# Summit Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch

8 reports at 5 addresses, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 7 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.622&lon=172.6304&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.622&lon=172.6304&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
- [2159 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2159-summit-road), 4 reports
- [2028 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2028-summit-road), 1 report
- [2020 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2020-summit-road), 1 report
- [2008–2010 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2008%E2%80%932010-summit-road), 1 report
- [2000 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2000-summit-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Everything else, 5 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 2 reports
- 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 (138 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18790121.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Jan 1879
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18800921.2.18.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Sept 1880
- [AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 October 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18811004.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Oct 1881
- [AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 November 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18811115.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Nov 1881
- [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 December 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18821227.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Dec 1882
- [Peninsula News. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 February 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830206.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Feb 1883
- [AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830313.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Mar 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830403.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Apr 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830406.2.18.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Apr 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830410.2.13.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Apr 1883
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830413.2.15.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Apr 1883
- [Original Correspondence (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 September 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18830904.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Sept 1883

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8273855), 2000 Summit Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08273855/public/1_qfzem282re88.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7830659), 2008–2010 Summit Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07820063/public/1_gal5ksghbrl2.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7384494), 2159 Summit Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07379277/public/1_2mf15lun766d.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2249206), 2159 Summit Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02245238/1_iFm6AW.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2152923), 2159 Summit Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02151926/1_u3UhNq.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2096351), 2159 Summit Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02094009/1_dcpN4h.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8273855) at [2000 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2000-summit-road), 19 May 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7830659) at [2008–2010 Summit Rd](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2008%E2%80%932010-summit-road), 2 Mar 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7384494) at [2159 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2159-summit-road), 15 Dec 2025
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3471136) at [2020 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2020-summit-road), 2 Jul 2023
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/3471125) at [2028 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2028-summit-road), 2 Jul 2023
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2249206) at [2159 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2159-summit-road), 28 Mar 2022
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2152923) at [2159 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2159-summit-road), 16 Feb 2022
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2096351) at [2159 Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush/2159-summit-road), 24 Jan 2022

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Dyers Pass Road & Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/dyers-pass-road-and-summit-road), 166 crashes pinned to the pairing, 6 killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Summit Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Summit Road?**

8 reports at 5 addresses, most often everything else (5), roads & footpaths (1), trees & parks (1).

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

2022, the record covers 7 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Summit Road?**

[Dyers Pass Road and Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/dyers-pass-road-and-summit-road), 166 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 6 of them fatal.

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