# Mervyn Drive, Avondale, Christchurch 133 reports at 23 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 113 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/mervyn-drive ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5037&lon=172.6905&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5037&lon=172.6905&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5037&lon=172.6905&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5037&lon=172.6905&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 - [18 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18-mervyn-drive), 42 reports - [29 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/29-mervyn-drive), 25 reports - [23 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/23-mervyn-drive), 9 reports - [18A Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18a-mervyn-drive), 8 reports - [31 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/31-mervyn-drive), 7 reports - [25 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/25-mervyn-drive), 5 reports - [39 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/39-mervyn-drive), 4 reports - [28 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/28-mervyn-drive), 4 reports - [21 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/21-mervyn-drive), 4 reports - [20 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/20-mervyn-drive), 4 reports - [15 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/15-mervyn-drive), 3 reports - [36 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/36-mervyn-drive), 2 reports - [33 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/33-mervyn-drive), 2 reports - [22 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/22-mervyn-drive), 2 reports - [18-14 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18-14-mervyn-drive), 2 reports - [14 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/14-mervyn-drive), 2 reports - [12 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/12-mervyn-drive), 2 reports - [39A Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/39a-mervyn-drive), 1 report - [35 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/35-mervyn-drive), 1 report - [27 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/27-mervyn-drive), 1 report - [19 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/19-mervyn-drive), 1 report - [11 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/11-mervyn-drive), 1 report - [10 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/10-mervyn-drive), 1 report ## What got reported - Trees & parks, 44 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 40 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 34 reports - Roads & footpaths, 7 reports - Water & drains, 6 reports - Everything else, 2 reports ## Year by year - 2015, 5 reports - 2016, 4 reports - 2017, 4 reports - 2018, 6 reports - 2019, 4 reports - 2020, 13 reports - 2021, 12 reports - 2022, 16 reports - 2023, 16 reports - 2024, 17 reports - 2025, 20 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.* - [Basic services information for quake residents](http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/canterbury-earthquake/77674/basic-services-information-for-quake-residents), [Radio New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/collection/radio-new-zealand), 20 Jun 2011 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Mervyn Drive, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 27 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410527.2.89.1), Evening Post · 1941-05-27T00:00:00.000Z - [TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410530.2.93.2), Evening Post · 1941-05-30T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410626.2.101), Evening Post · 1941-06-26T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 July 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410702.2.96), Evening Post · 1941-07-02T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 09 July 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410709.2.10), Evening Post · 1941-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - [FIRST LIST (Evening Post, 08 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411208.2.17.1), Evening Post · 1941-12-08T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411231.2.10), Evening Post · 1941-12-31T00:00:00.000Z - [KILLED IN ACTION. (Evening Post, 29 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420729.2.12.1), Evening Post · 1942-07-29T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420731.2.11), Evening Post · 1942-07-31T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z.E.F. PERSONNEL REPORTED SAFE (Evening Post, 27 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450427.2.100.1), Evening Post · 1945-04-27T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8990575), 18 Mervyn Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08990575/public/1_3el3zh2rcfjn.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8990567), 18 Mervyn Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08990567/public/1_2rbv9k2by9b8.jpg - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8934676), 18 Mervyn Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08934676/public/1_9q8jfpvy52a.jpg - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8861447), 18 Mervyn Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08861447/public/1_le3l6d5532d.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8806944), 27 Mervyn Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08806944/public/1_7vttucyrre8g.jpg - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8799924), 12 Mervyn Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08799924/public/1_zx1z2s1cb6r.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8678913), 18 Mervyn Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08678913/public/1_6zrg4amciwr.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8655871), 14 Mervyn Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08655871/public/1_0pcpmtmbbsylo.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8410577), 29 Mervyn Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08410577/public/1_5totdrnvszdg.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8306763), 31 Mervyn Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08306763/public/1_le8tgr48lnqm.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8227383), 33 Mervyn Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08227383/public/1_3igrba0ioc2s.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8058004), 14 Mervyn Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08058004/public/1_h3ex6j2fbjml.jpg [More photographs on the Avondale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=avondale) ## Latest on record - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8990575) at [18 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18-mervyn-drive), 27 Sept 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8990567) at [18 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18-mervyn-drive), 27 Sept 2026 - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8934676) at [18 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18-mervyn-drive), 17 Sept 2026 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8861447) at [18 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18-mervyn-drive), 4 Sept 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8806944) at [27 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/27-mervyn-drive), 25 Aug 2026 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8799924) at [12 Mervyn Dr](https://www.chch.live/avondale/12-mervyn-drive), 24 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8678913) at [18 Mervyn Dr](https://www.chch.live/avondale/18-mervyn-drive), 3 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8655871) at [14 Mervyn Dr](https://www.chch.live/avondale/14-mervyn-drive), 29 Jul 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8410577) at [29 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/29-mervyn-drive), 14 Jun 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8306763) at [31 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/31-mervyn-drive), 25 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8227383) at [33 Mervyn Dr](https://www.chch.live/avondale/33-mervyn-drive), 10 May 2026 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8058004) at [14 Mervyn Dr](https://www.chch.live/avondale/14-mervyn-drive), 9 Apr 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7915174) at [29 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/29-mervyn-drive), 16 Mar 2026 - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7911903) at [29 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/29-mervyn-drive), 15 Mar 2026 - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7715406) at [29 Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/avondale/29-mervyn-drive), 10 Feb 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=mervyn-drive&suburb=avondale) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Mervyn Drive?** In [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Mervyn Drive?** 133 reports at 23 addresses, most often trees & parks (44), rubbish & dumping (40), graffiti & vandalism (34). **When was Mervyn Drive first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 113 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=avondale&street=mervyn-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avondale&street=mervyn-drive