# Buchanans Road, Yaldhurst, Christchurch

120 reports at 52 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 101 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/yaldhurst/buchanans-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5218&lon=172.5074&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5218&lon=172.5074&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5218&lon=172.5074&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
- [300 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/300-buchanans-road), 25 reports
- [250 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/250-buchanans-road), 14 reports
- [230 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/230-buchanans-road), 5 reports
- [223 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/223-buchanans-road), 5 reports
- [346 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/346-buchanans-road), 4 reports
- [220 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/220-buchanans-road), 4 reports
- [217 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/217-buchanans-road), 4 reports
- [582 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/582-buchanans-road), 3 reports
- [336 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/336-buchanans-road), 3 reports
- [250R Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/250r-buchanans-road), 3 reports
- [215 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/215-buchanans-road), 3 reports
- [582-600 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/582-600-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [379 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/379-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [374 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/374-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [221 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/221-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [213 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/213-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [208 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/208-buchanans-road), 2 reports
- [661 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/661-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [650 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/650-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [622 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/622-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [578 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/578-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [573 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/573-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [545–559 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/545%E2%80%93559-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [510 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/510-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [503 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/503-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [488 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/488-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [446 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/446-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [431 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/431-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [411 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/411-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [366 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/366-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [356-364 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/356-364-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [356 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/356-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [355 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/355-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [333 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/333-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [324 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/324-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [312 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/312-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [308 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/308-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [276–284 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/276%E2%80%93284-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [269 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/269-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [251 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/251-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [249–255 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/249%E2%80%93255-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [236 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/236-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [234 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/234-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [231–239 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/231%E2%80%93239-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [231 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/231-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [230R Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/230r-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [230-254 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/230-254-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [220D Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/220d-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [220A Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/220a-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [219-221 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/219-221-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [215C Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/215c-buchanans-road), 1 report
- [202 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/202-buchanans-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 35 reports
- Trees & parks, 32 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 29 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 14 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2017, 4 reports
- 2018, 9 reports
- 2019, 5 reports
- 2020, 7 reports
- 2021, 5 reports
- 2022, 24 reports
- 2023, 22 reports
- 2024, 12 reports
- 2025, 21 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.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350913.2.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Sept 1935
- [CASUALTY LIST (Evening Post, 05 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410505.2.85), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 May 1941
- [REPORTED SAFE (Evening Post, 21 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450521.2.102), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 May 1945
- [Ian McAuley Olliver etc.](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-ba1979), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 23 Mar 2000
- [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2005-ba690), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 10 Feb 2005
- [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2006-ba8483), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 7 Dec 2006
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2008-ba6193), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 28 Aug 2008
- [New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2010-au6940), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 1 Sept 2010
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2012-ba6288), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 4 Oct 2012
- [New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Amendment Bylaw 2017/2](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2017-au1436), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 30 Mar 2017

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Buchanans Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 04 November 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18801104.2.8), Star · 1880-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18861230.2.10.2), Star · 1886-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 24 January 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960124.2.73.6), Star · 1896-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [CANTERBURY DOINGS. (Otago Witness, 13 July 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18990713.2.96.17), Otago Witness · 1899-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. YESTERDAY'S POLLING. (Star, 18 November 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081118.2.2), Star · 1908-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [POWER BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 September 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19250915.2.26), Ellesmere Guardian · 1925-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 September 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350917.2.25), Ellesmere Guardian · 1935-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [SUPPLY OF POWER (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 August 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19390815.2.23), Ellesmere Guardian · 1939-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [OBITUARY (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 February 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19410225.2.14), Ellesmere Guardian · 1941-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9022840), 231–239 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09022840/public/1_kanov5puibfs.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8946531), 446 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08946531/public/1_uhz4249056ch.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8401909), 650 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08401909/public/1_w4r7anx5s3k.jpg
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8242046), 379 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08242046/public/1_cfi36ufjyyt9.jpg
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8242033), 324 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08242033/public/1_i728ct8s0oq.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8082125), 221 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08082125/public/1_whhk02fa2gcv.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7718225), 661 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07718225/public/1_45yq0bbveyis.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7605560), 411 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07605560/public/1_n4d8cthm99f5.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7467440), 215C Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07467440/public/1_7nuo6qdgaukr.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7232461), 582 Buchanans Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07232461/public/1_tj0ld40kjs9.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7049492), 249–255 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07049492/public/1_9u1cb4rge5bi.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7044066), 250 Buchanans Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07044066/public/1_dvzbwltaqcd4.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9022840) at [231–239 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/231%E2%80%93239-buchanans-road), 3 Oct 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8946531) at [446 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/446-buchanans-road), 19 Sept 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8532587) at [276–284 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/276%E2%80%93284-buchanans-road), 7 Jul 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8532585) at [431 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/431-buchanans-road), 7 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8401909) at [650 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/650-buchanans-road), 12 Jun 2026
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8242046) at [379 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/379-buchanans-road), 13 May 2026
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8242033) at [324 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/324-buchanans-road), 13 May 2026
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8082125) at [221 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/221-buchanans-road), 14 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7718225) at [661 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/661-buchanans-road), 11 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7605560) at [411 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/411-buchanans-road), 23 Jan 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7467440) at [215C Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/215c-buchanans-road), 1 Jan 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7232461) at [582 Buchanans Road](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/582-buchanans-road), 18 Nov 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7049492) at [249–255 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/249%E2%80%93255-buchanans-road), 16 Oct 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7044066) at [250 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/250-buchanans-road), 15 Oct 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7031937) at [208 Buchanans Rd](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst/208-buchanans-road), 13 Oct 2025

## The businesses on it (2)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Buchanans Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [French Affair Café & Function Venue](https://www.chch.live/business/french-affair-cafe-function-venue-yaldhurst), Cafés · 355 Buchanans Road, Yaldhurst
- [Vines on Buchanans](https://www.chch.live/business/vines-on-buchanans-yaldhurst), B&Bs · 355 Buchanans Road, Yaldhurst

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 43 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 people killed, 10 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: [Buchanans Road & State Highway 1S](https://www.chch.live/crashes/buchanans-road-and-sh-1s), 47 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Buchanans Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Buchanans Road?**

120 reports at 52 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (35), trees & parks (32), rubbish & dumping (29).

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

2017, the record covers 101 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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

[Buchanans Road and State Highway 1S](https://www.chch.live/crashes/buchanans-road-and-sh-1s), 47 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=yaldhurst&street=buchanans-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Yaldhurst&street=buchanans-road