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Main North Road

51 reports at 16 addresses in Northcote, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 45 separate days somebody filed something about it.

51 reports16 addresses45 days reported onfrom the air, then114 documents carry the name10 businessesthe 1405th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

55 Main North Road, 10 reports101 Main North Road, 10 reports97 Main North Road, 6 reports103 Main North Road, 5 reports77 Main North Road, 4 reports80 Main North Road, 2 reports71Z Main North Road, 2 reports71 Main North Road, 2 reports58 Main North Road, 2 reports165 Main North Road, 2 reports85 Main North Road, 1 report71U Main North Road, 1 report55-57 Main North Road, 1 report178E Main North Road, 1 report133 Main North Road, 1 report105A Main North Road, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Main North Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Main North Road from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Main North Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Main North Road from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 114 on the shelf; the 1 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 10

Premises whose address in the directory is Main North Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

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

Withers Family Park set of steps · 52 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Main North Road in 9 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Main North Road & State Highway 74, 85 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoTraffic Signals, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photo more photographs
on the Northcote wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Main North Road?

In Northcote, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Main North Road?

51 reports at 16 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (19), roads & footpaths (8), water & drains (7).

When was Main North Road first reported on?

2017, the record covers 45 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Main North Road?

Main North Road and State Highway 74, 85 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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