Main Road

151 reports at 46 addresses in Moncks Bay, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 137 separate days somebody filed something about it.

151 reports 46 addresses137 days reported onfrom the air, then 984 documents carry the namethe 502nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Main Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Moncks Bay.

From the air, then

Main Road from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

Main Road from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Main Road from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Main Road from the air, 1975-1979 — **1975-1979** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

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

243 Main Road, 14 reports
239 Main Road, 12 reports
218 Main Road, 11 reports
260 Main Road, 7 reports
234 Main Road, 7 reports
224 Main Road, 6 reports
202 Main Road, 6 reports
200B Main Road, 6 reports
157 Main Road, 6 reports
167 Main Road, 5 reports
165 Main Road, 5 reports
258 Main Road, 4 reports
248 Main Road, 4 reports
244 Main Road, 4 reports
240 Main Road, 4 reports
237 Main Road, 4 reports
228 Main Road, 4 reports
226 Main Road, 4 reports
210 Main Road, 3 reports
260A Main Road, 2 reports
256 Main Road, 2 reports
252 Main Road, 2 reports
214 Main Road, 2 reports
202A Main Road, 2 reports
161 Main Road, 2 reports
151 Main Road, 2 reports
147 Main Road, 2 reports
263 Main Road, 1 report
258C Main Road, 1 report
258-254 Main Road, 1 report
256C Main Road, 1 report
256A Main Road, 1 report
254 Main Road, 1 report
242J Main Road, 1 report
242 Main Road, 1 report
236-232 Main Road, 1 report
222 Main Road, 1 report
216 Main Road, 1 report
204 Main Road, 1 report
202B Main Road, 1 report
171 Main Road, 1 report
169-237 Main Road, 1 report
163 Main Road, 1 report
155 Main Road, 1 report
153 Main Road, 1 report
145 Main Road, 1 report

What got reported

Roads & footpaths, 47 reports
Graffiti & vandalism, 33 reports
Water & drains, 30 reports
Trees & parks, 17 reports
Everything else, 12 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports
Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
Noise, 3 reports

Year by year

2015, 1 report
2016, 2 reports
2017, 4 reports
2018, 1 report
2019, 3 reports
2020, 6 reports
2021, 8 reports
2022, 23 reports
2023, 41 reports
2024, 31 reports
2025, 19 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 984 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Wellington Independent, 19 February 1851) · Papers Past, 19 Feb 1851
…rom the ferry v christchurch in a complete state as it forms part of the intended lino of main road which passes through sumner we hope on a future occasion to complete our glance at the means of land…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 March 1854) · Papers Past, 25 Mar 1854
…nd i td nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 April 1854) · Papers Past, 1 Apr 1854
…and i j nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 08 April 1854) · Papers Past, 8 Apr 1854
…and jti nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about lr acres broken up…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 April 1854) · Papers Past, 15 Apr 1854
…n and i nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854) · Papers Past, 22 Apr 1854
…in and nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile and a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 April 1854) · Papers Past, 29 Apr 1854
…in and nearly 40 acres broken up about a mile aud a quarter from christchurch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres of land with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up…
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 06 May 1854) · Papers Past, 6 May 1854
…nd jb nearly 40 acres broken up about a niile and a quarter from christchjirch fronting a main road also adjoining the above 76 acres ofland with a small house thereupon and about 12 acres broken up a…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 October 1854) · Papers Past, 28 Oct 1854
…christchurch and a first-rate position for merchants stores and waterside premises on the main road from lyttelton to christchurch for particulars and inspection of plan apply to mr cridland architect…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 November 1854) · Papers Past, 1 Nov 1854
…christchurch and a first-rate position for merchants store and waterside premises on the main road from lyttelton to christchurch for particulars and inspection of plan apply to mr ciudland architect…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 November 1854) · Papers Past, 8 Nov 1854
…christchurch and a first-rate position for merchants stores and waterside premises on the main road from lyttehou to christchurch for particulars and inspection of plan apply to mr ceidlanb architect…
REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855) · Papers Past, 16 May 1855
…x wakefield as rural section no 2 and instead of setting out the most suitable line for a main road through the section in lieu of the streets then abandoned the only communication reserved from the e…

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Yacht Club Reserve ramp · 7 m away Yacht Club Reserve ramp · 10 m away Yacht Club Reserve ramp · 10 m away Cave Tce And Shag Rock boat ramp · 12 m away Yacht Club Reserve set of steps · 12 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Main Road in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

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.