# Sefton Street, Belfast, Christchurch 31 reports at 15 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/sefton-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4547&lon=172.6222&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4547&lon=172.6222&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4547&lon=172.6222&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4547&lon=172.6222&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 - [41 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/41-sefton-street), 5 reports - [36 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/36-sefton-street), 4 reports - [49 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/49-sefton-street), 3 reports - [43 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/43-sefton-street), 3 reports - [24 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/24-sefton-street), 3 reports - [52 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/52-sefton-street), 2 reports - [39 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/39-sefton-street), 2 reports - [14 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/14-sefton-street), 2 reports - [51 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/51-sefton-street), 1 report - [45 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/45-sefton-street), 1 report - [40 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/40-sefton-street), 1 report - [27 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/27-sefton-street), 1 report - [22 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/22-sefton-street), 1 report - [10B Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/10b-sefton-street), 1 report - [10 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/10-sefton-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Trees & parks, 12 reports - Water & drains, 10 reports - Roads & footpaths, 5 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report ## Year by year - 2017, 1 report - 2021, 1 report - 2022, 6 reports - 2023, 5 reports - 2024, 5 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 (27 on the shelf; the 8 earliest listed).* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 January 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880119.2.14.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Jan 1888 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 October 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18931025.2.14.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Oct 1893 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 05 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18990905.2.34.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Sept 1899 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 06 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18990906.2.29.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Sept 1899 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 07 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18990907.2.32.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Sept 1899 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 22 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18991222.2.28.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Dec 1899 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 01 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19000201.2.42.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Feb 1900 - [TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 11 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19090811.2.290), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Aug 1909 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Sefton Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 13 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580113.2.14.5), Lyttelton Times · 1858-01-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 20 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580120.2.14.5), Lyttelton Times · 1858-01-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Latest Locals. (Star, 08 October 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841008.2.18), Star · 1884-10-08T00:00:00.000Z - [The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1893. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 May 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18930502.2.5), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1893-05-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Local & General. (Star, 12 March 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950312.2.26), Star · 1895-03-12T00:00:00.000Z - [ORANGE GRAND LODGE. (Otago Daily Times, 30 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18951230.2.33), Otago Daily Times · 1895-12-30T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 30 November 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18971130.2.29), Star · 1897-11-30T00:00:00.000Z - [TO-DAY'S ELECTION. (Star, 06 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18991206.2.44), Star · 1899-12-06T00:00:00.000Z - [THE JNORTH CANTERBURY PRIMARY SCHOOLS. (Star, 29 November 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19001129.2.22), Star · 1900-11-29T00:00:00.000Z - [THE SCHOOLS. (Star, 19 June 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010619.2.55), Star · 1901-06-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 December 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011223.2.55.5), Star · 1901-12-23T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 24 December 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011224.2.7.4), Star · 1901-12-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 14 December 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19141214.2.6.4), Evening Post · 1914-12-14T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 10 July 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170710.2.55.1), Evening Post · 1917-07-10T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 11-7-1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19170711.2.3), Otago Daily Times · 1917-11-07T12:00:00Z - [Page 21 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 28 March 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310328.2.151.2), Evening Post · 1931-03-28T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8683360), 52 Sefton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08683360/public/1_b4fzfsnlos4o.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8255816), 43 Sefton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08255816/public/1_ddp8bdqj6945.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7525484), 36 Sefton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07525484/public/1_wzmm86o3ua9.jpg - [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/7518782), 41 Sefton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07518782/public/1_bt6mwk9by3jn.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7203887), 36 Sefton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07203887/public/1_irm5j6l4mmu.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7112510), 52 Sefton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07112510/public/1_iu1k43und8z.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6502429), 49 Sefton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06502429/public/1_66t5ihzrz0s8.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6364170), 39 Sefton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06364170/public/1_vp3sevqclxl8.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6208717), 40 Sefton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06208717/public/1_wz7dvkxwamhp.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6097586), 36 Sefton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06097586/public/1_fp347i7y45rf.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6040328), 36 Sefton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06040328/public/1_je3zoue0aeeq.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5794122), 27 Sefton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05794122/public/1_xdby4n3mfmio.jpg [More photographs on the Belfast wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=belfast) ## Latest on record - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8683360) at [52 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/52-sefton-street), 3 Aug 2026 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8255816) at [43 Sefton St](https://www.chch.live/belfast/43-sefton-street), 15 May 2026 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7525484) at [36 Sefton St](https://www.chch.live/belfast/36-sefton-street), 11 Jan 2026 - [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/7518782) at [41 Sefton St](https://www.chch.live/belfast/41-sefton-street), 10 Jan 2026 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7203887) at [36 Sefton St](https://www.chch.live/belfast/36-sefton-street), 13 Nov 2025 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/7112510) at [52 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/52-sefton-street), 28 Oct 2025 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7060961) at [10 Sefton St](https://www.chch.live/belfast/10-sefton-street), 18 Oct 2025 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6502429) at [49 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/49-sefton-street), 20 Jun 2025 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6364170) at [39 Sefton St](https://www.chch.live/belfast/39-sefton-street), 20 May 2025 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6208717) at [40 Sefton St](https://www.chch.live/belfast/40-sefton-street), 18 Apr 2025 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/6097586) at [36 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/36-sefton-street), 27 Mar 2025 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6040328) at [36 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/36-sefton-street), 17 Mar 2025 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/5794122) at [27 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/27-sefton-street), 1 Feb 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5420238) at [45 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/45-sefton-street), 16 Nov 2024 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5323971) at [49 Sefton Street](https://www.chch.live/belfast/49-sefton-street), 27 Oct 2024 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Sefton Street?** In [Belfast](https://www.chch.live/belfast), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Sefton Street?** 31 reports at 15 addresses, most often trees & parks (12), water & drains (10), roads & footpaths (5). **When was Sefton Street first reported on?** 2017, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=belfast&street=sefton-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Belfast&street=sefton-street