# Emerson Street, Addington, Christchurch

12 reports at 3 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 12 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.545&lon=172.6165&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.545&lon=172.6165&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.545&lon=172.6165&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.545&lon=172.6165&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
- [1 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-emerson-street), 6 reports
- [2 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/2-emerson-street), 4 reports
- [3 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/3-emerson-street), 2 reports

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 7 reports
- Water & drains, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 1 report
- 2025, 1 report

_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 (32 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Poverty Bay Herald, 10 December 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18811210.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Dec 1881
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Poverty Bay Herald, 14 December 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18811214.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Dec 1881
- [Untitled (Daily Telegraph, 27 August 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18860827.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Aug 1886
- [Untitled (Daily Telegraph, 24 January 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18890124.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Jan 1889
- [The Daily Telegraph. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1891. (Daily Telegraph, 16 September 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18910916.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Sept 1891
- [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 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Daily Telegraph, 16 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18991216.2.3.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Dec 1899
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Daily Telegraph, 18 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18991218.2.3.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Dec 1899
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Daily Telegraph, 13 July 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN19010713.2.6.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Jul 1901
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Daily Telegraph, 15 July 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN19010715.2.6.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jul 1901
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Daily Telegraph, 16 July 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN19010716.2.6.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Jul 1901
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Daily Telegraph, 17 July 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN19010717.2.6.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jul 1901

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Emerson Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 13 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660413.2.10.2), West Coast Times · 1866-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 14 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660414.2.13.2), West Coast Times · 1866-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 17 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660417.2.14.2), West Coast Times · 1866-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 04 April 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850404.2.11.6), Star · 1885-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 07 November 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18871107.2.16.3), Hawke's Bay Herald · 1887-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 04 June 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960604.2.28), Star · 1896-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [TABLE TALK. (Auckland Star, 07 December 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18971207.2.2), Auckland Star · 1897-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE POLICE COMMISSION. SOME FURTHER REVELATIONS ABOUT REINSTATEMENTS. (Evening Post, 19 February 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18980219.2.3), Evening Post · 1898-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Otago Daily Times, 13 October 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18981013.2.60), Otago Daily Times · 1898-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [From our Exchanges (Colonist, 30 December 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18981230.2.16), Colonist · 1898-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 October 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19001006.2.71.1), Star · 1900-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL (Star, 14 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010114.2.23), Star · 1901-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [COLONIAL REINFORCEMENTS. (Star, 06 February 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020206.2.3), Star · 1902-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [A BLOODLESS VICTORY. (Ashburton Guardian, 24 November 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19131124.2.23.24), Ashburton Guardian · 1913-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Evening Post, 20 April 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150420.2.123), Evening Post · 1915-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEWS IN BRIEF (Otago Daily Times 21-4-1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19190421.2.107), Otago Daily Times · 1919-04-21T12:00:00Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 09 February 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19200209.2.35), Evening Post · 1920-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [LEAGUE CODE (Evening Post, 09 June 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230609.2.158), Evening Post · 1923-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [LEAGUE CODE (Evening Post, 19 April 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240419.2.195), Evening Post · 1924-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8405642), 1 Emerson St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08405642/public/1_amcu5nzda5c7.jpg
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6283426), 1 Emerson St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06283426/public/1_fkcooqq0kteu.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4925556), 2 Emerson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04925556/public/1_wwgl2lpr7sa.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4014660), 2 Emerson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04014660/public/1_4vd8r9porjn9.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1743079), 2 Emerson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01743079/1_d44yPm.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/946048), 1 Emerson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00946048/0_Vm6OIR
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/878288), 1 Emerson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00878288/0_M6stDt
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/661643), 1 Emerson St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00661643/0
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/658008), 3 Emerson St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00658008/0
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/210895), 3 Emerson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00210895/0

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

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8405642) at [1 Emerson St](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-emerson-street), 12 Jun 2026
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/6283426) at [1 Emerson St](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-emerson-street), 4 May 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4925556) at [2 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/2-emerson-street), 25 Jul 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4014660) at [2 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/2-emerson-street), 12 Dec 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2804000) at [1 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-emerson-street), 14 Nov 2022
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2790220) at [2 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/2-emerson-street), 9 Nov 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1743079) at [2 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/2-emerson-street), 21 Aug 2021
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/946048) at [1 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-emerson-street), 17 Jan 2020
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/878288) at [1 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-emerson-street), 16 Nov 2019
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/661643) at [1 Emerson St](https://www.chch.live/addington/1-emerson-street), 27 Mar 2019
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/658008) at [3 Emerson St](https://www.chch.live/addington/3-emerson-street), 23 Mar 2019
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/210895) at [3 Emerson Street](https://www.chch.live/addington/3-emerson-street), 10 Jan 2017

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Emerson Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Emerson Street?**

12 reports at 3 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (7), water & drains (2), roads & footpaths (1).

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

2017, the record covers 12 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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