# Brook Street, Bexley, Christchurch

12 reports at 6 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 9 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/bexley/brook-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5134&lon=172.7218&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5134&lon=172.7218&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5134&lon=172.7218&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
- [2 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/2-brook-street), 4 reports
- [21 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/21-brook-street), 3 reports
- [84 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/84-brook-street), 2 reports
- [85 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/85-brook-street), 1 report
- [77 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/77-brook-street), 1 report
- [17-19 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/17-19-brook-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 6 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- Everything else, 1 report
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2016, 3 reports
- 2020, 4 reports
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2025, 1 report

_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 (80 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 13 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610213.2.17.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Feb 1861
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 December 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681204.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Dec 1868
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 December 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681209.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Dec 1868
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 December 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681210.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Dec 1868
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 February 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18760224.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Feb 1876
- [Local & General. (Star, 22 April 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820422.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Apr 1882
- [Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Colonist, 24 April 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18860424.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Apr 1886
- [LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 29 October 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18861029.2.24), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Oct 1886
- [Commercial. (Star, 04 February 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930204.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Feb 1893
- [Nelson: SIXTY YEARS OF HISTORY. (Nelson Evening Mail, 07 September 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19010907.2.34.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Sept 1901
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Nelson Evening Mail, 02 June 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19020602.2.21.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Jun 1902
- [MESSRS W. ROUT & SONS' REPORT. (Colonist, 14 August 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19020814.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1902

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Brook Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 January 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060106.2.85.4), Star · 1906-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 June 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090612.2.62.4), Star · 1909-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 September 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090918.2.94.2), Star · 1909-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Evening Post, 14 September 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19120914.2.89), Evening Post · 1912-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS (Hawera & Normanby Star, 03 October 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19161003.2.11), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1916-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410630.2.94.3), Evening Post · 1941-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420112.2.99), Evening Post · 1942-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8753316), 2 Brook Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08753316/public/1_g4mwbdd3xcoe.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1274197), 21 Brook Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01274197/1_ndlZrv.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1273768), 21 Brook Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01273768/1_1t69tF.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1232707), 21 Brook Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01232707/1_lB6fva.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/1156899), 77 Brook Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01156899/0_3VtVws
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/165029), 85 Brook Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00165029/0
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/165024), 84 Brook Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00165024/0
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/115377), 17-19 Brook St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00115377/0

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

## Latest on record
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8753316) at [2 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/2-brook-street), 16 Aug 2026
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8104206) at [2 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/2-brook-street), 17 Apr 2026
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6748156) at [84 Brook St](https://www.chch.live/bexley/84-brook-street), 15 Aug 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3469415) at [2 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/2-brook-street), 1 Jul 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3469377) at [2 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/2-brook-street), 1 Jul 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1274197) at [21 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/21-brook-street), 22 Oct 2020
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1273768) at [21 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/21-brook-street), 22 Oct 2020
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1232707) at [21 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/21-brook-street), 22 Sept 2020
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/1156899) at [77 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/77-brook-street), 19 Jul 2020
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/165029) at [85 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/85-brook-street), 14 Aug 2016
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/165024) at [84 Brook Street](https://www.chch.live/bexley/84-brook-street), 14 Aug 2016
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/115377) at [17-19 Brook St](https://www.chch.live/bexley/17-19-brook-street), 27 Jan 2016

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Brook Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Brook Street?**

12 reports at 6 addresses, most often water & drains (6), roads & footpaths (3), rubbish & dumping (1).

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

2016, the record covers 9 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=bexley&street=brook-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Bexley&street=brook-street
