# West Coast Road, Templeton, Christchurch 31 reports at 13 addresses, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 27 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/templeton/west-coast-road ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5157&lon=172.4611&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5157&lon=172.4611&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5157&lon=172.4611&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 - [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 12 reports - [290 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/290-west-coast-road), 5 reports - [508 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/508-west-coast-road), 2 reports - [394 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/394-west-coast-road), 2 reports - [341 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/341-west-coast-road), 2 reports - [620 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/620-west-coast-road), 1 report - [555 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/555-west-coast-road), 1 report - [552 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/552-west-coast-road), 1 report - [526 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/526-west-coast-road), 1 report - [350 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/350-west-coast-road), 1 report - [315 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/315-west-coast-road), 1 report - [257 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/257-west-coast-road), 1 report - [191–539 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/191%E2%80%93539-west-coast-road), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 18 reports - Trees & parks, 10 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 1 report - Everything else, 1 report - [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 report ## Year by year - 2020, 2 reports - 2022, 2 reports - 2023, 11 reports - 2024, 8 reports - 2025, 7 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 (90 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 07 October 1865)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18651007.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Oct 1865 - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 14 October 1865)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18651014.2.21), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Oct 1865 - [THE MOORHOUSE TUNNEL. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 June 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18670608.2.19), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Jun 1867 - [GREAT MEETING IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 21 September 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18670921.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Sept 1867 - [The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1867. (Evening Post, 30 October 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18671030.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Oct 1867 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681016.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Oct 1868 - [Craigieburn, West Coast Road. From the album: New Zealand Scenery, Series 1](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1460043), [Te Papa Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/te-papa-collections-online), 1 Jan 1870 - [Craigieburn, West Coast Road](https://akaroamuseum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/C33312DF-AD3C-4CED-945A-812847453782), [Akaroa Museum](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=Akaroa%20Museum), 1 Jan 1870 - [Local and General. (Star, 01 March 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700301.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Mar 1870 - [Local and General. (Star, 09 May 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700509.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 May 1870 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 28 September 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18700928.2.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Sept 1870 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 March 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720322.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Mar 1872 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for West Coast Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 March 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700318.2.12.1), Star · 1870-03-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 May 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700527.2.14.2), Star · 1870-05-27T00:00:00.000Z - [West Coast Times. (West Coast Times, 01 June 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18710601.2.8), West Coast Times · 1871-06-01T00:00:00.000Z - [LATEST TELEGRAMS. (West Coast Times, 15 November 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18731115.2.10), West Coast Times · 1873-11-15T00:00:00.000Z - [TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (West Coast Times, 11 November 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18751111.2.7), West Coast Times · 1875-11-11T00:00:00.000Z - [TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (West Coast Times, 11 April 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18760411.2.6), West Coast Times · 1876-04-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 14 August 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18770814.2.14.2), West Coast Times · 1877-08-14T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (West Coast Times, 15 August 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18770815.2.19.1), West Coast Times · 1877-08-15T00:00:00.000Z - [West Coast Times. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1878. (West Coast Times, 08 March 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18780308.2.5), West Coast Times · 1878-03-08T00:00:00.000Z - [West Coast Time. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1878. (West Coast Times, 16 April 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18780416.2.6), West Coast Times · 1878-04-16T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (West Coast Times, 18 April 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18790418.2.12.5), West Coast Times · 1879-04-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (West Coast Times, 26 February 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18800226.2.13.3), West Coast Times · 1880-02-26T00:00:00.000Z - [TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (West Coast Times, 27 December 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18801227.2.8), West Coast Times · 1880-12-27T00:00:00.000Z - [TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (West Coast Times, 06 June 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18890606.2.15), West Coast Times · 1889-06-06T00:00:00.000Z - [HUNTING. (Star, 15 June 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990615.2.18), Star · 1899-06-15T00:00:00.000Z - [THE EXPRESS TRAIN FATALITY (West Coast Times, 11 November 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT19091111.2.35), West Coast Times · 1909-11-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 July 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19290702.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1929-07-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 July 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19290705.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1929-07-05T00:00:00.000Z - [ROAD CYCLING (Evening Post, 16 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350916.2.127), Evening Post · 1935-09-16T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7373646), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07373646/public/1_litto5y37so.jpg - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6025224), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06025224/public/1_dr3cbflykwfh.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5627136), 394 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05627136/public/1_xrgxgga9y0a6.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5032980), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05032980/public/1_1zk7amrgei6e.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4767234), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04767234/public/1_xl44xgae6il.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4607756), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04607756/public/1_qgc7emkxn5mg.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4370668), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04370668/public/1_3ktj3p5p2ph4.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4240828), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04240828/public/1_etokg61dzkv4.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4240679), 272 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04240679/public/1_6i9fn8uc8jj1.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4145744), 555 West Coast Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04145744/public/1_rfaas88gou9x.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1365054), 508 West Coast Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01365054/1_MRlp91.jpg - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1310366), 508 West Coast Road, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01310366/1_9ynDlE.jpg [More photographs on the Templeton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=templeton) ## Latest on record - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8658554) at [290 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/290-west-coast-road), 30 Jul 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7373646) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 13 Dec 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6845314) at [620 West Coast Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/620-west-coast-road), 4 Sept 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6474741) at [191–539 West Coast Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/191%E2%80%93539-west-coast-road), 14 Jun 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6451597) at [526 West Coast Rd](https://www.chch.live/templeton/526-west-coast-road), 8 Jun 2025 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6025224) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 14 Mar 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6016482) at [290 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/290-west-coast-road), 13 Mar 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5627136) at [394 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/394-west-coast-road), 1 Jan 2025 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5032980) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 21 Aug 2024 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4835525) at [341 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/341-west-coast-road), 1 Jul 2024 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4767234) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 11 Jun 2024 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4607756) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 1 May 2024 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4370668) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 4 Mar 2024 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4240828) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 5 Feb 2024 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/4240679) at [272 West Coast Road](https://www.chch.live/templeton/272-west-coast-road), 5 Feb 2024 ## The businesses on it (1) *Premises whose address in the directory is West Coast Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Miners Arms Alpaca Farmstay](https://www.chch.live/business/miners-arms-alpaca-farmstay-templeton), B&Bs · 441 Old West Coast Road, Templeton ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 11 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 4 seriously hurt. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=west-coast-road&suburb=templeton) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is West Coast Road?** In [Templeton](https://www.chch.live/templeton), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on West Coast Road?** 31 reports at 13 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (18), trees & parks (10), rubbish & dumping (1). **When was West Coast Road first reported on?** 2020, the record covers 27 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=templeton&street=west-coast-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Templeton&street=west-coast-road