# 45 Welles Street, Christchurch Central City

17 reports on record since March 2024 · 17 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/45-welles-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 10
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 4
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti) — 2
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7138282) — 1 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6347715) — 16 May 2025
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6259827) — 29 Apr 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5941073) — 26 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5720023) — 18 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5720020) — 18 Jan 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607218) — 27 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607211) — 27 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607203) — 27 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5604404) — 27 Dec 2024

## Photographed here (17 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7138282) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07138282/public/1_d99pe7u6vle.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6347715) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06347715/public/1_mkgbffcjhecb.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6259827) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06259827/public/1_8axkct2itovp.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5941073) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05941073/public/1_4vvq7vrahuc7.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5720023) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05720023/public/1_ej5p6lrlabii.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5720020) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05720020/public/1_ciepxj11vlf.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607218) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05607218/public/1_pqy08k3um3b.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607211) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05607211/public/1_zvxi7f3cfag7.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5607203) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05607203/public/1_erdjwg9kzqkd.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5604404) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05604404/public/1_9ppsf6xjpu4v.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5604401) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05604401/public/1_4ogc3fzz8vgb.jpg
- [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5280231) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05280231/public/1_dpe1fmm52v5r.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
- [44 Welles Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-welles-street) — 28 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
- [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) — 19 m away · Restaurants
- [Winnie Bagoes](https://www.chch.live/business/winnie-bagoes-christchurch-central-city) — 32 m away · Restaurants
- [Makan](https://www.chch.live/business/makan-christchurch-central-city) — 33 m away · Cafés
- [Raw Suger](https://www.chch.live/business/raw-suger-christchurch-central-city) — 33 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 — 77 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- Manchester St near Allen St — 147 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) — 232 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) — 232 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
*70 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
*90 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
*154 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
*158 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
*165 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) — 255 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park) — 292 m to the edge
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 419 m to the edge
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve) — 440 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles) — 443 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) — 333 m away · Car park
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36) — 372 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — 486 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) — 39 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city) — 177 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city) — 240 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston) — 290 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham) — 338 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 45 Welles Street?**

17 council reports on record since March 2024 — most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (10), graffiti somewhere else (4), graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset (2).

**Which suburb is 45 Welles Street in?**

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

**What stood at 45 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 45 Welles Street?**

[Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve) — 255 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=45-welles-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=welles-street
