Somes Road
22 reports at 7 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 18 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 Somes Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Lyttelton.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- 18 Somes Road, 7 reports
- 1 Somes Road, 5 reports
- 15 Somes Road, 4 reports
- 17 Somes Road, 3 reports
- 6 Somes Road, 1 report
- 2 Somes Road, 1 report
- 14 Somes Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 11 reports
- Water & drains, 4 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
Year by year
- 2019, 1 report
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 12 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
Its file in the papers
Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 13 March 1852) · Lyttelton Times,
- The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 30 October 1852) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 04 February 1854) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 30 September 1854) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 21 October 1854) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 November 1854) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 November 1854) · Lyttelton Times,
- The Lyttelton Times. Saturday, Sept. 29. (Lyttelton Times, 29 September 1855) · Lyttelton Times,
- CORRESPONDENCE. (Lyttelton Times, 03 October 1855) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 26 August 1857) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 18 September 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 25 September 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 17 November 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 24 December 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- LIST OF RETURNED LETTERS. (Lyttelton Times, 08 October 1859) · Lyttelton Times,
- RETURNED LETTERS. (Lyttelton Times, 11 July 1860) · Lyttelton Times,
- THE SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH ROAD. (Lyttelton Times, 15 August 1860) · Lyttelton Times,
- MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. (Ashburton Guardian, 03 August 1910) · Ashburton Guardian,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Dumped Rubbish, 17 Somes Rd,
- Water Leak, 17 Somes Rd,
- Water Leak, 18 Somes Road,
- Park - General Request, 14 Somes Road,
- Water Leak, 6 Somes Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 1 Somes Road,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 1 Somes Road,
- Pothole, 15 Somes Road,
- Damaged Road, 18 Somes Road,
- Road Blockage, 18 Somes Road,
- Roads - General, 18 Somes Road,
- General Request, 15 Somes Road,
- Damaged Road, 1 Somes Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 1 Somes Road,
- Damaged Road, 15 Somes Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
22 reports at 7 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (11), water & drains (4), everything else (3).
2019, the record covers 18 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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