# Birch Street, Bexley, Christchurch 13 reports at 6 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 13 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/bexley/birch-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5149&lon=172.7201&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5149&lon=172.7201&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5149&lon=172.7201&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 - [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 8 reports - [52 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/52-birch-street), 1 report - [36 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/36-birch-street), 1 report - [3 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/3-birch-street), 1 report - [16 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/16-birch-street), 1 report - [11A Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/11a-birch-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 4 reports - Trees & parks, 4 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports - Water & drains, 1 report - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report ## Year by year - 2017, 1 report - 2022, 3 reports - 2023, 3 reports - 2024, 2 reports - 2025, 2 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 (12 on the shelf; the 1 earliest listed).* - [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 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Birch Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ashburton Guardian, 26 August 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18900826.2.21.1), Ashburton Guardian · 1890-08-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 02 September 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18900902.2.28.2), Ashburton Guardian · 1890-09-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060825.2.104.4), Star · 1906-08-25T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8431529), 4 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08431529/public/1_ik2gmnq8ruik.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8233368), 11A Birch St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08233368/public/1_4wj00clirbqf.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6853930), 16 Birch St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06853930/public/1_i8p6pqwyojkk.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6089864), 4 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06089864/public/1_pmdmgq09qtle.jpg - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/5450532), 4 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05450532/public/1_kt6f78bpp17r.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5444915), 36 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05444915/public/1_99y74xxfue4.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4040410), 4 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04040410/public/1_dczdpbtwkytb.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4014924), 4 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04014924/public/1_2ck7zm720dzs.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2619663), 3 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02619663/public/1_8idoikc80lb6.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/2578506), 4 Birch Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02578506/public/1_7y186ioe9tm.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/289287), 52 Birch Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00289287/0 [More photographs on the Bexley wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=bexley) ## Latest on record - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8431529) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 17 Jun 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8233368) at [11A Birch St](https://www.chch.live/bexley/11a-birch-street), 11 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6853930) at [16 Birch St](https://www.chch.live/bexley/16-birch-street), 6 Sept 2025 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6089864) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 26 Mar 2025 - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/5450532) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 22 Nov 2024 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5444915) at [36 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/36-birch-street), 21 Nov 2024 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4040410) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 18 Dec 2023 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4014924) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 12 Dec 2023 - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3085939) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 17 Feb 2023 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2889204) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 12 Dec 2022 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2619663) at [3 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/3-birch-street), 13 Sept 2022 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/2578506) at [4 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/4-birch-street), 28 Aug 2022 - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/289287) at [52 Birch Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/52-birch-street), 17 Aug 2017 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Birch Street?** In [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Birch Street?** 13 reports at 6 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (4), trees & parks (4), rubbish & dumping (3). **When was Birch Street first reported on?** 2017, the record covers 13 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=bexley&street=birch-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Bexley&street=birch-street