# Buchanans Road, Sockburn, Christchurch

38 reports at 21 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/buchanans-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5353&lon=172.5442&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5353&lon=172.5442&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5353&lon=172.5442&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
- [2 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-buchanans-road), 7 reports
- [29 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/29-buchanans-road), 5 reports
- [7C Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7c-buchanans-road), 4 reports
- [15 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/15-buchanans-road), 3 reports
- [6 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/6-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [10 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/10-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [9-11 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/9-11-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [9 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/9-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [7B Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7b-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [7-9 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7-9-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [7 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [5 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/5-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [4 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/4-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [3-5 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/3-5-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [27E Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/27e-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [27 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/27-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [25 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/25-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [22 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/22-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [21A Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/21a-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [20 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/20-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [13 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/13-buchanans-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 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

_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.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350913.2.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Sept 1935
- [CASUALTY LIST (Evening Post, 05 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410505.2.85), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 May 1941
- [REPORTED SAFE (Evening Post, 21 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450521.2.102), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 May 1945
- [Ian McAuley Olliver etc.](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-ba1979), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 23 Mar 2000
- [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2005-ba690), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 10 Feb 2005
- [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2006-ba8483), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 7 Dec 2006
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2008-ba6193), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 28 Aug 2008
- [New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2010-au6940), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 1 Sept 2010
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2012-ba6288), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 4 Oct 2012
- [New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Amendment Bylaw 2017/2](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2017-au1436), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 30 Mar 2017

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Buchanans Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 January 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000105.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 25 May 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350525.2.177.5), Evening Post · 1935-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350813.2.22.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350816.2.15.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350820.2.22.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350823.2.18.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350827.2.18.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350830.2.17.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350903.2.3.5), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350906.2.20.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350910.2.18.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350917.2.22.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350920.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 October 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19351001.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 October 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19351008.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 29 April 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370429.2.177.2), Evening Post · 1937-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [SUPPLY OF POWER (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 August 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19390815.2.23), Ellesmere Guardian · 1939-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELLESMERE COUNTY (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 December 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19401203.2.27), Ellesmere Guardian · 1940-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8470785), 7B Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08470785/public/1_i1yhxkn07td.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8439099), 13 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08439099/public/1_wzk3hy0bairz.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8278871), 25 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08278871/public/1_svshta26o4f.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8278620), 27 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08278620/public/1_xztmpon5uth.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8063432), 22 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08063432/public/1_7jlieq52q1on.jpg
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8043051), 2 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08043051/public/1_euvxz9m4toh9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7885092), 27E Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07885092/public/1_or1m456odx9h.jpg
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7183600), 4 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07183600/public/1_irgmxmoq6uj.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/7008007), 2 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07008007/public/1_fnv67tqphovk.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6743239), 7C Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06743239/public/1_1836xq6vwmll.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6669571), 2 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06669571/public/1_vv6xrwdpoqb3.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6669564), 6 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06669564/public/1_6r9l7lzrh1cf.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8470785) at [7B Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7b-buchanans-road), 24 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8439099) at [13 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/13-buchanans-road), 19 Jun 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8278871) at [25 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/25-buchanans-road), 20 May 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8278620) at [27 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/27-buchanans-road), 20 May 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8063432) at [22 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/22-buchanans-road), 10 Apr 2026
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8043051) at [2 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-buchanans-road), 7 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7885092) at [27E Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/27e-buchanans-road), 11 Mar 2026
- [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7183600) at [4 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/4-buchanans-road), 10 Nov 2025
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/7008007) at [2 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-buchanans-road), 8 Oct 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6743239) at [7C Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/7c-buchanans-road), 14 Aug 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6669571) at [2 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-buchanans-road), 29 Jul 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6669564) at [6 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/6-buchanans-road), 29 Jul 2025
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6664386) at [6 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/6-buchanans-road), 28 Jul 2025
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6437032) at [2 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-buchanans-road), 5 Jun 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6242394) at [21A Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/21a-buchanans-road), 26 Apr 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Buchanans Road & State Highway 1S](https://www.chch.live/crashes/buchanans-road-and-sh-1s), 47 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Buchanans Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Buchanans Road?**

38 reports at 21 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (19), rubbish & dumping (7), roads & footpaths (5).

**When was Buchanans Road first reported on?**

2016, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Buchanans Road?**

[Buchanans Road and State Highway 1S](https://www.chch.live/crashes/buchanans-road-and-sh-1s), 47 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sockburn&street=buchanans-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=buchanans-road