# Dickens Street, Addington, Christchurch

151 reports at 38 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 120 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/addington/dickens-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5433&lon=172.6154&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5433&lon=172.6154&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5433&lon=172.6154&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5433&lon=172.6154&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.*

## The addresses on it
- [26 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/26-dickens-street), 18 reports
- [28 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/28-dickens-street), 17 reports
- [44 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/44-dickens-street), 9 reports
- [32 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/32-dickens-street), 9 reports
- [23 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/23-dickens-street), 8 reports
- [48 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/48-dickens-street), 7 reports
- [48A Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/48a-dickens-street), 6 reports
- [22 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/22-dickens-street), 6 reports
- [21A Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/21a-dickens-street), 6 reports
- [15 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/15-dickens-street), 6 reports
- [14 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/14-dickens-street), 6 reports
- [30 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/30-dickens-street), 5 reports
- [24 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/24-dickens-street), 5 reports
- [27 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/27-dickens-street), 4 reports
- [17 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/17-dickens-street), 4 reports
- [42 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/42-dickens-street), 3 reports
- [34 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/34-dickens-street), 3 reports
- [17A Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/17a-dickens-street), 3 reports
- [8 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/8-dickens-street), 2 reports
- [47 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/47-dickens-street), 2 reports
- [39 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/39-dickens-street), 2 reports
- [38 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/38-dickens-street), 2 reports
- [36 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/36-dickens-street), 2 reports
- [20 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/20-dickens-street), 2 reports
- [8A Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/8a-dickens-street), 1 report
- [7–17 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/7%E2%80%9317-dickens-street), 1 report
- [7 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/7-dickens-street), 1 report
- [48B Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/48b-dickens-street), 1 report
- [48-26 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/48-26-dickens-street), 1 report
- [46 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/46-dickens-street), 1 report
- [45 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/45-dickens-street), 1 report
- [35–45 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/35%E2%80%9345-dickens-street), 1 report
- [35 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/35-dickens-street), 1 report
- [33 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/33-dickens-street), 1 report
- [29 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/29-dickens-street), 1 report
- [21 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/21-dickens-street), 1 report
- [12 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/12-dickens-street), 1 report
- [1/7 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-7-dickens-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 51 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 31 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 28 reports
- Water & drains, 17 reports
- Trees & parks, 15 reports
- Everything else, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 2 reports
- 2018, 7 reports
- 2019, 23 reports
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2021, 4 reports
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 24 reports
- 2024, 32 reports
- 2025, 33 reports

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (36 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 19 April 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18780419.2.12.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Apr 1878
- [MUNICIPAL. (Star, 01 June 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860601.2.40), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Jun 1886
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 March 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970316.2.20.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Mar 1897
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 March 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970318.2.57.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Mar 1897
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 March 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970323.2.59.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Mar 1897
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970902.2.11.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Sept 1897
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970904.2.89.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Sept 1897
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 September 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970907.2.10.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Sept 1897
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990928.2.60.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Sept 1899
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 November 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19021105.2.43.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Nov 1902
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 November 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19021119.2.63.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Nov 1902
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 July 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060730.2.10.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Jul 1906

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Dickens Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 July 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930703.2.57.1), Star · 1893-07-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 July 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000731.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1900-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 22 November 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19011122.2.41.4), Ashburton Guardian · 1901-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 31 July 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060731.2.9.6), Star · 1906-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060827.2.15.5), Star · 1906-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090224.2.46.1), Star · 1909-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090227.2.96.2), Star · 1909-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090306.2.71.1), Star · 1909-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090308.2.42.2), Star · 1909-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [BROTHERS IN DISTRESS. (NZ Truth, 21 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090821.2.28.10), NZ Truth · 1909-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 October 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19111020.2.17.1), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1911-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 04 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19120104.2.15), Ashburton Guardian · 1912-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [SOUTHERN SCRAPS (NZ Truth, 18 February 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19220218.2.66.7), NZ Truth · 1922-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [RADIO PROGRAMMES (Evening Post, 06 February 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320206.2.32), Evening Post · 1932-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9053595), 7 Dickens Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09053595/public/1_5arfd5asxqfm.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8759341), 35–45 Dickens St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08759341/public/1_hckiv7o99ph9.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8751420), 44 Dickens St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08751420/public/1_e050w81jkl5f.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8687897), 36 Dickens St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08687897/public/1_akzvdh8hglmc.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8451500), 24 Dickens St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08451500/public/1_k8ivdc6a5fdp.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8301989), 48A Dickens Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08301989/public/1_os0rriqnqh7.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8210768), 24 Dickens St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08210768/public/1_aitky2sjlgue.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7940147), 30 Dickens Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07940147/public/1_crrnt6299n76.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7862292), 28 Dickens Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07862292/public/1_pijqk925z2jj.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7861029), 26 Dickens Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07861029/public/1_59wsni6gdjxg.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7856263), 23 Dickens Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07856263/public/1_yl4x0p8ggzqe.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7793799), 26 Dickens Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07793799/public/1_yzqmjmsa79z.jpg

[More photographs on the Addington wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=addington)

## Latest on record
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9053595) at [7 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/7-dickens-street), 8 Oct 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8759341) at [35–45 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/35%E2%80%9345-dickens-street), 17 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8751420) at [44 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/44-dickens-street), 16 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8687897) at [36 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/36-dickens-street), 4 Aug 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8451500) at [24 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/24-dickens-street), 21 Jun 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8301989) at [48A Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/48a-dickens-street), 24 May 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8210768) at [24 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/24-dickens-street), 6 May 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7940147) at [30 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/30-dickens-street), 20 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7862292) at [28 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/28-dickens-street), 7 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7861029) at [26 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/26-dickens-street), 6 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7856263) at [23 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/23-dickens-street), 6 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7793799) at [26 Dickens Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/26-dickens-street), 23 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7783128) at [23 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/23-dickens-street), 22 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7725753) at [23 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/23-dickens-street), 12 Feb 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7703591) at [48 Dickens St](https://www.chch.live/addington/48-dickens-street), 9 Feb 2026

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=dickens-street&suburb=addington)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Dickens Street?**

In [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Dickens Street?**

151 reports at 38 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (51), roads & footpaths (31), graffiti & vandalism (28).

**When was Dickens Street first reported on?**

2016, the record covers 120 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=addington&street=dickens-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Addington&street=dickens-street