# Main Road, Sumner, Christchurch

8 reports at 2 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 8 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/main-road

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5664&lon=172.7567&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5664&lon=172.7567&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5664&lon=172.7567&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5664&lon=172.7567&decade=1975_1979), 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
- [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 7 reports
- [305 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/305-main-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Everything else, 2 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 1 report
- 2025, 3 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 (984 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Wellington Independent, 19 February 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18510219.2.19), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Feb 1851
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 March 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540325.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Mar 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540401.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Apr 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 08 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540408.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Apr 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540415.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Apr 1854
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540422.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Apr 1854
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540429.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Apr 1854
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 06 May 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540506.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 May 1854
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 28 October 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541028.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Oct 1854
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 November 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541101.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Nov 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 November 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541108.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Nov 1854
- [REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 16 May 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550516.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 May 1855

## As it was reported
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8152581), 301 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08152581/public/1_biynors5z0lf.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7430831), 301 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07430831/public/1_emjha7aljnc2.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7169141), 301 Main Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07169141/public/1_eqqzar208roa.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7064231), 305 Main Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07064231/public/1_1ot3uow3pou7.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1985531), 301 Main Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01985531/1_hC2WBO.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/389983), 301 Main Rd, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00389983/0

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

## Latest on record
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8152581) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 26 Apr 2026
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7430831) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 24 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7169141) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 7 Nov 2025
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7064231) at [305 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/sumner/305-main-road), 19 Oct 2025
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3756358) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 3 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2646097) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 21 Sept 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1985531) at [301 Main Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 3 Dec 2021
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/389983) at [301 Main Rd](https://www.chch.live/sumner/301-main-road), 16 Mar 2018

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Main Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Main Road?**

8 reports at 2 addresses, most often everything else (2), trees & parks (2), graffiti & vandalism (2).

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

2018, the record covers 8 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sumner&street=main-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=main-road
