Main Road

182 reports at 22 addresses in Mount Pleasant, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 163 separate days somebody filed something about it.

182 reports 22 addresses163 days reported onfrom the air, then 984 documents carry the namethe 392nd 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 Mount Pleasant.

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

62 Main Road, 30 reports
10 Main Road, 22 reports
28 Main Road, 16 reports
12 Main Road, 16 reports
32 Main Road, 14 reports
24 Main Road, 13 reports
2A Main Road, 11 reports
2 Main Road, 10 reports
10A Main Road, 10 reports
40 Main Road, 7 reports
18 Main Road, 5 reports
20 Main Road, 4 reports
14 Main Road, 4 reports
54 Main Road, 3 reports
46 Main Road, 3 reports
42A Main Road, 3 reports
30 Main Road, 3 reports
23 Main Road, 3 reports
26 Main Road, 2 reports
38 Main Road, 1 report
20A Main Road, 1 report
10 Main ROAD, 1 report

What got reported

Graffiti & vandalism, 51 reports
Trees & parks, 44 reports
Roads & footpaths, 35 reports
Water & drains, 32 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 8 reports
Everything else, 7 reports
Noise, 2 reports
Animals & pests, 2 reports

Year by year

2015, 2 reports
2016, 1 report
2017, 9 reports
2018, 10 reports
2019, 5 reports
2020, 5 reports
2021, 13 reports
2022, 20 reports
2023, 16 reports
2024, 66 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…

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The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.