# Normans Road, Strowan, Christchurch

146 reports at 50 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 125 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/normans-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5084&lon=172.6105&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5084&lon=172.6105&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5084&lon=172.6105&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
- [3A Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/3a-normans-road), 13 reports
- [3 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/3-normans-road), 11 reports
- [109 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/109-normans-road), 8 reports
- [1 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/1-normans-road), 7 reports
- [7 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/7-normans-road), 6 reports
- [6 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/6-normans-road), 6 reports
- [44 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/44-normans-road), 6 reports
- [1E Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/1e-normans-road), 6 reports
- [7B Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/7b-normans-road), 5 reports
- [9E Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/9e-normans-road), 4 reports
- [7A Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/7a-normans-road), 4 reports
- [59 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/59-normans-road), 4 reports
- [95 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/95-normans-road), 3 reports
- [73 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/73-normans-road), 3 reports
- [70 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/70-normans-road), 3 reports
- [58 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/58-normans-road), 3 reports
- [5 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/5-normans-road), 3 reports
- [46 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/46-normans-road), 3 reports
- [11 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/11-normans-road), 3 reports
- [103 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/103-normans-road), 3 reports
- [87–93 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/87%E2%80%9393-normans-road), 2 reports
- [83 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/83-normans-road), 2 reports
- [75 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/75-normans-road), 2 reports
- [63 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/63-normans-road), 2 reports
- [51 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/51-normans-road), 2 reports
- [49 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/49-normans-road), 2 reports
- [48 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/48-normans-road), 2 reports
- [4 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/4-normans-road), 2 reports
- [31 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/31-normans-road), 2 reports
- [23 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/23-normans-road), 2 reports
- [21 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/21-normans-road), 2 reports
- [13 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/13-normans-road), 2 reports
- [9F Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/9f-normans-road), 1 report
- [91 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/91-normans-road), 1 report
- [87 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/87-normans-road), 1 report
- [79-93 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/79-93-normans-road), 1 report
- [77 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/77-normans-road), 1 report
- [69 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/69-normans-road), 1 report
- [62 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/62-normans-road), 1 report
- [57 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/57-normans-road), 1 report
- [50 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/50-normans-road), 1 report
- [42 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/42-normans-road), 1 report
- [39 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/39-normans-road), 1 report
- [33 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/33-normans-road), 1 report
- [1D Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/1d-normans-road), 1 report
- [1A Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/1a-normans-road), 1 report
- [14A Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/14a-normans-road), 1 report
- [12b Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/12b-normans-road), 1 report
- [12 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/12-normans-road), 1 report
- [10 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/10-normans-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 57 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 33 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 31 reports
- Trees & parks, 10 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 7 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 13 reports
- 2020, 6 reports
- 2021, 7 reports
- 2022, 10 reports
- 2023, 37 reports
- 2024, 30 reports
- 2025, 23 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 (20 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 December 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18981220.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Dec 1898
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060328.2.28.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Mar 1906
- [St Andrew's College, Christchurch, from the air](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/45278), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 1 Jan 1920
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 17 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420117.2.93), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jan 1942
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 24 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420124.2.83), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Jan 1942
- [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-gs6064), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 22 Aug 2000
- [supplement](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2001-gs5761), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 24 Aug 2001
- [supplement](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2002-gs5594), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 16 Aug 2002
- [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2003-gs5751), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 29 Aug 2003
- [Register of Pharmacies](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2004-gs5744), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 27 Aug 2004
- [LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2005-go1898), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 8 Apr 2005
- [LIST OF CIVIL UNION](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2005-go2475), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 22 Apr 2005

