# New Brighton Road, Shirley, Christchurch 158 reports at 47 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 138 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/new-brighton-road ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5077&lon=172.666&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5077&lon=172.666&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5077&lon=172.666&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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 - [27A New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/27a-new-brighton-road), 11 reports - [4 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/4-new-brighton-road), 10 reports - [1R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/1r-new-brighton-road), 10 reports - [32 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/32-new-brighton-road), 9 reports - [38 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/38-new-brighton-road), 8 reports - [34 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/34-new-brighton-road), 8 reports - [40 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/40-new-brighton-road), 6 reports - [11-21 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/11-21-new-brighton-road), 6 reports - [50A New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/50a-new-brighton-road), 5 reports - [37 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/37-new-brighton-road), 5 reports - [31 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/31-new-brighton-road), 5 reports - [27 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/27-new-brighton-road), 5 reports - [16 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/16-new-brighton-road), 5 reports - [10 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/10-new-brighton-road), 5 reports - [46 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/46-new-brighton-road), 4 reports - [31B New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/31b-new-brighton-road), 4 reports - [12 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/12-new-brighton-road), 4 reports - [61 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/61-new-brighton-road), 3 reports - [31A New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/31a-new-brighton-road), 3 reports - [27R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/27r-new-brighton-road), 3 reports - [24R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/24r-new-brighton-road), 3 reports - [1 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/1-new-brighton-road), 3 reports - [60 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/60-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [6 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/6-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [54 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/54-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [41 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/41-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [38A New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/38a-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [36A New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/36a-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [36 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/36-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [29 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/29-new-brighton-road), 2 reports - [8 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/8-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [56 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/56-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [48 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/48-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [47 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/47-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [44 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/44-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [33 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/33-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [32A New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/32a-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [30 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/30-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [3 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [28-26 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/28-26-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [26B New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/26b-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [26 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/26-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [25 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/25-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [24 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/24-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [20 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/20-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [18 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/18-new-brighton-road), 1 report - [11 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/11-new-brighton-road), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 81 reports - Roads & footpaths, 30 reports - Water & drains, 23 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 10 reports - Vehicles & parking, 9 reports - Trees & parks, 3 reports - Everything else, 2 reports ## Year by year - 2015, 2 reports - 2017, 9 reports - 2018, 16 reports - 2019, 7 reports - 2020, 15 reports - 2021, 11 reports - 2022, 16 reports - 2023, 19 reports - 2024, 24 reports - 2025, 19 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 (136 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Local and General. (Star, 19 July 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18730719.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Jul 1873 - [Local and General. (Star, 23 October 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18731023.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Oct 1873 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 April 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740425.2.18.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Apr 1874 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 October 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18741008.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Oct 1874 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 26 September 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780926.2.11.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Sept 1878 - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 29 September 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790929.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Sept 1879 - [Aitken & Roberts](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2019/ccl-cs-6498), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1880 - [DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 13 December 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18811213.2.34), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Dec 1881 - [BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Star, 17 January 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820117.2.25), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jan 1882 - [Local & General. (Star, 22 April 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820422.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Apr 1882 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 07 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830307.2.10.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Mar 1883 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 06 July 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830706.2.10.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Jul 1883 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for New Brighton Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [A LAD DROWNED AT NEW BRIGHTON. (Star, 23 January 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890123.2.36.2), Star · 1889-01-23T00:00:00.000Z - [New Brighton Election. (Star, 22 July 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920722.2.48), Star · 1892-07-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 February 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990224.2.19.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-02-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 February 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990228.2.14.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-02-28T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990307.2.16.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-03-07T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990321.2.13.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-03-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 June 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990602.2.16.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 June 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990606.2.21.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-06-06T00:00:00.000Z - [THE TRAMWAY PROPOSALS. (Star, 09 June 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030609.2.47), Star · 1903-06-09T00:00:00.000Z - [THE COMING ELECTIONS. (Star, 22 June 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060622.2.41.6), Star · 1906-06-22T00:00:00.000Z - [TRAMWAY BOARD ELECTIONS. (Star, 26 June 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060626.2.37), Star · 1906-06-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 November 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331128.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-11-28T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331201.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-12-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331205.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-12-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331208.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-12-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331212.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-12-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331215.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-12-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331219.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-12-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331222.2.2.4), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-12-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Springston South (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 September 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19400917.2.24.5), Ellesmere Guardian · 1940-09-17T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9036220), 6 New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09036220/public/1_xxmvh34f8rr.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8921564), 24R New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08921564/public/1_kasv3fmnbkq.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8612549), 46 New Brighton Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08612549/public/1_o58arca1uirc.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8612544), 46 New Brighton Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08612544/public/1_kb2bhb99mxp9.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8581249), 24 New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08581249/public/1_voms8a90iil.jpg - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8552577), 32 New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08552577/public/1_uiq8zfe2b2r7.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8514769), 3 New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08514769/public/1_dzftv1yyd4i.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8117218), 24R New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08117218/public/1_s3yhmri3joed.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8093180), 24R New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08093180/public/1_ebk2flulrd9e.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7953820), 1R New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07953820/public/1_mwc250kx97er.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7834000), 34 New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07834000/public/1_dvrhk332v9ly.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7810627), 32 New Brighton Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07810627/public/1_cr6tsd0ay8pb.jpg [More photographs on the Shirley wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=shirley) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9036220) at [6 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/6-new-brighton-road), 5 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8921564) at [24R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/24r-new-brighton-road), 14 Sept 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8612549) at [46 New Brighton Rd](https://www.chch.live/shirley/46-new-brighton-road), 21 Jul 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8612544) at [46 New Brighton Rd](https://www.chch.live/shirley/46-new-brighton-road), 21 Jul 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8581249) at [24 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/24-new-brighton-road), 15 Jul 2026 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8552577) at [32 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/32-new-brighton-road), 10 Jul 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8514769) at [3 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3-new-brighton-road), 3 Jul 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8117218) at [24R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/24r-new-brighton-road), 20 Apr 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8093180) at [24R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/24r-new-brighton-road), 16 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7953820) at [1R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/1r-new-brighton-road), 22 Mar 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7834000) at [34 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/34-new-brighton-road), 2 Mar 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7810627) at [32 New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/32-new-brighton-road), 26 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7714144) at [54 New Brighton Rd](https://www.chch.live/shirley/54-new-brighton-road), 10 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7692986) at [1R New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/1r-new-brighton-road), 6 Feb 2026 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7636130) at [36A New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/shirley/36a-new-brighton-road), 29 Jan 2026 ## The businesses on it (2) *Premises whose address in the directory is New Brighton Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Coffee Culture](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-shirley), Cafés · 5 New Brighton Road - [Snap Fitness](https://www.chch.live/business/snap-fitness-shirley), Gyms & fitness · 11-21 New Brighton Road ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 41 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 9 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Marshland Road & New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-new-brighton-road), 42 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=new-brighton-road&suburb=shirley) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is New Brighton Road?** In [Shirley](https://www.chch.live/shirley), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on New Brighton Road?** 158 reports at 47 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (81), roads & footpaths (30), water & drains (23). **When was New Brighton Road first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 138 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on New Brighton Road?** [Marshland Road and New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-new-brighton-road), 42 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=shirley&street=new-brighton-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Shirley&street=new-brighton-road