The Rocks
9 reports at 3 addresses in Kennedys Bush, the first in 2021, the latest 2026. 8 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on The Rocks, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Kennedys Bush.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The addresses on it
- 1 The Rocks, 5 reports
- 8 The Rocks, 3 reports
- 10 The Rocks, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 5 reports
- Animals & pests, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
- Noise, 1 report
Year by year
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 134 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 12 February 1853)
· Papers Past,
…tion rocks 2nd in the beds of rivers and in alluvial soils formed by the decomposition of the rocks in which the gold has bieen originally deposited in the latter state gold is found in a great many p…
- REPORT (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854)
· Papers Past,
…ill remove all the main difficulties of the old line instead of running round the face of the rocks above gollan bay towards lyttelton nearly a mile of most expensive and difficult work will be avoide…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 10 June 1854)
· Papers Past,
…en kept to this work would accomplish it in two years because i am inclined to think thatfthe rocks would not prevent so formidable a barrier as some suppose there may be solid stuff toblow away but t…
- THE BRIDLE PATH & THE ADJOINING HILLS. (Lyttelton Times, 31 December 1856)
· Papers Past,
…horses loosening the htonos have gradually worn away i lie surface leaving in many places the rocks or the sides of the road protruding 12 or 15 inches the entire distance to christchurch by this line…
- The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 13 May 1857)
· Papers Past,
…tralia and worked for a short time she answered very well but unfortunately ran ashore on the rocks near the mouth and was never recovered the provincial government has set apart a sum to be granted i…
- toCleanings of News. FROM ENGLISH PAPERS TO 16TH DECEMBER. (Colonist, 30 March 1858)
· Papers Past,
…came on shore near whitehills with not a living soul on board she was dashed to pieces on the rocks two boats belonging to buckie have since been lost one containing eight men was we iked at the entra…
- Local Intelligence. (Lyttelton Times, 15 October 1859)
· Papers Past,
…awn up onthe shorje opposite the mitre hotel was raised in the air nd dashed to pieces on the rocks at a little distanced another boat was taken off peacock wharf by f he wind and carried thrflughthe…
- LYTTELTON. (Colonist, 04 November 1859)
· Papers Past,
…drawn up on shore opposite the mitre hotel was raised in the air and dashed to pieces on the rocks at a little distance another boat was taken off peacock wharf by the wind and carried through the ri…
- GEOLOGY OF OTAGO. (Otago Daily Times, 31 January 1862)
· Papers Past,
…s abundant in the neighbourhood of iuuedin than they appear to be throughout the province the rocks in question consist of gneiss and mica slate witii associated quartz rocks and chloride and other sl…
- PORT OF AUCKLAND. MISCELLANEOUS. (Daily Southern Cross, 07 November 1866)
· Papers Past,
…about sw by w w being careful to keep it well open or settlement point in order to avoid the rocks extending from that point light vessel at tthpkr flats mtzrot river a light vessel has also been moo…
- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF AUCKLAND. (Daily Southern Cross, 01 January 1867)
· Papers Past,
…not made its appearance a boat was in attendance upon the sohooner until she drifted upon the rocks and they then rowed in and moored the boat high up the river by whose orders the boat was removed at…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 25 May 1867)
· Papers Past,
…n equivalent number of cattle there are on the island about sixty blacks who live amongst the rocks and m small caves there is no game and they subsist entirely on fish roots and grass their bodies ar…
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Questions, answered briefly
In Kennedys Bush, Christchurch, New Zealand.
9 reports at 3 addresses, most often water & drains (5), animals & pests (2), roads & footpaths (1).
2021, the record covers 8 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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