Buchanans Road
38 reports at 21 addresses in Sockburn, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 30 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 Buchanans Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Sockburn.
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
- 2 Buchanans Road, 7 reports
- 29 Buchanans Road, 5 reports
- 7C Buchanans Road, 4 reports
- 15 Buchanans Road, 3 reports
- 6 Buchanans Road, 2 reports
- 10 Buchanans Road, 2 reports
- 9-11 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 9 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 7B Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 7-9 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 7 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 5 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 4 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 3-5 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 27E Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 27 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 25 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 22 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 21A Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 20 Buchanans Road, 1 report
- 13 Buchanans Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 19 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 7 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 5 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 4 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
Year by year
- 2016, 4 reports
- 2017, 9 reports
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 1 report
- 2025, 9 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 September 1935)
· Papers Past,
…wl day-old pullets sexed by japanese expert order now phone writeor call fazackerley bros buchanans road sockburn shruhshall superior seeds and plants lists on application a h shrubshall co ltd 659 co…
- CASUALTY LIST (Evening Post, 05 May 1941)
· Papers Past,
…reported missing now reported by international red cross prisoner of war mr f d jones 99 buchanans road sockburn f flying officer bernard stanley maurice jones raf killed in action mrs j c jones 15 m…
- REPORTED SAFE (Evening Post, 21 May 1945)
· Papers Past,
…lenmore omihi waipani kd isorth canterbury m ruimt gillett francis s fl mrs s j gillett 7 buchanans road upper riccartou christchurch m iguthrie george e fl mr he guthrie gl kimbolton road fclldlng fl…
- Ian McAuley Olliver etc.
· New Zealand Gazette,
…a. Walker, Stephen Malcolm, beneficiary, formerly of Railway Road, Aylesbury, now of 188A Buchanans Road, Christchurch. Lam, Naomi Ruth, beneficiary, of 122 Awapuni Road, Gisborne. Hartley, Stephen Ch…
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…eath Street, Porirua, Wellington, at 10.18 a.m.Parker, Susan Elizabeth, caregiver, of 502 Buchanans Road, Christchurch, at 9.50 a.m.Pitts, Ian, company director, of 7/47 Marriner Street, Christchurch,…
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…r, of 30 Rutherford Drive, Waikanae, at 10.31 a.m.Paulsen, Scott James, unemployed, of 44 Buchanans Road, Christchurch, at 1.19 p.m.Tharme, Paul Charles, at 10.25 a.m.1 December 2006Robinson, Lynette…
- No Asset Procedures
· New Zealand Gazette,
…, Christopher Mark, 6 Glen Terrace, Te Puke – 22 August 2008.Hurring, Jacinda Daphne, 175 Buchanans Road, Hei Hei, Hornby, Christchurch – 18 August 2008.Jackson, Gillian Kay, 10 Westgate Street, Ngaru…
- New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10
· New Zealand Gazette,
…12, page 2967815 11 1 Christchurch From 50m north-east of Yaldhurst Road to 280m north of Buchanans Road. 60 1/09/2010, No 112, page 2967816 11 1 Christchurch From 280m north-east of Buchanans Road to…
- No Asset Procedures
· New Zealand Gazette,
…n, Jeremy George Edward, Christchurch - 24 September 2012.Millard, Alesha Catherine, 194B Buchanans Road, Hei Hei, Christchurch - 24 September 2012.Nel, David Phillip, 3/46 Beatrice Street, Avenal, In…
- New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Amendment Bylaw 2017/2
· New Zealand Gazette,
…2967 855A 11 723 Yaldhurst The section of State Highway 73 at Yaldhurst from 150m east of Buchanans Road to 150m west of Buchanans Road. Any time during any period specified in condition 3 of the Vari…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
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 Buchanans Road in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Buchanans Road & State Highway 1S, 47 crashes pinned to the pairing.
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 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 January 1900) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 25 May 1935) · Evening Post,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 August 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 August 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 August 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 August 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 August 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 September 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 September 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 September 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 September 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 September 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 October 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 October 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 29 April 1937) · Evening Post,
- SUPPLY OF POWER (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 August 1939) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- ELLESMERE COUNTY (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 December 1940) · Ellesmere Guardian,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 7B Buchanans Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 13 Buchanans Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 25 Buchanans Rd,
- Hazard, vehicle, 27 Buchanans Rd,
- Hazard, vehicle, 22 Buchanans Rd,
- Road Blockage, 2 Buchanans Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 27E Buchanans Road,
- Road Blockage, 4 Buchanans Road,
- Street Cleaning, 2 Buchanans Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 7C Buchanans Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 2 Buchanans Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 6 Buchanans Rd,
- Litter, 6 Buchanans Rd,
- Roads - General, 2 Buchanans Rd,
- Hazard, vehicle, 21A Buchanans Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Sockburn, Christchurch, New Zealand.
38 reports at 21 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (19), rubbish & dumping (7), roads & footpaths (5).
2016, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Buchanans Road and State Highway 1S, 47 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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