# 162 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

23 reports on record since March 2018 · 14 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/162-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 11
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 2
- General Request — 2
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater) — 1
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling) — 1
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6942797) — 24 Sept 2025
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5696053) — 14 Jan 2025
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5082522) — 2 Sept 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4953181) — 1 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4315565) — 21 Feb 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3810922) — 18 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3744585) — 29 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3514125) — 16 Jul 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3428684) — 16 Jun 2023
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3333910) — 13 May 2023

## Photographed here (14 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6942797) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06942797/public/1_8vmmdyjaevx9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5696053) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05696053/public/1_sd4dk5nwzugp.jpg
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5082522) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05082522/public/1_xhupyj93yxmr.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4953181) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04953181/public/1_ssi0lob3r2jb.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4315565) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04315565/public/1_iwuwwfrsbue9.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2605075) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02605075/public/1_lr33u8v2sg83.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2589140) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02589140/1_w7mdt8wspb.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2534927) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02534927/public/1_nzp77hmcvshg.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2289533) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02289533/1_24nggE.jpg
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1993858) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01993858/1_sJ6Xse.jpg
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/1348488) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01348488/1_oNu41U.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/981175) — https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00981175/0_rPdEVR

[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) — 102 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
- [153 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street) — 52 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
- [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street)

## On the doorstep
- [Mexico](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-christchurch-central-city) — 24 m away · Restaurants
- [Mexico Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-restaurant-christchurch-central-city) — 28 m away · Restaurants
- [Consular Office of Japan in New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/business/consular-office-of-japan-in-new-zealand-christchurch-central-city) — 60 m away · Diplomatic
- [Paddy McNaughton's](https://www.chch.live/business/paddy-mcnaughton-s-christchurch-central-city) — 69 m away · Bars & pubs

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

## The bus nearby
- Manchester St Super Stop — 60 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [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 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- Manchester St Super Stop — 123 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [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 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*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) — 181 m away — “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground) — 202 m away — “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018

*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 235 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 — 167 Hereford Street
*48 m away · 167 Hereford Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/528)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here — Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building
*66 m away · 217 Manchester Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/105)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/307

## What was here — Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*82 m away · 124 Worcester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/279)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/306

## What was here — Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*84 m away · 58/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/278)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1931

## What was here — Former Government Buildings and Setting
*131 m away · 26/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±43 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/276)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/301

## The green nearby
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 179 m to the edge
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 193 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square) — 194 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles) — 200 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza) — 224 m to the edge

*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
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 283 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Re:start - Lichfield St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31) — 441 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city) — 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city) — 104 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 346 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city) — 380 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city) — 382 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 162 Manchester Street?**

23 council reports on record since March 2018 — most often graffiti (11), roads - general (2), general request (2).

**Which suburb is 162 Manchester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 162 Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [167 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/place/528), [Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building](https://www.chch.live/place/105).

**What is the nearest park to 162 Manchester Street?**

[City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 179 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=162-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street