Retreat Road
5 reports at 4 addresses in Richmond, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 5 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 Retreat Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Richmond.
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
- 6 Retreat Road, 2 reports
- 9 Retreat Road, 1 report
- 2 Retreat Road, 1 report
- 1 Retreat Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
- Graffiti & vandalism, 1 report
Year by year
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2020, 1 report
- 2023, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 68 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- ROAD BOARDS. (Star, 24 April 1880)
· Papers Past,
…honsloy bo written to re obstructions on kivor roiulj tlint tendon bo callod for forming retreat road and lowering mnrdon road j hut tho offer of hv charters to erect a gaslamp on iho opawa road bo a…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 October 1887)
· Papers Past,
…be charged sixpence wanted a respectable elderly man to make himself useful apply shirva retreat road avonside 5858 tcicr anted young girl as general servant w apply no 177 montreal 6treet opposite n…
- Land Sale. (Star, 04 March 1889)
· Papers Past,
…r sale by auction a number of properties as follow 2a 2r 16p with a large frontage on the retreat road avonside 330 mr hiorns quarter i acre sections at foxton on the main new brighton road and tram l…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 February 1894)
· Papers Past,
…tters new brighton a large section running from esplanade to george street cheap avonside retreat road cottage of 4 rooms scnllory good shed pigsties large vinery in full bearing half an acre grand la…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 February 1894)
· Papers Past,
…ffers new brighton a large section running from esplanade to george street cheap avonside retreat road cottage of 4 rooms scullery good shed pigsties large vinery in full bearing half an acre grand la…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 August 1897)
· Papers Past,
…gh road sectiou 100 links frontage and containing quarter acre and 13 perches 91 avonside retreat road quarter-acre fenced on 3 sides artesian well c 55 caton sireet sydenham quarter-acre fenced all r…
- ROAD BOARD. (Star, 13 May 1898)
· Papers Past,
…ection asked for should be granted requests from residents for lamps to be erected one at retreat road avonside and one at the bridge colombo road south were read and it was resolved that lamps should…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 December 1898)
· Papers Past,
…n de mrs porrieton cambridge terrace do mrs woodward 140 barbadoes st chch lo mrs rodgers retreat road avonside handsome album mrs mith st albany do mrs chamberlain 1 willow st chch do mrs hogan 105li…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 December 1898)
· Papers Past,
…rn de mrs porrieton cambridge terrace do mrs woodward 140 barbadoesst chch do mrs rodgers retreat road avonside banrlfome aunv mrs smith st albans do mrs chamberlain 1 willow st chch do mrs hogan 105…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 December 1898)
· Papers Past,
…n de mrs porrieton cambridge teirace do mrs woodward 140 barbadoes st chch jo mrs rodgers retreat road avonside handsome alburn mrs smith st albany do mrs chamberlain 1 willow st chch do mrs hogan 105…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 December 1898)
· Papers Past,
…n de mrs porrieton cambridge teirace do mrs woodward 140 barbadoes st chch io mrs rodgers retreat road avonside handsome album mrs smith st albans rio mrs chnmberlain 1 willow st chch do mrs hogan 105…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 December 1898)
· Papers Past,
…rn de mrs porrieton cambridge uirace do mrs woodward 140 barbadoes st chch do mrs rodgers retreat road avonside handsome alburn mrs smith st albans do mrs chamberlain 1 willow st chch do mrs hogaii 10…
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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.
As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand.
5 reports at 4 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (3), roads & footpaths (1), graffiti & vandalism (1).
2019, the record covers 5 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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