# Watson Street, Akaroa, Christchurch

33 reports at 25 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/akaroa/watson-street

## The addresses on it
- [34 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/34-watson-street), 5 reports
- [61 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/61-watson-street), 2 reports
- [48 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/48-watson-street), 2 reports
- [33 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/33-watson-street), 2 reports
- [23 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/23-watson-street), 2 reports
- [68 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/68-watson-street), 1 report
- [67 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/67-watson-street), 1 report
- [65E Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/65e-watson-street), 1 report
- [65 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/65-watson-street), 1 report
- [57 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/57-watson-street), 1 report
- [52 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/52-watson-street), 1 report
- [49 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/49-watson-street), 1 report
- [45 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/45-watson-street), 1 report
- [44 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/44-watson-street), 1 report
- [39 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/39-watson-street), 1 report
- [31 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/31-watson-street), 1 report
- [30 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/30-watson-street), 1 report
- [26-28 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/26-28-watson-street), 1 report
- [26 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/26-watson-street), 1 report
- [25 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/25-watson-street), 1 report
- [24 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/24-watson-street), 1 report
- [21C Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/21c-watson-street), 1 report
- [20 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/20-watson-street), 1 report
- [14 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/14-watson-street), 1 report
- [13 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/13-watson-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 20 reports
- Trees & parks, 8 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Everything else, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 2 reports
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 6 reports
- 2025, 6 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 (22 on the shelf; the 1 earliest listed).*
- [LYTTELTON. (Colonist, 04 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18591104.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Nov 1859

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Watson Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580519.2.13.2), Lyttelton Times · 1858-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 12 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610112.2.18.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.25.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610119.2.25.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610216.2.23.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 23 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610223.2.26.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 09 March 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610309.2.23.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610508.2.19.1), Lyttelton Times · 1861-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 15 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610515.2.25.2), Lyttelton Times · 1861-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 10 July 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610710.2.17), Lyttelton Times · 1861-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620409.2.19.3), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 May 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620517.2.2.1), Lyttelton Times · 1862-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 November 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18971116.2.16.3), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1897-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 26 November 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18971126.2.12.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1897-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 February 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990224.2.19.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 February 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990228.2.14.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990310.2.15.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990314.2.15.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 April 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19080410.2.23.3), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1908-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19080602.2.9.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1908-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8141527), 20 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08141527/public/1_g26im80p55fr.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8037474), 34 Watson St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08037474/public/1_5nfss6xbuz7.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7521776), 45 Watson St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07521776/public/1_s4pokpyfm7i.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6942881), 34 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06942881/public/1_82d46gbnrbik.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6809756), 25 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06809756/public/1_soxzkcokdxrf.jpg
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6013300), 33 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06013300/public/1_18snwfw16qxb.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5834697), 68 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05834697/public/1_kmkh6deshkfy.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5834695), 65E Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05834695/public/1_zjttvfx2zmx.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5680356), 39 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05680356/public/1_i3zxyypil9bi.jpg
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5044312), 30 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05044312/public/1_rs623tsj1cil.jpg
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5044302), 31 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05044302/public/1_u0yakvhy0i5.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4796719), 33 Watson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04796719/public/1_q1swvzm8x2dc.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8141527) at [20 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/20-watson-street), 24 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8037474) at [34 Watson St](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/34-watson-street), 6 Apr 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7521776) at [45 Watson St](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/45-watson-street), 10 Jan 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6942881) at [34 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/34-watson-street), 24 Sept 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6809756) at [25 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/25-watson-street), 28 Aug 2025
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6013300) at [33 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/33-watson-street), 12 Mar 2025
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5834697) at [68 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/68-watson-street), 8 Feb 2025
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/5834695) at [65E Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/65e-watson-street), 8 Feb 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5680356) at [39 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/39-watson-street), 11 Jan 2025
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5044312) at [30 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/30-watson-street), 24 Aug 2024
- [Pit and Equipment - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5044302) at [31 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/31-watson-street), 24 Aug 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4796719) at [33 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/33-watson-street), 19 Jun 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4305316) at [23 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/23-watson-street), 19 Feb 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4303028) at [61 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/61-watson-street), 18 Feb 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4240887) at [61 Watson Street](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/61-watson-street), 5 Feb 2024

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Watson Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Watson Street?**

33 reports at 25 addresses, most often water & drains (20), trees & parks (8), roads & footpaths (4).

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

2016, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=akaroa&street=watson-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Akaroa&street=watson-street
