Main South Road
40 reports at 20 addresses in Templeton, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 35 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 Main South Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Templeton.
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
- 811 Main South Road, 12 reports
- 965 Main South Road, 3 reports
- 742 Main South Road, 3 reports
- 845 Main South Road, 2 reports
- 823 Main South Road, 2 reports
- 813–825 Main South Road, 2 reports
- 791 Main South Road, 2 reports
- 789 Main South Road, 2 reports
- 851 Main South Road, 1 report
- 849–857 Main South Road, 1 report
- 829 Main South Road, 1 report
- 809 Main South Road, 1 report
- 807 Main South Road, 1 report
- 783 Main South Road, 1 report
- 781 Main South Road, 1 report
- 763 Main South Road, 1 report
- 762 Main South Road, 1 report
- 756 Main South Road, 1 report
- 753–787 Main South Road, 1 report
- 738 Main South Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 14 reports
- Water & drains, 9 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 3 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2022, 4 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 11 reports
- 2025, 7 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 240 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- GEOLOGY OF OTAGO. (Otago Daily Times, 31 January 1862)
· Papers Past,
…ing his operations with covetous eye and evil intent in the glen that runs paralel to the main south road between abbot creek and saddlehill on the right hand side of the road bi-tween it ami the rang…
- TIMARU DISTRICT ELECTORAL ROLL.—(Continued) (Lyttelton Times, 23 April 1862)
· Papers Past,
…n river temuka part of section no qr-acre new town timaru arowhenua 350 acres fronting on main south road north of temuka river 4 acres of land near timaru part of sectionno qr-acre of land and house…
- TIMARU DISTRICT ELECTORAL ROLL.—(Continued). (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1862)
· Papers Past,
…river temuka part of section no qr-acre new town timaru l arowhenua 350 acres fronting on main south road north of temuka river 4 acres of land near timaru part of section no h qr-acre of land and hou…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 13 April 1866)
· Papers Past,
…timaru john younghusband cardale edward near timara leasehold township of timaru house on main south road john anderson freehold woollcombe gully near timaru house and eleven acres m the provincial di…
- GERALDINE ROAD BOARD. (Timaru Herald, 12 January 1870)
· Papers Past,
…that the engineer be instructed to arrange with quinn bros for making an approach on the main south road at the north bank of makikihi river resolved that the engineer be instructed to examine the ro…
- Local and General. (Star, 15 December 1870)
· Papers Past,
…eel dis trici on the south by the bouthern bank of the opihi river and on the east by the main south road to section 5961 thence following the northern boundary line of 5961 and 11526 and a line in co…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 29 August 1874)
· Papers Past,
…highly eligible being intersected by the branch railway from saddle hill and fronting the main south road efforts are going to be made to have the branch railway station in the township contiguous to…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 11 November 1874)
· Papers Past,
…11-11 royaf hotel waimate road board menders aro required for j 23 drawing gravol on the main south road from waimate to the doep creek geo f ritso ce 11-11 engineer waimate road board timaru mechani…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 14 December 1874)
· Papers Past,
…e sections thi township is situated on ihe beautiful irising i grounds to the west of the main south road and-sur ronndinjthe green island railway station whichis within 10 minutes travel of town per…
- SOCIAL AND GENERAL. (Otago Daily Times, 20 January 1875)
· Papers Past,
…ery suitable being contiguous to the green island railway station and running down to the main south road about 3000 persons were present shortly after the commencement of the sports bishop moran acco…
- WAIMATE ROAD BOAED. (Timaru Herald, 02 August 1876)
· Papers Past,
…ld not cost much from messrs studholmo brothers calling attention to the bad state of the main south road from its northern junction with waimate north rond to the waimate branch railway and requeuing…
- SUPREME COURT. (Timaru Herald, 13 December 1876)
· Papers Past,
…isons express john ellison lam an express-driver ou august sth last i saw grindrod on the main south road opposite mrs hopes he offered a man some brandy while near this place i afterwards saw him by…
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The businesses on it, 1
Premises whose address in the directory is Main South Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Main South Road in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Blenheim Road & Main South Road, 157 crashes pinned to the pairing.
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Pothole, 829 Main South Road,
- Road Signage, 813–825 Main South Rd,
- Water Leak, 807 Main South Road,
- General Request, 965 Main South Road,
- General Request, 965 Main South Road,
- Road Signage, 813–825 Main South Rd,
- Pothole, 811 Main South Road,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 845 Main South Road,
- Hazard, vehicle, 849–857 Main South Rd,
- Water Leak, 811 Main South Rd,
- Water Leak, 809 Main South Road,
- Water Leak, 811 Main South Rd,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 811 Main South Road,
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 753–787 Main South Rd,
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 763 Main South Rd,
Questions, answered briefly
In Templeton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
40 reports at 20 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (14), water & drains (9), rubbish & dumping (5).
2019, the record covers 35 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Blenheim Road and Main South Road, 157 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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