Pound Road
94 reports at 46 addresses in Yaldhurst, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 82 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 Pound Road, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Yaldhurst.
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
- 568 Pound Road, 9 reports
- 508 Pound Road, 8 reports
- 559 Pound Road, 5 reports
- 529 Pound Road, 5 reports
- 524 Pound Road, 5 reports
- 661 Pound Road, 4 reports
- 671 Pound Road, 3 reports
- 608 Pound Road, 3 reports
- 581 Pound Road, 3 reports
- 543 Pound Road, 3 reports
- 653-675 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 653 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 633-653 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 600 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 572 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 567 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 558 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 533 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 450 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 445 Pound Road, 2 reports
- 891 Pound Road, 1 report
- 783–799 Pound Road, 1 report
- 682 Pound Road, 1 report
- 677 Pound Road, 1 report
- 655 Pound Road, 1 report
- 649-671 Pound Road, 1 report
- 647 Pound Road, 1 report
- 614 Pound Road, 1 report
- 577 Pound Road, 1 report
- 570 Pound Road, 1 report
- 566 Pound Road, 1 report
- 555 Pound Road, 1 report
- 553 Pound Road, 1 report
- 547 Pound Road, 1 report
- 545 Pound Road, 1 report
- 540 Pound Road, 1 report
- 537 Pound Road, 1 report
- 527 Pound Road, 1 report
- 472 Pound Road, 1 report
- 466 Pound Road, 1 report
- 426 Pound Road, 1 report
- 420 Pound Road, 1 report
- 400 Pound Road, 1 report
- 393 Pound Road, 1 report
- 382 Pound Road, 1 report
- 381 Pound Road, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 70 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 9 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 8 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 4 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2017, 8 reports
- 2018, 7 reports
- 2019, 6 reports
- 2020, 6 reports
- 2021, 9 reports
- 2022, 16 reports
- 2023, 14 reports
- 2024, 10 reports
- 2025, 6 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 30 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 February 1875)
· Papers Past,
…fined ss robert gimble two horses uigh street fined ss f w delamain eight head of cattle pound road tompleton district fined ss fibb in thr open air james moore for having set fire 13 infummable matt…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 04 November 1875)
· Papers Past,
…t e borry ono horso east town bolt b bulmer fcwo horsos ferry road b bootfcio fcwo horses pound road jj rosser five horsos no 5 street j h knight fivo horses colombo road a knowles two horses whately…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 April 1877)
· Papers Past,
…tubdat pbice sixpence teeeh6lp cottage and quarter acre owe seotion from the comer of the pound road on the wilson bridge road fa 8 ofthe ohoicest sites in waltham ith five-roomed hosse in capital rep…
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 12 April 1878)
· Papers Past,
…vo long been strangers a 5-inch main has been laid along colombo road south as far as the pound road but not a single lamp-post has as yet been put up this is a matter which concerns the sy denham bor…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 September 1878)
· Papers Past,
…tho lease and stock-in-trade of mr joseph t barrett at the junctionof colombo street and pound road sydehham the lcaso of i-acre laud with hbuso and shop erected has 17 years to run at a very low gro…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 07 July 1880)
· Papers Past,
…e bill produced the gooda were pufc oi a dray on juno 22 afc the door of tho storo in the pound road waltham rjho men engaged to work did nofc do anything accused bad not pprmission to dispose of any…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 July 1880)
· Papers Past,
…dras street south 3100 anted fco sell a fowls house 10 x 20 apply corner of scotfc street pound road sydenham 3098 wanted by a respactable young girl a situation as barmaid or waitress apply a m of��c…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 16 May 1881)
· Papers Past,
…d papanui road 8356 wanted a nurse during the day for a sick person apply bromley cottage pound road sydenham 8361 w anted a good general servant refe rences required apply to mra mein hereford streef…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 August 1882)
· Papers Past,
…e the hon j t peacock a corner shop and dwelling-house at the junc tion of scott read and pound road syden ham also on owner account a fine block of 2a 3r 22p fronting the drain road phillipstown nort…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 21 October 1882)
· Papers Past,
…manchester streets fcs73 anted known cure for typhoid fever and rheumatic fever chns cook pound road sydenhain 8575 wanted machinist and assistants to the dressmaking apply miss mehaffy 87 lichfield s…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (West Coast Times, 19 May 1883)
· Papers Past,
…may 18 early this morning three nine-roomed houses belonging to frederick and walter hall pound road sydenham were burned clown the fire was from a cause unknown and began in the kitchen of a house oc…
- Local & General. (Star, 02 January 1884)
· Papers Past,
…who ran away from home no less than five weeks ago was seen and caught by mr rudd in the pound road sydenham yesterday morning he was handed over to the custody of sergeant willis and taken to the po…
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The businesses on it, 2
Premises whose address in the directory is Pound Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
The named ground
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 Pound Road in 73 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 people killed, 13 seriously hurt.
The corner the record returns to: Buchanans Road & Pound Road, 44 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 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 May 1869) · Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 10 July 1880) · Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 14 July 1880) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 May 1885) · Star,
- MAGISTERIAL, (Star, 09 June 1887) · Star,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 April 1894) · Star,
- ROAD BOARDS. (Star, 10 September 1896) · Star,
- BOARD OF EDUCATION. (Star, 26 October 1898) · Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 11 June 1900) · Star,
- TOTAL APPROPRIATION FOR RAILWAYS. (Otago Witness, 24 September 1902) · Otago Witness,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 07 June 1906) · Wairarapa Daily Times,
- INTERPROVINCIAL. (Poverty Bay Herald, 25 October 1906) · Poverty Bay Herald,
- Takapuna Jockey Club's Spring Meeting. (Observer, 01 December 1906) · Observer,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 March 1913) · Ashburton Guardian,
- TALK OF THE CAMP (Evening Post, 20 March 1913) · Evening Post,
- EMPIRE DEFENCE. (Mataura Ensign 20-3-1913) · Mataura Ensign,
- CHRISTCHURCH DAY BY DAY. (Ashburton Guardian, 18 April 1913) · Ashburton Guardian,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 18 August 1921) · Ashburton Guardian,
- POWER SUPPLY (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 September 1935) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 08 January 1944) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Roads - General, 783–799 Pound Rd,
- Pothole, 529 Pound Road,
- Pothole, 508 Pound Road,
- Pothole, 508 Pound Road,
- Pothole, 508 Pound Road,
- Pothole, 420 Pound Road,
- Roads - General, 508 Pound Road,
- Pothole, 529 Pound Road,
- Pothole, 529 Pound Road,
- Pothole, 529 Pound Road,
- Road Signage, 661 Pound Rd,
- Pothole, 508 Pound Road,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 524 Pound Rd,
- Damaged Street Light, 661 Pound Rd,
- Damaged Road, 400 Pound Road,
Questions, answered briefly
In Yaldhurst, Christchurch, New Zealand.
94 reports at 46 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (70), rubbish & dumping (9), graffiti & vandalism (8).
2015, the record covers 82 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Buchanans Road and Pound Road, 44 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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