# Halswell Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 7 reports at 4 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 6 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/kennedys-bush/halswell-road ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6005&lon=172.5609&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6005&lon=172.5609&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6005&lon=172.5609&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6005&lon=172.5609&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 - [714 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/714-halswell-road), 4 reports - [698-780 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/698-780-halswell-road), 1 report - [696 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/696-halswell-road), 1 report - [587 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/587-halswell-road), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 3 reports - Trees & parks, 3 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 1 report ## Year by year - 2019, 1 report - 2022, 1 report - 2023, 2 reports - 2024, 1 report - 2025, 1 report _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 (95 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 22 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620122.2.24.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jan 1862 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 22 February 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620222.2.4.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Feb 1862 - [ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HEATHCOTE—CLAIMS TO VOTE.—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620412.2.20), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Apr 1862 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620426.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Apr 1862 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 30 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620430.2.24.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Apr 1862 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 19 September 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18680919.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Sept 1868 - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 November 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681124.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Nov 1868 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 January 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700105.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Jan 1870 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 January 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700106.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Jan 1870 - [MR BLYTH'S WORKS, PREBBLETON (Star, 03 April 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710403.2.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Apr 1871 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 December 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18731231.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Dec 1873 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 January 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740103.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Jan 1874 ## As it was reported - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5939603), 714 Halswell Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05939603/public/1_235hwjah7b1i.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5400861), 696 Halswell Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05400861/public/1_by3gslfqpaad.jpg - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2215394), 587 Halswell Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02215394/1_wuugbT.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/591279), 698-780 Halswell Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00591279/0 [More photographs on the Kennedys Bush wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=kennedys-bush) ## Latest on record - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7649324) at [714 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/714-halswell-road), 31 Jan 2026 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5939603) at [714 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/714-halswell-road), 26 Feb 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5400861) at [696 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/696-halswell-road), 12 Nov 2024 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3679090) at [714 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/714-halswell-road), 8 Sept 2023 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/3679081) at [714 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/714-halswell-road), 8 Sept 2023 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2215394) at [587 Halswell Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/587-halswell-road), 13 Mar 2022 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/591279) at [698-780 Halswell Rd](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/698-780-halswell-road), 12 Jan 2019 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STATE HIGHWAY 75 FROM THE DOUBLE ROUND ABOUTS OFF OF STATE HIGHWAY 76 TILL THE HALSWELL ROAD JUNCTION IS A 100KM/H ZONE. PLEASE STOP DILLYDALLYING AT 50KM/H, OMFGGG.](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wdtk5b/its_a_100kmh_zone/), r/chch · Careful_Jaguar6575, 12 Sept 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=halswell-road&suburb=kennedys-bush) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Halswell Road?** In [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Halswell Road?** 7 reports at 4 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (3), trees & parks (3), rubbish & dumping (1). **When was Halswell Road first reported on?** 2019, the record covers 6 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=kennedys-bush&street=halswell-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Kennedys%20Bush&street=halswell-road