# Niven Street, Avondale, Christchurch 12 reports at 10 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 12 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/niven-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.508&lon=172.6876&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.508&lon=172.6876&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.508&lon=172.6876&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 - [58 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/58-niven-street), 2 reports - [51 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/51-niven-street), 2 reports - [66 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/66-niven-street), 1 report - [59 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/59-niven-street), 1 report - [54 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/54-niven-street), 1 report - [34 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/34-niven-street), 1 report - [32 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/32-niven-street), 1 report - [2E Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/2e-niven-street), 1 report - [23 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/23-niven-street), 1 report - [1 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/1-niven-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 3 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3 reports - Roads & footpaths, 2 reports - Trees & parks, 2 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 1 report - Everything else, 1 report ## Year by year - 2015, 1 report - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 2 reports - 2023, 3 reports - 2024, 1 report - 2025, 3 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.* - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2003-ds7253), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 6 Nov 2003 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Niven Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [THE GROCERS AND THE HALF-HOLIDAY. (Auckland Star, 21 November 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18941121.2.22), Auckland Star · 1894-11-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 03 September 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19040903.2.13), Poverty Bay Herald · 1904-09-03T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 December 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19101212.2.14), Wairarapa Daily Times · 1910-12-12T00:00:00.000Z - [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 - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 20 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420720.2.75.1), Evening Post · 1942-07-20T00:00:00.000Z - [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 - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450419.2.112), Evening Post · 1945-04-19T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9075645), 32 Niven Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09075645/public/1_6ojbrklirgp5.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7283726), 2E Niven Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07283726/public/1_fo3k9385pogn.jpg - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/7030455), 66 Niven St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07030455/public/1_nge756ni57ed.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5989705), 58 Niven Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05989705/public/1_rdce757tuded.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5027700), 58 Niven Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05027700/public/1_qh1cgjpu0up.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/403901), 51 Niven St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00403901/0 - [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/349322), 51 Niven St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00349322/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/274066), 1 Niven Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00274066/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/104866), 23 Niven St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00104866/0 [More photographs on the Avondale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=avondale) ## Latest on record - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9075645) at [32 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/32-niven-street), 12 Oct 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7283726) at [2E Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/2e-niven-street), 27 Nov 2025 - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/7030455) at [66 Niven St](https://www.chch.live/avondale/66-niven-street), 12 Oct 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5989705) at [58 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/58-niven-street), 7 Mar 2025 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5027700) at [58 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/58-niven-street), 20 Aug 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3639420) at [34 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/34-niven-street), 26 Aug 2023 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/3541282) at [59 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/59-niven-street), 25 Jul 2023 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3362000) at [54 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/54-niven-street), 23 May 2023 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/403901) at [51 Niven St](https://www.chch.live/avondale/51-niven-street), 10 Apr 2018 - [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/349322) at [51 Niven St](https://www.chch.live/avondale/51-niven-street), 6 Jan 2018 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/274066) at [1 Niven Street](https://www.chch.live/avondale/1-niven-street), 2 Jul 2017 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/104866) at [23 Niven St](https://www.chch.live/avondale/23-niven-street), 2 Dec 2015 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=niven-street&suburb=avondale) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Niven Street?** In [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Niven Street?** 12 reports at 10 addresses, most often water & drains (3), graffiti & vandalism (3), roads & footpaths (2). **When was Niven Street first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 12 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=avondale&street=niven-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avondale&street=niven-street