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Normans Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600421.2.20.1), Lyttelton Times · 1860-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 January 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860127.2.5.2), Star · 1886-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 February 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860201.2.38.2), Star · 1886-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 February 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860208.2.4.1), Star · 1886-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861204.2.39.2), Star · 1886-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861207.2.47.4), Star · 1886-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861227.2.33.1), Star · 1886-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861229.2.49.3), Star · 1886-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 July 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870727.2.42.1), Star · 1887-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 July 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920727.2.4.4), Star · 1892-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 April 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930420.2.4.3), Star · 1893-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 April 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930422.2.5.3), Star · 1893-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 April 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930425.2.48.4), Star · 1893-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 13 September 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940913.2.51.4), Star · 1894-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 December 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18941222.2.34.1), Star · 1894-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 December 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18941229.2.60.1), Star · 1894-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, (Star, 21 May 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960521.2.60), Star · 1896-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 December 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19001213.2.58.3), Star · 1900-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 July 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080711.2.66.5), Star · 1908-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 23 December 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19431223.2.59), Evening Post · 1943-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9058450), 51 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09058450/public/1_0uv4ls8td62b4.jpg
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8958320), 12 Normans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08958320/public/1_wagve5hz4dp.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8909662), 87–93 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08909662/public/1_5rlpdowkopjs.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8898946), 3 Normans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08898946/public/1_jhzo2euw61ne.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8868825), 12b Normans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08868825/public/1_8pu26xieal88.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8868813), 3 Normans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08868813/public/1_nncze7y5tzb.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8453614), 63 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08453614/public/1_oswag00j9c9i.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8173488), 70 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08173488/public/1_3uwch69mnrjm.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8135270), 21 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08135270/public/1_587jwe8k968h.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8087402), 39 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08087402/public/1_5kbqbjycfc6f.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8087152), 44 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08087152/public/1_su36j763kpb.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7963821), 87–93 Normans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07963821/public/1_mdaxwegnnyc.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9058450) at [51 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/51-normans-road), 8 Oct 2026
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/8958320) at [12 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/12-normans-road), 21 Sept 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8909662) at [87–93 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/87%E2%80%9393-normans-road), 12 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8898946) at [3 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/3-normans-road), 10 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8868825) at [12b Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/12b-normans-road), 5 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8868813) at [3 Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/3-normans-road), 5 Sept 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8453614) at [63 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/63-normans-road), 22 Jun 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8392755) at [1E Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/strowan/1e-normans-road), 10 Jun 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8173488) at [70 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/70-normans-road), 30 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8135270) at [21 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/21-normans-road), 23 Apr 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8087402) at [39 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/39-normans-road), 15 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8087152) at [44 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/44-normans-road), 15 Apr 2026
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7963821) at [87–93 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/87%E2%80%9393-normans-road), 24 Mar 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7963478) at [7 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/7-normans-road), 24 Mar 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7926956) at [75 Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/strowan/75-normans-road), 18 Mar 2026

## The businesses on it (21)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Normans Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Café Berlin](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-berlin-strowan), Cafés · 9C Normans Road
- [Elmwood Fine Foods](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-fine-foods-strowan), Cafés · 7a Normans Road, Strowan
- [Elmwood Fine Meats](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-fine-meats-strowan), Delis · 7 Normans Road, Strowan
- [Elmwood Fish & Chips](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-fish-chips-strowan), Fast food · 9 Normans Road, Elmwood
- [Elmwood Fish, Chips & Burgers](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-fish-chips-burgers-strowan), Fast food · 9E Normans Road
- [Elmwood Mini Market](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-mini-market-strowan), Dairies & convenience · 10 Normans Road
- [Étagère](https://www.chch.live/business/etagere-strowan), Gift shops · 9 Normans Road
- [Factor Clothing Boutique](https://www.chch.live/business/factor-clothing-boutique-strowan), Clothing · 9B Normans Road
- [Fine Foods](https://www.chch.live/business/fine-foods-strowan), Cafés · 7 Normans Road
- [French Blue](https://www.chch.live/business/french-blue-strowan), Gift shops · 9A Normans Road
- [Holmwood & Rossall Hair Dressing](https://www.chch.live/business/holmwood-rossall-hair-dressing-strowan), Hairdressers · 9D Normans Road
- [Normans Road Surgery](https://www.chch.live/business/normans-road-surgery-strowan), Doctors & clinics · 3 Normans Road, Strowan
- …and 9 more whose address names it.

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 23 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [Normans Road & Strowan Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/normans-road-and-strowan-road), 32 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Normans Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Normans Road?**

146 reports at 50 addresses, most often water & drains (57), roads & footpaths (33), graffiti & vandalism (31).

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

2015, the record covers 125 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Normans Road and Strowan Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/normans-road-and-strowan-road), 32 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=strowan&street=normans-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Strowan&street=normans-road