# 189 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central City

38 reports on record since November 2017 · 25 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/189-tuam-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 11
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 10
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 8
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8539972), 8 Jul 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6749843), 15 Aug 2025
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6748195), 15 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6319592), 11 May 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426808), 18 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426801), 18 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5354730), 2 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5242284), 9 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5242255), 9 Oct 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5208123), 1 Oct 2024

## Photographed here (25 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8539972), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08539972/public/1_i65a1liwr0cb.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6749843), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06749843/public/1_s5w5c5dvfti.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6319592), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06319592/public/1_3v79ng8siuoo.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426808), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05426808/public/1_txludn1k5tep.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5426801), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05426801/public/1_yr9a40xkvkiz.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5354730), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05354730/public/1_zms88kantlpv.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5242284), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05242284/public/1_a7fwmxm0y4t.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5242255), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05242255/public/1_jsdmhp6vn9fp.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5208123), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05208123/public/1_8d7q5l0p2xpf.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5208114), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05208114/public/1_7skcqd21f5dt.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5197503), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05197503/public/1_3pcvha2qhpqv.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5115920), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05115920/public/1_4ynvis1xfqi.jpg

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

## Also reported on Tuam Street
- [278 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/278-tuam-street), 89 reports
- [286 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/286-tuam-street), 52 reports
- [16 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-tuam-street), 52 reports
- [94 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/94-tuam-street), 50 reports
- [322 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/322-tuam-street), 31 reports
- [284 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/284-tuam-street), 29 reports
- [290 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/290-tuam-street), 28 reports
- [200 Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/200-tuam-street), 28 reports
- [Tuam Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tuam-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.639&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.639&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.639&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5352&lon=172.639&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
- [Environment Canterbury Regional Council](https://www.chch.live/business/environment-canterbury-regional-council-christchurch-central-city), 64 m away · Government
- [Cakes By Anna Gourmet Food Store](https://www.chch.live/business/cakes-by-anna-gourmet-food-store-christchurch-central-city), 83 m away · Delis
- [Haven](https://www.chch.live/business/haven-christchurch-central-city), 84 m away · Tattoo & piercing
- [Drifter Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/business/drifter-christchurch-christchurch-central-city), 99 m away · Hotels

*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), 117 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), 137 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
- [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles), 138 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), 142 m away, “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 225 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015

*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 Tuam Street in 144 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=tuam-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 Tuam Street Hall and Setting
*23 m away · 214 Tuam Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/233)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3140

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers
*30 m away · 210 Tuam Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/232)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3127

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company
*78 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

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen
*84 m away · 92 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/133)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*105 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.

## The green nearby
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 88 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 236 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 262 m to the edge
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 334 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 346 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 237 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 312 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 386 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 9 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 50 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 171 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 323 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 459 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 189 Tuam Street?**

38 council reports on record since November 2017, most often graffiti (11), graffiti somewhere else (10), water leak (8).

**Which suburb is 189 Tuam Street in?**

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

**What stood at 189 Tuam Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/233), [Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers](https://www.chch.live/place/232).

**What is the nearest park to 189 Tuam Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 88 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=189-tuam-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tuam-street