Waltham Road
250 reports at 25 addresses in Waltham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 200 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 Waltham Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Waltham.
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
- 30 Waltham Road, 154 reports
- 28 Waltham Road, 20 reports
- 3509395/30 Waltham Road, 17 reports
- 44 Waltham Road, 11 reports
- 228 Waltham Road, 9 reports
- 29 Waltham Road, 4 reports
- 219 Waltham Road, 4 reports
- 27 Waltham Road, 3 reports
- 240A Waltham Road, 3 reports
- 206 Waltham Road, 3 reports
- 180 Waltham Road, 3 reports
- 130 Waltham Road, 3 reports
- 110 Waltham Road, 3 reports
- 240 Waltham Road, 2 reports
- 58 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 32 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 30-40 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 239 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 237 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 230 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 21 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 19 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 14/30 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 135 Waltham Road, 1 report
- 109–123 Waltham Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 99 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 69 reports
- Trees & parks, 55 reports
- Water & drains, 11 reports
- Everything else, 10 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
- Noise, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2015, 2 reports
- 2017, 4 reports
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 9 reports
- 2020, 8 reports
- 2021, 18 reports
- 2022, 30 reports
- 2023, 33 reports
- 2024, 54 reports
- 2025, 46 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 179 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Local and General. (Star, 22 November 1872)
· Papers Past,
…secures the complete drainago of tho land lying between windmill road on tho west and the waltham road on tho east a distance of nearly one milo in a southerly direction the influence of fcho drainage…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 December 1873)
· Papers Past,
…en before the court in connection with another matter joseph duly daltry three cow on the waltham road and on a subsequent occasion one cow on the same road fined 5s in each case william barcoe one ho…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 December 1875)
· Papers Past,
…as one cow no 3 street newtown m howard three oows spreydon distriot j h irwin two horses waltham road s fleming cne horse springs district j sinclair six head of cattle templeton district a oase agai…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 November 1881)
· Papers Past,
…on xr 9j jli andrews requests the eleotors of sydenham to meet him at the oddfellows hall waltham road on wednesday nov 30tb at 8 pm sohoolroom selwyn btreet addington on friday deo 2nd at 8 pm oddfel…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 December 1881)
· Papers Past,
…ion mr charles glare requests the electors of sydenham to meet him at the oddfellows hall waltham road on fri day december 2nd at 8 pm sohoolroom selwyn street addington tuesday december 6th at 8 pm s…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 November 1882)
· Papers Past,
…iona st martina opawa l acre up to 6 acrea 244 lichfield street 3o perches with house 241 waltham road seotion with house cheap 277 opawa good building sites any aize near railway station or river 800…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 05 March 1883)
· Papers Past,
…hree sections easy terms weekly payments if required 204 aohbourne place two sections 284 waltham road quarter-uore cheap 283 st alban�� leasehold with dwelling house and shop low ground rent price 50…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 16 March 1883)
· Papers Past,
…ee bections j easy terms weekly paymonto if required 204 ashbourne place two sections 284 waltham road quartor-acre oheap 283 sfc albans leasehold with dwelling house and shop low ground rent price 60…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 June 1883)
· Papers Past,
…with the wel finished house oontaining six rooms situated noxt waltham aim and faoing the waltham road the bouse is most oomplete in every respeot there is an excellent coachhouse btable horee boxes f…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1885)
· Papers Past,
…ng c in several of the principal streets railway sidings south belt i-acro do 2 acres and waltham road 4-acre which are also suitable for builders or coal and timbor yards i-acre kilmore street for do…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 September 1885)
· Papers Past,
…g ira in several of the principal streets railwaybidings senth belt i-acre do 2 acres and waltham road v a cre which are also suitable for builders or coal and timber yards i-acre eilmore street for d…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 September 1885)
· Papers Past,
…g to in several of the principal streets railway sidings seuth belt j-aare do 2 acres aad waltham road ft-aare which are also suitable for builders or coal and timber yards i-asre kilmore street for d…
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The businesses on it, 1
Premises whose address in the directory is Waltham Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Waltham Road in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: State Highway 76 & Waltham Road, 46 crashes pinned to the pairing.
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.
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 April 1875) · Star,
- Untitled (Star, 18 March 1887) · Star,
- SENIOR MATCHES. (Star, 28 May 1888) · Star,
- Miscellaneous. (Star, 16 July 1888) · Star,
- FOOTBALL. (Star, 04 July 1892) · Star,
- FOOTBALL. (Star, 21 July 1892) · Star,
- FOOTBALL. (Star, 28 July 1892) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 March 1893) · Star,
- THE CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION. (Star, 10 February 1896) · Star,
- PUPIL TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. (Star, 27 January 1897) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 October 1898) · Star,
- DROWNING FATALITY AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 March 1901) · Star,
- NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENTS. (Star, 17 July 1902) · Star,
- TO-DAY'S ELECTIONS. (Star, 06 December 1905) · Star,
- COLLIDED WITH A TRAIN. (Mataura Ensign 10-4-1913) · Mataura Ensign,
- KILLED BY A TRAIN (Hawera & Normanby Star, 29 May 1919) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- CROSSING FATALITY. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 May 1919) · Wairarapa Daily Times,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 26 July 1919) · NZ Truth,
- DEATHS. (Evening Post, 16 December 1921) · Evening Post,
- BITUMINOUS CONCRETE (Evening Post, 17 July 1926) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Public Toilet, 3509395/30 Waltham Road,
- Public Toilet, 30 Waltham Rd,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 19 Waltham Road,
- Dumped Rubbish, 30 Waltham Rd,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 30 Waltham Rd,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 30 Waltham Rd,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 30 Waltham Rd,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 28 Waltham Road,
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 30 Waltham Rd,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 28 Waltham Rd,
- Water Leak, 240A Waltham Rd,
- Facility - General Request, 28 Waltham Rd,
- Dumped Rubbish, 109–123 Waltham Rd,
- Water Leak, 3509395/30 Waltham Road,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 3509395/30 Waltham Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand.
250 reports at 25 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (99), rubbish & dumping (69), trees & parks (55).
2015, the record covers 200 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
State Highway 76 and Waltham Road, 46 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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