# Taylors Mistake Road, Scarborough, Christchurch

94 reports at 40 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 91 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/scarborough/taylors-mistake-road

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5754&lon=172.7748&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5754&lon=172.7748&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5754&lon=172.7748&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## The addresses on it
- [10 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/10-taylors-mistake-road), 21 reports
- [31 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/31-taylors-mistake-road), 8 reports
- [25 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/25-taylors-mistake-road), 5 reports
- [145 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/145-taylors-mistake-road), 4 reports
- [91 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/91-taylors-mistake-road), 3 reports
- [67 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/67-taylors-mistake-road), 3 reports
- [25A Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/25a-taylors-mistake-road), 3 reports
- [21 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/21-taylors-mistake-road), 3 reports
- [19A Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/19a-taylors-mistake-road), 3 reports
- [137 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/137-taylors-mistake-road), 3 reports
- [85A Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/85a-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [7 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/7-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [50 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/50-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [43 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/43-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [40 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/40-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [143 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/143-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [129 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/129-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [115 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/115-taylors-mistake-road), 2 reports
- [94 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/94-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [93 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/93-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [92 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/92-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [89G Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/89g-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [87C Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/87c-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [87B Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/87b-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [77 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/77-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [75 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/75-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [70 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/70-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [65A Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/65a-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [59 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/59-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [54 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/54-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [45 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/45-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [39 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/39-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [23 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/23-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [131 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/131-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [129B Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/129b-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [121 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/121-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [119 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/119-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [113 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/113-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [111D Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/111d-taylors-mistake-road), 1 report
- [111 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/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](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 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

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name.*
- [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-ba7302), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 5 Oct 2000
- [137 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118364), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 15 Oct 2005
- [Bankruptcies](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2012-ba514), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 2 Feb 2012
- [Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2012-ot2318), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 19 Apr 2012
- [Bankruptcies](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2015-ba904), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 19 Feb 2015

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Taylors Mistake Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Evening Post. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1878. (Evening Post, 12 September 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18780912.2.8), Evening Post · 1878-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [AUSTRALIA." (Evening Post, 24 November 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18871124.2.11), Evening Post · 1887-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOOTBALL. (Otago Witness, 13 July 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18880713.2.62), Otago Witness · 1888-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Tuapeka Times, 16 October 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TT18971016.2.9), Tuapeka Times · 1897-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [By Crackshot. RACING FIXTURES. THE TURF. (Evening Post, 24 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19000224.2.81), Evening Post · 1900-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8969059), 31 Taylors Mistake Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08969059/public/1_zss15mybbham.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8527994), 85A Taylors Mistake Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08527994/public/1_8qvuo51upn8o.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8381604), 85A Taylors Mistake Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08381604/public/1_94qmjkxij6l.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8189855), 10 Taylors Mistake Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08189855/public/1_9554x8cbdom.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7675198), 7 Taylors Mistake Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07675198/public/1_wctix7v086se.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7338701), 7 Taylors Mistake Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07338701/public/1_ixhj2yqayjhg.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7303267), 50 Taylors Mistake Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07303267/public/1_uc9y0jmh2peq.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7069710), 67 Taylors Mistake Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07069710/public/1_dwvn8l3eb5w.jpg
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7012076), 111D Taylors Mistake Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07012076/public/1_crf9052ff5uc.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6905956), 115 Taylors Mistake Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06905956/public/1_9ifnj6qqlfut.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6829762), 94 Taylors Mistake Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06829762/public/1_xut3pisiuusj.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6829726), 92 Taylors Mistake Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06829726/public/1_qw5tgrnhssm6.jpg

[More photographs on the Scarborough wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=scarborough)

## Latest on record
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8969059) at [31 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/31-taylors-mistake-road), 23 Sept 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8527994) at [85A Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/85a-taylors-mistake-road), 6 Jul 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8381604) at [85A Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/85a-taylors-mistake-road), 8 Jun 2026
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8189855) at [10 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/10-taylors-mistake-road), 3 May 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7675198) at [7 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/7-taylors-mistake-road), 4 Feb 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7338701) at [7 Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/7-taylors-mistake-road), 7 Dec 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7303267) at [50 Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/50-taylors-mistake-road), 1 Dec 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7069710) at [67 Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/67-taylors-mistake-road), 20 Oct 2025
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7012076) at [111D Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/111d-taylors-mistake-road), 9 Oct 2025
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6905956) at [115 Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/115-taylors-mistake-road), 16 Sept 2025
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6829762) at [94 Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/94-taylors-mistake-road), 1 Sept 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6829726) at [92 Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/92-taylors-mistake-road), 1 Sept 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6419213) at [65A Taylors Mistake Road](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/65a-taylors-mistake-road), 1 Jun 2025
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/6301663) at [25 Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/25-taylors-mistake-road), 7 May 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6278739) at [25 Taylors Mistake Rd](https://www.chch.live/scarborough/25-taylors-mistake-road), 3 May 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=taylors-mistake-road&suburb=scarborough)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Taylors Mistake Road?**

In [Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/scarborough), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Taylors Mistake Road?**

94 reports at 40 addresses, most often trees & parks (39), water & drains (20), roads & footpaths (12).

**When was Taylors Mistake Road first reported on?**

2016, the record covers 91 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=scarborough&street=taylors-mistake-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Scarborough&street=taylors-mistake-road