Taylors Mistake Road
94 reports at 40 addresses in Scarborough, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 91 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 Taylors Mistake Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Scarborough.
From the air, then
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
- 10 Taylors Mistake Road, 21 reports
- 31 Taylors Mistake Road, 8 reports
- 25 Taylors Mistake Road, 5 reports
- 145 Taylors Mistake Road, 4 reports
- 91 Taylors Mistake Road, 3 reports
- 67 Taylors Mistake Road, 3 reports
- 25A Taylors Mistake Road, 3 reports
- 21 Taylors Mistake Road, 3 reports
- 19A Taylors Mistake Road, 3 reports
- 137 Taylors Mistake Road, 3 reports
- 85A Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 7 Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 50 Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 43 Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 40 Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 143 Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 129 Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 115 Taylors Mistake Road, 2 reports
- 94 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 93 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 92 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 89G Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 87C Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 87B Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 77 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 75 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 70 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 65A Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 59 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 54 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 45 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 39 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 23 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 131 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 129B Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 121 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 119 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 113 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 111D Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
- 111 Taylors Mistake Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 39 reports
- Water & drains, 20 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 12 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 8 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 7 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 8 reports
- 2020, 3 reports
- 2021, 6 reports
- 2022, 18 reports
- 2023, 21 reports
- 2024, 13 reports
- 2025, 18 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…Rata Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt. Stick, Nicholas John, occupation unknown, formerly of19 Taylors Mistake Road, and 10 St John Street, nowof 10 Albert Terrace, St Martins, Christchurch. Houkamau, Cher…
- 137 Taylors Mistake Road
· Canterbury Stories,
The house at 137 Taylors Mistake Road as seen from the Scarborough Bluffs Track, which overlooks Taylors Mistake. Greg O’Beirn…
- Bankruptcies
· New Zealand Gazette,
…Gahey Street, Rothwell, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia - 26 January 2012.Lowen, Dax, 80 Taylors Mistake Road, Sumner, Christchurch - 24 January 2012.McKay, Andrew Rutherford, No 42 JL Kemang Utara,…
- Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register
· New Zealand Gazette,
…Avondale, Auckland 0600.ORTON & ASSOCIATES LIMITED. Applicant: David Orton Bradley, 113B Taylors Mistake Road, Christchurch 8081.P R B HOLDINGS LIMITED. Applicant: Paul Robert Benjamin, 107 Larnach R…
- Bankruptcies
· New Zealand Gazette,
…9 The Arte, 23 Jalan Raja Udang, Singapore – 4 February 2015. Scurr, Stephen Bernard, 185 Taylors Mistake Road, Taylors Mistake, Christchurch – 9 February 2015. Shortland, Kentucky Jones, 3226 Pipiwai…
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The named ground
Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; 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 Taylors Mistake Road in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 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.
- Evening Post. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1878. (Evening Post, 12 September 1878) · Evening Post,
- AUSTRALIA." (Evening Post, 24 November 1887) · Evening Post,
- FOOTBALL. (Otago Witness, 13 July 1888) · Otago Witness,
- Untitled (Tuapeka Times, 16 October 1897) · Tuapeka Times,
- By Crackshot.] RACING FIXTURES. THE TURF. (Evening Post, 24 February 1900) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Pavement - General, 31 Taylors Mistake Road,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 85A Taylors Mistake Road,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 85A Taylors Mistake Road,
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 10 Taylors Mistake Road,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 7 Taylors Mistake Road,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 7 Taylors Mistake Rd,
- Pothole, 50 Taylors Mistake Rd,
- Water Leak, 67 Taylors Mistake Rd,
- Fallen Tree, 111D Taylors Mistake Rd,
- Facility - General Request, 115 Taylors Mistake Road,
- Damaged Road, 94 Taylors Mistake Rd,
- Pothole, 92 Taylors Mistake Rd,
- Pothole, 65A Taylors Mistake Road,
- Sewer - Leak / Blockage, 25 Taylors Mistake Rd,
- Water Leak, 25 Taylors Mistake Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
In Scarborough, Christchurch, New Zealand.
94 reports at 40 addresses, most often trees & parks (39), water & drains (20), roads & footpaths (12).
2016, the record covers 91 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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