# 188 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City 16 reports on record since August 2022 · 14 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/188-manchester-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 6 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 3 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2 - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/vandalism) — 1 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7387376) — 15 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7244805) — 20 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6879842) — 11 Sept 2025 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6811221) — 28 Aug 2025 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6583477) — 9 Jul 2025 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6526885) — 26 Jun 2025 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6522504) — 25 Jun 2025 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6436897) — 5 Jun 2025 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6314564) — 10 May 2025 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5263910) — 14 Oct 2024 ## Photographed here (14 on record) - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7387376) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07387376/public/1_3zf5mztusdmz.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7244805) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07244805/public/1_ckg0n0qcx1m1.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6879842) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06879842/public/1_1t8ap3fu5afhc.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6811221) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06811221/public/1_21ezl829k9eg.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6583477) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06583477/public/1_cda5oud0owui.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6526885) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06526885/public/1_m34qm059ro1.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6522504) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06522504/public/1_um8wqrncixx.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6436897) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06436897/public/1_arybpb07xwrj.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6314564) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06314564/public/1_hfhko33ohqr.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5263910) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05263910/public/1_d0kcw5r4gnma.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5136647) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05136647/public/1_m6k60di9ywei.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4972921) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04972921/public/1_i1ipsue6kqss.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) — 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 - [Purple Dragon Noodles Food Cart](https://www.chch.live/business/purple-dragon-noodles-food-cart-christchurch-central-city) — 45 m away · Fast food - [The Church Pub](https://www.chch.live/business/the-church-pub-christchurch-central-city) — 63 m away · Bars & pubs - [Sakimoto](https://www.chch.live/business/sakimoto-christchurch-central-city) — 64 m away · Restaurants - [The Church Pub And Paddy McNaughton's](https://www.chch.live/business/the-church-pub-and-paddy-mcnaughton-s-christchurch-central-city) — 65 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 — 9 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 — 78 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 - [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground) — 71 m away — “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018 - [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311006-godley-statue-reserve) — 221 m away · 1899 - [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311004-godley-statue-reserve) — 222 m away · 1899 *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 — Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting *64 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 — Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building *75 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 — Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance *79 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 — Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre *93 m away · 115A Worcester Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/277)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## What was here — Former Government Buildings and Setting *116 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 - [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 170 m to the edge · Botanic - [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square) — 192 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 274 m to the edge - [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza) — 292 m to the edge - [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve) — 294 m to the edge · Botanic *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56) — 217 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 317 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) — 11 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city) — 28 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city) — 214 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city) — 282 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-christchurch-central-city) — 316 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 188 Manchester Street?** 16 council reports on record since August 2022 — most often graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet (6), graffiti (3), graffiti somewhere else (2). **Which suburb is 188 Manchester Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on [Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street). **What stood at 188 Manchester Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/279), [Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building](https://www.chch.live/place/105). **What is the nearest park to 188 Manchester Street?** [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square) — 170 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=188-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street