# 44 Welles Street, Christchurch Central City 28 reports on record since May 2016 · 21 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-welles-street ## What gets reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 9 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 8 - [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage) — 4 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 2 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths) — 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7665328) — 2 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7665302) — 2 Feb 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239862) — 19 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239839) — 19 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7138286) — 1 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6834531) — 2 Sept 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6469975) — 12 Jun 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6272660) — 1 May 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6272560) — 1 May 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5280136) — 17 Oct 2024 ## Photographed here (21 on record) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7665328) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07665328/public/1_apbndnksoqb.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7665302) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07665302/public/1_7m8ab3eu5ytd.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239862) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07239862/public/1_d1kimr334h7u.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7239839) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07239839/public/1_vd30rztl1mgt.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7138286) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07138286/public/1_64skl3t92vre.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6834531) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06834531/public/1_h0ebwamu198o.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6469975) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06469975/public/1_eyyxfsx2idwg.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6272660) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06272660/public/1_exs9qon2yhrj.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6272560) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06272560/public/1_ejtk2b6vqdg4.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5280136) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05280136/public/1_eryenpvd9ok.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5280117) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05280117/public/1_6tf7liyjkcnf.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4921255) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04921255/public/1_ify2vim6hlf4.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Also reported on Welles Street - [25 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-welles-street) — 37 reports - [10 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-welles-street) — 33 reports - [22 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-welles-street) — 29 reports - [41 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/41-welles-street) — 27 reports - [7 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-welles-street) — 23 reports - [37 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-welles-street) — 18 reports - [45 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/45-welles-street) — 17 reports - [40 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/40-welles-street) — 13 reports - [Welles Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/welles-street) ## On the doorstep - [Muy Muy](https://www.chch.live/business/muy-muy-christchurch-central-city) — 8 m away · Restaurants - [Winnie Bagoes](https://www.chch.live/business/winnie-bagoes-christchurch-central-city) — 21 m away · Restaurants - [Makan](https://www.chch.live/business/makan-christchurch-central-city) — 36 m away · Cafés - [Raw Suger](https://www.chch.live/business/raw-suger-christchurch-central-city) — 36 m away · Cafés *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Manchester St near Welles St — 72 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27) - Manchester St near Allen St — 140 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public Artwork](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63245-corgies) — 245 m away — “‘Corgis on High’ — Christchurch City public artwork, 6 December 2003” · 2009 - [The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63253-high-street-triangles) — 245 m away — “THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELL was drilled near this site on 10 February 1864 by the C…” · 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 Welles Street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=welles-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 R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting *71 m away · 2/210 St Asaph Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/226)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1917 ## What was here — Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting *88 m away · 7/204 St Asaph Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/227)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1911 ## What was here — Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting *155 m away · 201 St Asaph Street · located to ±40 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/477)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. - Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3118 ## What was here — Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers *168 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 — Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting *176 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 ## The green nearby - [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve) — 267 m to the edge · Botanic - [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park) — 300 m to the edge - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 428 m to the edge - [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve) — 436 m to the edge - [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles) — 452 m to the edge *Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.* ## The civic shelf nearby - [Re:start - Lichfield St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31) — 335 m away · Car park - [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36) — 381 m away · Car park - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 494 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) — 47 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city) — 188 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city) — 252 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston) — 300 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham) — 328 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 44 Welles Street?** 28 council reports on record since May 2016 — most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (9), graffiti (8), roading/streets (4). **Which suburb is 44 Welles Street in?** Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on [Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/welles-street). **What stood at 44 Welles Street before?** The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — [Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/226), [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227). **What is the nearest park to 44 Welles Street?** [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve) — 267 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=44-welles-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=welles-street