# 153 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

52 reports on record since October 2018 · 42 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 12
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 8
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 8
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 2

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7785768), 22 Feb 2026
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7606495), 23 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7500180), 7 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6937870), 23 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6436505), 4 Jun 2025
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6418422), 1 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6309127), 9 May 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6122517), 1 Apr 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5769354), 28 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5704448), 15 Jan 2025

## Photographed here (42 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7785768), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07785768/public/1_qczuf6pxrx8o.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7606495), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07606495/public/1_d74f54rp2vff.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7500180), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07500180/public/1_xki5r1s7ppln.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6937870), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06937870/public/1_8yqrlwn6etll.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6436505), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06436505/public/1_v19w8uz8mrel.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6418422), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06418422/public/1_jliwspm2zshp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6309127), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06309127/public/1_vc66etzx75ig.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6122517), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06122517/public/1_k53iiupbbar.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5769354), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05769354/public/1_1et97jpqlhhij.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5704448), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05704448/public/1_vtwv45yqseio.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/5695917), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05695917/public/1_qchf4qc3xou.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5695910), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05695910/public/1_4zudxu7p8dnq.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Manchester Street
- [297-299 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/297-299-manchester-street), 103 reports
- [293 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/293-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [214 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [218 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218-manchester-street), 48 reports
- [76 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [204 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/204-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [192 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/192-manchester-street), 40 reports
- [39 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-manchester-street), 39 reports
- [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6395&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6395&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6395&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.534&lon=172.6395&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.*

## On the doorstep
- [The Vagabond Chefs](https://www.chch.live/business/the-vagabond-chefs-christchurch-central-city), 21 m away · Fast food
- [As Colour](https://www.chch.live/business/as-colour-christchurch-central-city), 26 m away · Clothing
- [Heroes Burgers - High Street](https://www.chch.live/business/heroes-burgers-high-street-christchurch-central-city), 26 m away · Fast food
- [Dainty](https://www.chch.live/business/dainty-christchurch-central-city), 28 m away · Cafés

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Bus Interchange (Platform D)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53090), 128 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Bus Interchange (Platform C)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53088), 154 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 119 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015
- [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles), 159 m away, “THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the C…” · 2009
- [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies), 165 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Manchester Street in 236 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*18 m away · 192F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/472)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, 159 Manchester Street
*38 m away · 159 Manchester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/560)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting
*51 m away · 225 High Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/558)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*67 m away · 215F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/414)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company
*75 m away · 96 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/132)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1899

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 51 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 144 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 172 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 261 m to the edge
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 314 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 235 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 287 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 409 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 470 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 12 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 144 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 195 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 341 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 369 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 153 Manchester Street?**

52 council reports on record since October 2018, most often graffiti (12), graffiti somewhere else (8), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (8).

**Which suburb is 153 Manchester Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street).

**What stood at 153 Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/472), [159 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/place/560).

**What is the nearest park to 153 Manchester Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 51 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=153-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street