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Main South Road

12 reports at 4 addresses in Upper Riccarton, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 11 separate days somebody filed something about it.

12 reports4 addresses11 days reported on2 on the registerfrom the air, then240 documents carry the namethe 3163rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

1C Main South Road, 4 reports1 Main South Road, 4 reports7 Main South Road, 2 reports3 Main South Road, 2 reportsSt Peter's Church & Setting: registerSt Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting: register

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. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Upper Riccarton.

From the air, then

Main South Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Main South Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Main South Road from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

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

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, The old road’s houses walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 240 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Main South Road in 15 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Blenheim Road & Main South Road, 157 crashes pinned to the pairing.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoWater Supply, a report photoGraffiti, a report photo more photographs
on the Upper Riccarton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Main South Road?

In Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Main South Road?

12 reports at 4 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (5), graffiti & vandalism (4), water & drains (1).

When was Main South Road first reported on?

2017, the record covers 11 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Main South Road?

Blenheim Road and Main South Road, 157 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Main South Road?

St Peter's Church & Setting, St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting.

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