Swanns Road
120 reports at 31 addresses in Richmond, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 87 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 Swanns 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
- 51 Swanns Road, 17 reports
- 4 Swanns Road, 16 reports
- 47 Swanns Road, 12 reports
- 18 Swanns Road, 9 reports
- 19 Swanns Road, 6 reports
- 23 Swanns Road, 5 reports
- 9 Swanns Road, 4 reports
- 42 Swanns Road, 4 reports
- 20 Swanns Road, 4 reports
- 18E Swanns Road, 4 reports
- 6 Swanns Road, 3 reports
- 43 Swanns Road, 3 reports
- 40 Swanns Road, 3 reports
- 27 Swanns Road, 3 reports
- 15 Swanns Road, 3 reports
- 14 Swanns Road, 3 reports
- 35 Swanns Road, 2 reports
- 32 Swanns Road, 2 reports
- 31 Swanns Road, 2 reports
- 25 Swanns Road, 2 reports
- 22 Swanns Road, 2 reports
- 17 Swanns Road, 2 reports
- 8 Swanns Road, 1 report
- 45B Swanns Road, 1 report
- 43A Swanns Road, 1 report
- 39 Swanns Road, 1 report
- 38 Swanns Road, 1 report
- 37 Swanns Road, 1 report
- 36 Swanns Road, 1 report
- 24 Swanns Road, 1 report
- 10 Swanns Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 60 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 22 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 15 reports
- Water & drains, 14 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- Animals & pests, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 4 reports
- 2018, 6 reports
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2020, 7 reports
- 2021, 4 reports
- 2022, 25 reports
- 2023, 16 reports
- 2024, 22 reports
- 2025, 17 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…w of 28 Aldershot Street, Aranui, Christchurch.Boyd, Kim Suzanne, unemployed, formerly of Swanns Road, now of 66 Flesher Avenue, Christchurch. Haugh (also known as Hauh), Ronald Victor, lineman, and H…
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…dates and times below:11 August 2006Boyland, Jacqueline Lee, early childhood teacher, of6 Swanns Road, Richmond, Christchurch, at 4.10 p.m.Dordevich, Branko Ivan, labourer, of 95A Devon Street West, N…
- Weather: What you need to know about road closures, flights, ferries, schools and evacuations
· Radio New Zealand,
…Street and Pages Road. Avonside Drive between Wainoni Road and Kerrs Road. Avonside Drive/Swanns Road between Retreat Road and Woodham Road. Empire Road from Main North Road. River Road. Ernlea Terrac…
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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.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Swanns Road in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 March 1884) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 March 1884) · Star,
- SCHOOL COMMITTEES. (Star, 28 April 1886) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 November 1889) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 January 1890) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 15 February 1890) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 February 1890) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 February 1890) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 March 1890) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 June 1890) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 February 1891) · Star,
- MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 03 October 1892) · Star,
- ELECTORAL. (Star, 20 November 1893) · Star,
- Local & General (Star, 16 August 1894) · Star,
- CYCLING NOTES. (Otago Witness, 12 December 1900) · Otago Witness,
- Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 31 December 1909) · Star,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 March 1944) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Poles and Signage - General, 43 Swanns Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 20 Swanns Road,
- Animal - Deceased, 51 Swanns Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 51 Swanns Rd,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 51 Swanns Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 51 Swanns Road,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 42 Swanns Rd,
- Road Signage, 6 Swanns Road,
- Noise - Animal, 6 Swanns Road,
- Litter, 51 Swanns Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 32 Swanns Rd,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 51 Swanns Rd,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 51 Swanns Rd,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 8 Swanns Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 9 Swanns Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
In Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand.
120 reports at 31 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (60), roads & footpaths (22), rubbish & dumping (15).
2016, the record covers 87 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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