# Cashmere Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch

51 reports at 13 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 46 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/cashmere-road

## From the air, then
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.592&lon=172.5859&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.592&lon=172.5859&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
- [568 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 18 reports
- [897 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/897-cashmere-road), 12 reports
- [895A Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/895a-cashmere-road), 4 reports
- [564 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/564-cashmere-road), 4 reports
- [900 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/900-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [823 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/823-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [753R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/753r-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [570R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/570r-cashmere-road), 2 reports
- [926 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/926-cashmere-road), 1 report
- [893 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/893-cashmere-road), 1 report
- [793-823 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/793-823-cashmere-road), 1 report
- [751R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/751r-cashmere-road), 1 report
- [501–553 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/501%E2%80%93553-cashmere-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 15 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 10 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2018, 5 reports
- 2019, 6 reports
- 2021, 2 reports
- 2022, 8 reports
- 2023, 13 reports
- 2024, 4 reports
- 2025, 6 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 (62 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 06 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611106.2.19.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Nov 1861
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 09 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611109.2.17.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Nov 1861
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 30 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611130.2.19.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Nov 1861
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611214.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Dec 1861
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 21 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611221.2.22.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Dec 1861
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611225.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Dec 1861
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 11 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620111.2.25.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Jan 1862
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620115.2.19.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jan 1862
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 18 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620118.2.24.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Jan 1862
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620125.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Jan 1862
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 29 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620129.2.23.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Jan 1862
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 05 February 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620205.2.25.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Feb 1862

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Cashmere Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.5), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1860-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 09 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600609.2.20.5), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610403.2.21.2), Lyttelton Times · 1861-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HEATHCOTE—CLAIMS TO VOTE.—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620412.2.20), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 01 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790501.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 03 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790503.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 06 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790506.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 21 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790521.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 28 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790528.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 30 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790530.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 31 May 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790531.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 02 June 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790602.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 03 June 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790603.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 04 June 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790604.2.2.6), Timaru Herald · 1879-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Timaru Herald, 23 July 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18870723.2.2.5), Timaru Herald · 1887-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Poverty Bay Herald, 19 May 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19000519.2.33.6), Poverty Bay Herald · 1900-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Poverty Bay Herald, 22 May 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19000522.2.23.5), Poverty Bay Herald · 1900-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [BUSH AND GRASS FIRES (Star, 04 February 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070204.2.3), Star · 1907-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE CITY. (Ashburton Guardian, 28 April 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19130428.2.5), Ashburton Guardian · 1913-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9003448), 900 Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09003448/public/1_1hpsqde8z3c2.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8979389), 568 Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08979389/public/1_0j6sm9vh6wyei.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8968029), 568 Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08968029/public/1_3npf3mko6xr5.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8961549), 568 Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08961549/public/1_n9uszuekmvb.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8931531), 501–553 Cashmere Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08931531/public/1_ywfp8thly4am.jpg
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8577404), 897 Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08577404/public/1_qjnj23255bfy.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8021216), 568 Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08021216/public/1_aagtfnxl9qx.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7439171), 568 Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07439171/public/1_j7gscqyfadt.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7399202), 568 Cashmere Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07399202/public/1_8n2aidmq7smz.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6867956), 753R Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06867956/public/1_qurtbv4ypue.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6819753), 570R Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06819753/public/1_979kgjvropgc.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6057141), 753R Cashmere Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06057141/public/1_wya38uvpd4g.jpg

[More photographs on the Kennedys Bush wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=kennedys-bush)

## Latest on record
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9003448) at [900 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/900-cashmere-road), 29 Sept 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8979389) at [568 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 24 Sept 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8968029) at [568 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 23 Sept 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8961549) at [568 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 22 Sept 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8931531) at [501–553 Cashmere Rd](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/501%E2%80%93553-cashmere-road), 16 Sept 2026
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8577404) at [897 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/897-cashmere-road), 15 Jul 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8021216) at [568 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 2 Apr 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7439171) at [568 Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 26 Dec 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7399202) at [568 Cashmere Rd](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/568-cashmere-road), 17 Dec 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6867956) at [753R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/753r-cashmere-road), 9 Sept 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6819753) at [570R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/570r-cashmere-road), 30 Aug 2025
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6101872) at [895A Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/895a-cashmere-road), 28 Mar 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6057141) at [753R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/753r-cashmere-road), 20 Mar 2025
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/5183633) at [751R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/751r-cashmere-road), 25 Sept 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5099628) at [570R Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/570r-cashmere-road), 5 Sept 2024

## Heard on the wire

*Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.*
- [I was bored, and was thinking about that one time I hit a pothole scootering down the shared path next to Cashmere Road and faceplanted and almost lost a tooth, so I thought, how can I make this…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wuuamh/i_made_a_safer_ramake_of_cashmere_road/), r/chch · i-have-no-idea-atp, 1 Oct 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cashmere-road&suburb=kennedys-bush)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Cashmere Road?**

In [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Cashmere Road?**

51 reports at 13 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (15), roads & footpaths (10), trees & parks (9).

**When was Cashmere Road first reported on?**

2018, the record covers 46 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=kennedys-bush&street=cashmere-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Kennedys%20Bush&street=cashmere-road