# Patten Street, Avonside, Christchurch

73 reports at 35 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 64 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/avonside/patten-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5234&lon=172.6664&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5234&lon=172.6664&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5234&lon=172.6664&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
- [73 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/73-patten-street), 8 reports
- [68 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/68-patten-street), 5 reports
- [79 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/79-patten-street), 4 reports
- [74 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/74-patten-street), 4 reports
- [72 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/72-patten-street), 4 reports
- [5 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/5-patten-street), 4 reports
- [76 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/76-patten-street), 3 reports
- [66 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/66-patten-street), 3 reports
- [34A Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/34a-patten-street), 3 reports
- [34 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/34-patten-street), 3 reports
- [32 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/32-patten-street), 3 reports
- [24 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/24-patten-street), 3 reports
- [60 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/60-patten-street), 2 reports
- [53 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/53-patten-street), 2 reports
- [45 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/45-patten-street), 2 reports
- [9 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/9-patten-street), 1 report
- [75 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/75-patten-street), 1 report
- [65 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/65-patten-street), 1 report
- [64B Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/64b-patten-street), 1 report
- [62 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/62-patten-street), 1 report
- [6 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/6-patten-street), 1 report
- [58 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/58-patten-street), 1 report
- [57 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/57-patten-street), 1 report
- [50 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/50-patten-street), 1 report
- [49 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/49-patten-street), 1 report
- [44 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/44-patten-street), 1 report
- [40A Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/40a-patten-street), 1 report
- [40 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/40-patten-street), 1 report
- [36 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/36-patten-street), 1 report
- [35 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/35-patten-street), 1 report
- [30 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/30-patten-street), 1 report
- [28 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/28-patten-street), 1 report
- [27 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/27-patten-street), 1 report
- [26 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/26-patten-street), 1 report
- [23 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/23-patten-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 42 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 20 reports
- Water & drains, 7 reports
- Trees & parks, 3 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 2 reports
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 2 reports
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2020, 9 reports
- 2021, 8 reports
- 2022, 8 reports
- 2023, 9 reports
- 2024, 14 reports
- 2025, 9 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.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 September 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060920.2.60.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Sept 1906
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 16 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420716.2.84.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Jul 1942
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 September 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430930.2.76), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Sept 1943
- [BEREAVEMENT NOTICE. THANKS. (Evening Post, 30 December 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19431230.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Dec 1943
- [NOW SAFE (Evening Post, 21 September 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450921.2.118), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Sept 1945
- [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2007-ba1638), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 15 Mar 2007
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2008-ba8006), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 30 Oct 2008
- [Avonside electronic resource.](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22983816), [National Library of New Zealand Catalogue](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Library%20of%20New%20Zealand%20Catalogue), 1 Jan 2010

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Patten Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1860-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 06 October 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18601006.2.16.1), Lyttelton Times · 1860-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE PETITION AGAINST THE RETURN OF MR W. H. PILLIET FOR STANMORE. (Timaru Herald, 17 February 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18820217.2.13), Timaru Herald · 1882-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 01 October 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18971001.2.26), Star · 1897-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 12 July 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19000712.2.69.4), Evening Post · 1900-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 13 September 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19010913.2.16), Evening Post · 1901-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 September 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060929.2.106.2), Star · 1906-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 September 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080905.2.92.2), Star · 1908-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 April 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090403.2.83.4), Star · 1909-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8346663), 73 Patten St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08346663/public/1_xy2yag3ypdk8.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8343627), 60 Patten Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08343627/public/1_b644xycqppsp.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8343004), 73 Patten St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08343004/public/1_r15m5nk5npcp.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7956002), 79 Patten St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07956002/public/1_ml1zgod1w69.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7916819), 6 Patten Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07916819/public/1_5zdtrmv01kpb.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7818240), 65 Patten Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07818240/public/1_r1abh0s6cmao.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7807073), 44 Patten St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07807073/public/1_xktcxwanrmfg.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7499340), 36 Patten Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07499340/public/1_c69c74279tk.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7393608), 40 Patten St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07393608/public/1_pbxkb9ith6f.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7366245), 9 Patten Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07366245/public/1_1n3wx31kj5eo.jpg
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7229385), 68 Patten St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07229385/public/1_d2ap4leqe6a8.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6267964), 68 Patten St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06267964/public/1_e0blcp48a2ho.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8346663) at [73 Patten St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/73-patten-street), 2 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8343627) at [60 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/60-patten-street), 1 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8343004) at [73 Patten St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/73-patten-street), 1 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7956002) at [79 Patten St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/79-patten-street), 23 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7916819) at [6 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/6-patten-street), 16 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7818240) at [65 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/65-patten-street), 27 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7807073) at [44 Patten St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/44-patten-street), 25 Feb 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7499340) at [36 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/36-patten-street), 7 Jan 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7393608) at [40 Patten St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/40-patten-street), 16 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7366245) at [9 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/9-patten-street), 11 Dec 2025
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7229385) at [68 Patten St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/68-patten-street), 18 Nov 2025
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6267964) at [68 Patten St](https://www.chch.live/avonside/68-patten-street), 30 Apr 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6179023) at [5 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/5-patten-street), 12 Apr 2025
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6168338) at [32 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/32-patten-street), 10 Apr 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6002370) at [57 Patten Street](https://www.chch.live/avonside/57-patten-street), 10 Mar 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Patten Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Patten Street?**

73 reports at 35 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (42), graffiti & vandalism (20), water & drains (7).

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

2015, the record covers 64 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=avonside&street=patten-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avonside&street=patten-street