north-road), 1 report - [1282 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1282-main-north-road), 1 report - [1279 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1279-main-north-road), 1 report - [1278 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1278-main-north-road), 1 report - [1276 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1276-main-north-road), 1 report - [1275B Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1275b-main-north-road), 1 report - [1263 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1263-main-north-road), 1 report - [1259 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1259-main-north-road), 1 report - [1200 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1200-main-north-road), 1 report - [1190 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1190-main-north-road), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 26 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 18 reports - Trees & parks, 9 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9 reports - Water & drains, 1 report - Vehicles & parking, 1 report ## Year by year - 2017, 2 reports - 2020, 5 reports - 2021, 3 reports - 2022, 14 reports - 2023, 13 reports - 2024, 13 reports - 2025, 12 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 (114 on the shelf; the 1 earliest listed).* - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 20 January 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18680120.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Jan 1868 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Main North Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [The Akaroa Mail FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 November 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18771116.2.10), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1877-11-16T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 April 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18780402.2.11), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1878-04-02T00:00:00.000Z - [NEWS OF THE MONTH. (Auckland Star, 01 March 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18840301.2.23), Auckland Star · 1884-03-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Auckland Star, 27 June 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19030627.2.24), Auckland Star · 1903-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 21 September 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19030921.2.13), Poverty Bay Herald · 1903-09-21T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 11 December 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19031211.2.24), Star · 1903-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 11 November 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19041111.2.13), Marlborough Express · 1904-11-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Manawatu Times, 16 January 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19050116.2.10), Manawatu Times · 1905-01-16T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 10 March 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19050310.2.12), Wanganui Chronicle · 1905-03-10T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (Nelson Evening Mail, 27 March 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19070327.2.4), Nelson Evening Mail · 1907-03-27T00:00:00.000Z - [PARS ABOUT PEOPLE (Observer, 21 March 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19080321.2.7), Observer · 1908-03-21T00:00:00.000Z - [WESTLAND MAORI NOMENCLATURE. (Grey River Argus, 18 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19080618.2.3), Grey River Argus · 1908-06-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Taranaki Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 25; 1908. THE STRATFORD-AUCKLAND RAILWAY CONNECTION. (Taranaki Herald, 25 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19080625.2.24), Taranaki Herald · 1908-06-25T00:00:00.000Z - [THE CRITIC. (NZ Truth, 01 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19080801.2.3), NZ Truth · 1908-08-01T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 04 October 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19091004.2.6), Feilding Star · 1909-10-04T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 15 October 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19091015.2.34), Star · 1909-10-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Mataura Ensign 1-11-1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19111101.2.2.3), Mataura Ensign · 1911-01-11T12:00:00Z - [NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 24 November 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19271124.2.22), Evening Post · 1927-11-24T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410619.2.90), Evening Post · 1941-06-19T00:00:00.000Z - [MAORI SETTLEMENTS (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 November 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19431119.2.14), Ellesmere Guardian · 1943-11-19T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8434630), 1380 Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08434630/public/1_3cdazfvvttas.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8403393), 1380 Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08403393/public/1_8rjxnhbf9r77.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7304848), 1230A Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07304848/public/1_jsgqb2y9ifc7.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7182654), 1230A Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07182654/public/1_nhbbfw8nj5c.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7143829), 1230A Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07143829/public/1_lptygaqx1dam.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7120125), 1230A Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07120125/public/1_0eqcqt4xzv4eq.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7039814), 1230A Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07039814/public/1_2xl68pynqdfa.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6997957), 1320 Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06997957/public/1_ye1afdavyoro.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6649120), 1380 Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06649120/public/1_1getf68tsesy.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6623694), 1330 Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06623694/public/1_erbn9rucihop.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6215623), 1330 Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06215623/public/1_yb6vn7a7ak.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6215578), 1230 Main North Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06215578/public/1_s8bnoqd1bvq.jpg [More photographs on the Kainga wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=kainga) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8434630) at [1380 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1380-main-north-road), 18 Jun 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8403393) at [1380 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1380-main-north-road), 12 Jun 2026 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7304848) at [1230A Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230a-main-north-road), 1 Dec 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7182654) at [1230A Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230a-main-north-road), 10 Nov 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7143829) at [1230A Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230a-main-north-road), 3 Nov 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7120125) at [1230A Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230a-main-north-road), 29 Oct 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7039814) at [1230A Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230a-main-north-road), 14 Oct 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6997957) at [1320 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1320-main-north-road), 6 Oct 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6649120) at [1380 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1380-main-north-road), 24 Jul 2025 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6623694) at [1330 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1330-main-north-road), 18 Jul 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6567509) at [1250 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1250-main-north-road), 5 Jul 2025 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6289150) at [1279 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1279-main-north-road), 5 May 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6215623) at [1330 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1330-main-north-road), 20 Apr 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6215578) at [1230 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1230-main-north-road), 20 Apr 2025 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/5574515) at [1291 Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/kainga/1291-main-north-road), 19 Dec 2024 ## The businesses on it (1) *Premises whose address in the directory is Main North Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Canterbury Landscape Supplies](https://www.chch.live/business/canterbury-landscape-supplies-christchurch), Groundskeeping · 1250 Main North Road ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 32 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 9 seriously hurt. The corner the record returns to: [Main North Road & State Highway 74](https://www.chch.live/crashes/main-north-road-and-sh-74), 85 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=main-north-road&suburb=kainga) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Main North Road?** In [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Main North Road?** 64 reports at 19 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (26), rubbish & dumping (18), trees & parks (9). **When was Main North Road first reported on?** 2017, the record covers 58 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Main North Road?** [Main North Road and State Highway 74](https://www.chch.live/crashes/main-north-road-and-sh-74), 85 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=kainga&street=main-north-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Kainga&street=main-north-road