# Martin Avenue, Beckenham, Christchurch

77 reports at 35 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 61 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/beckenham/martin-avenue

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5641&lon=172.643&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5641&lon=172.643&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5641&lon=172.643&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5641&lon=172.643&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [96 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/96-martin-avenue), 7 reports
- [38 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/38-martin-avenue), 5 reports
- [21 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/21-martin-avenue), 5 reports
- [60 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/60-martin-avenue), 4 reports
- [36 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/36-martin-avenue), 4 reports
- [17 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/17-martin-avenue), 4 reports
- [9 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/9-martin-avenue), 3 reports
- [80 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/80-martin-avenue), 3 reports
- [71 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/71-martin-avenue), 3 reports
- [57 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/57-martin-avenue), 3 reports
- [30 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/30-martin-avenue), 3 reports
- [28 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/28-martin-avenue), 3 reports
- [84 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/84-martin-avenue), 2 reports
- [65 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/65-martin-avenue), 2 reports
- [63 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/63-martin-avenue), 2 reports
- [53 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/53-martin-avenue), 2 reports
- [33 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/33-martin-avenue), 2 reports
- [20 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/20-martin-avenue), 2 reports
- [15 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/15-martin-avenue), 2 reports
- [9–33 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/9%E2%80%9333-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [92 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/92-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [83 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/83-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [77 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/77-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [73 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/73-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [68 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/68-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [66B Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/66b-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [64 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/64-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [50 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/50-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [49 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/49-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [41 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/41-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [24 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/24-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [19 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/19-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [12-14 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/12-14-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [12 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/12-martin-avenue), 1 report
- [11 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/11-martin-avenue), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 34 reports
- Water & drains, 25 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports
- Trees & parks, 4 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3 reports
- Everything else, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 3 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 5 reports
- 2021, 4 reports
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 29 reports
- 2024, 8 reports
- 2025, 5 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 (8 on the shelf; the 3 earliest listed).*
- [CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 10 September 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070910.2.24), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Sept 1907
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410611.2.114), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Jun 1941
- [SECOND LIST (Evening Post, 08 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411208.2.17.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Dec 1941

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Martin Avenue, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 26 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061226.2.9.5), Star · 1906-12-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070104.2.30.2), Star · 1907-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 February 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070201.2.32.2), Star · 1907-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [SECOND N.Z.E.F. (Evening Post, 08 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410508.2.63.1), Evening Post · 1941-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [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, 03 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410603.2.95), Evening Post · 1941-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [MISSING—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED. (Evening Post, 30 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410630.2.94.2), Evening Post · 1941-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 13 September 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410913.2.109.1), Evening Post · 1941-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411227.2.75), Evening Post · 1941-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [lOLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 16 February 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420216.2.49), Evening Post · 1942-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 16 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420716.2.84.1), Evening Post · 1942-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 28 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420728.2.13.1), Evening Post · 1942-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 20 November 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19421120.2.19), Evening Post · 1942-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 October 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19431028.2.27), Evening Post · 1943-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 January 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440127.2.65), Evening Post · 1944-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 June 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440610.2.92), Evening Post · 1944-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 October 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19441005.2.116), Evening Post · 1944-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 October 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19441006.2.80), Evening Post · 1944-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 24 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450424.2.19.1), Evening Post · 1945-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8906670), 12 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08906670/public/1_yh4hwg9xcqb.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8604525), 84 Martin Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08604525/public/1_s70nvt7mfur.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8490230), 38 Martin Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08490230/public/1_2e72x1regycb.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8449698), 96 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08449698/public/1_j7l56851s1j.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8206733), 57 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08206733/public/1_z1hosmpb6ekf.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8153426), 96 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08153426/public/1_k3b1bp5k0oad.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8036021), 77 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08036021/public/1_9lnmxx92bw6o.jpg
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7777297), 9–33 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07777297/public/1_sclojhzevecx.jpg
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7754574), 96 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07754574/public/1_9dook90fon9n.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7584834), 96 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07584834/public/1_giejkxrt09v9.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7534417), 96 Martin Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07534417/public/1_jjvr4bmjyahr.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7426750), 73 Martin Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07426750/public/1_p42fcozdi9h.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8906670) at [12 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/12-martin-avenue), 12 Sept 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8604525) at [84 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/84-martin-avenue), 20 Jul 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8490230) at [38 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/38-martin-avenue), 29 Jun 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8449698) at [96 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/96-martin-avenue), 21 Jun 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8206733) at [57 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/57-martin-avenue), 6 May 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8153426) at [96 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/96-martin-avenue), 26 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8036021) at [77 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/77-martin-avenue), 6 Apr 2026
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7777297) at [9–33 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/9%E2%80%9333-martin-avenue), 20 Feb 2026
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7754574) at [96 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/96-martin-avenue), 17 Feb 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7584834) at [96 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/96-martin-avenue), 20 Jan 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7534417) at [96 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/96-martin-avenue), 12 Jan 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7426750) at [73 Martin Avenue](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/73-martin-avenue), 23 Dec 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7407820) at [57 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/57-martin-avenue), 19 Dec 2025
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7221536) at [83 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/83-martin-avenue), 17 Nov 2025
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6348596) at [92 Martin Ave](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/92-martin-avenue), 17 May 2025

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Martin Avenue?**

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

**What gets reported on Martin Avenue?**

77 reports at 35 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (34), water & drains (25), vehicles & parking (5).

**When was Martin Avenue first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 61 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=beckenham&street=martin-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Beckenham&street=martin-avenue