# Waterloo Road, Templeton, Christchurch

48 reports at 14 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 35 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/templeton/waterloo-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5533&lon=172.4762&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5533&lon=172.4762&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5533&lon=172.4762&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5533&lon=172.4762&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
- [598 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/598-waterloo-road), 11 reports
- [637 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/637-waterloo-road), 10 reports
- [624–636 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/624%E2%80%93636-waterloo-road), 5 reports
- [628 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/628-waterloo-road), 4 reports
- [791 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/791-waterloo-road), 3 reports
- [622 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/622-waterloo-road), 3 reports
- [616–622 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/616%E2%80%93622-waterloo-road), 3 reports
- [632 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/632-waterloo-road), 2 reports
- [630B Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/630b-waterloo-road), 2 reports
- [636 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/636-waterloo-road), 1 report
- [634A Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/634a-waterloo-road), 1 report
- [628A Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/628a-waterloo-road), 1 report
- [620 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/620-waterloo-road), 1 report
- [616 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/616-waterloo-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 24 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Trees & parks, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports

## Year by year
- 2018, 8 reports
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 4 reports
- 2023, 4 reports
- 2024, 11 reports
- 2025, 6 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 (22 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 03 March 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18920303.2.65), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Mar 1892
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 26 March 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250326.2.95.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Mar 1925
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 08 November 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19261108.2.32.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Nov 1926
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 05 December 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19361205.2.151.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Dec 1936
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 13 May 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390513.2.12.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 May 1939
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 28 March 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400328.2.8.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Mar 1940
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 May 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400508.2.135.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 May 1940
- [N.Z. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 07 August 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400807.2.106.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Aug 1940
- [LIST OF PATIENTS (Evening Post, 02 October 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411002.2.93.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Oct 1941
- [MEN WHO ARE NOW 21 (Evening Post, 03 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411203.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Dec 1941
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411231.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Dec 1941
- [TERRITORIAL SERVICE CALL-UP (Evening Post, 21 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420121.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Jan 1942

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Waterloo Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Untitled (Auckland Star, 10 April 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18760410.2.11), Auckland Star · 1876-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [NORTH OTAGO RACES. (Timaru Herald, 06 April 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18770406.2.11), Timaru Herald · 1877-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 01 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18780101.2.48.1), Timaru Herald · 1878-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [TELEGRAPHIC. (Auckland Star, 06 February 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790206.2.21), Auckland Star · 1879-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [INTERPROVINCIAL. (Otago Witness, 10 January 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18800110.2.35), Otago Witness · 1880-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 June 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830630.2.9.2), Star · 1883-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 09 October 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841009.2.18), Star · 1884-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 February 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860218.2.15.6), Star · 1886-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 19 February 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860219.2.11.7), Star · 1886-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [OUR CANTERBURY SPORTING LETTER. (Otago Witness, 22 April 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18870422.2.73), Otago Witness · 1887-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 May 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18910505.2.12.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1891-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [A CROSSING TRAGEDY (Evening Post, 17 June 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300617.2.95.1), Evening Post · 1930-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [SPRINGS COUNTY (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350809.2.28), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-08-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 21 March 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380321.2.132.9), Evening Post · 1938-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [HARRIERS (Evening Post, 08 May 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390508.2.153), Evening Post · 1939-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [LUCK FOR ALL" (Evening Post, 06 August 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410806.2.92), Evening Post · 1941-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 20 September 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410920.2.99), Evening Post · 1941-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420102.2.91), Evening Post · 1942-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [RESCUED NEW ZEALAND TROOPS (Evening Post, 19 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450519.2.86), Evening Post · 1945-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9070096), 637 Waterloo Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09070096/public/1_por1f2ijdqa.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9070085), 637 Waterloo Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09070085/public/1_jim2bq8t48o.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8887065), 624–636 Waterloo Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08887065/public/1_h6v234bh5b6a.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8493792), 624–636 Waterloo Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08493792/public/1_6icyxvo983ym.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8344627), 598 Waterloo Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08344627/public/1_ylw8igwj53t.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8163239), 616–622 Waterloo Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08163239/public/1_r9j0y3qcgig.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8109614), 637 Waterloo Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08109614/public/1_gpfni0mdfuu7.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8069918), 637 Waterloo Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08069918/public/1_bpuu5ktieks.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8069906), 637 Waterloo Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08069906/public/1_wo1gt0npkmab.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7694308), 616–622 Waterloo Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07694308/public/1_t1w5zwalvrja.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7625007), 624–636 Waterloo Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07625007/public/1_lkjs4mcky3nn.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7236227), 624–636 Waterloo Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07236227/public/1_ipfllzizhdig.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9070096) at [637 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/637-waterloo-road), 11 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9070085) at [637 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/637-waterloo-road), 11 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8887065) at [624–636 Waterloo Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/624%E2%80%93636-waterloo-road), 8 Sept 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8493792) at [624–636 Waterloo Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/624%E2%80%93636-waterloo-road), 29 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8344627) at [598 Waterloo Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/598-waterloo-road), 1 Jun 2026
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8292544) at [791 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/791-waterloo-road), 22 May 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8163239) at [616–622 Waterloo Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/616%E2%80%93622-waterloo-road), 28 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8109614) at [637 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/637-waterloo-road), 19 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8069918) at [637 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/637-waterloo-road), 12 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8069912) at [634A Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/634a-waterloo-road), 12 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8069906) at [637 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/637-waterloo-road), 12 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8069900) at [637 Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/637-waterloo-road), 12 Apr 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7694308) at [616–622 Waterloo Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/616%E2%80%93622-waterloo-road), 7 Feb 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7625007) at [624–636 Waterloo Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/624%E2%80%93636-waterloo-road), 27 Jan 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7427307) at [616–622 Waterloo Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/616%E2%80%93622-waterloo-road), 23 Dec 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [State Highway 1S & Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-1s-and-waterloo-road), 51 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Waterloo Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Waterloo Road?**

48 reports at 14 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (24), graffiti & vandalism (9), rubbish & dumping (5).

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

2018, the record covers 35 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[State Highway 1S and Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-1s-and-waterloo-road), 51 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=templeton&street=waterloo-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Templeton&street=waterloo-road