# Ave, Bottle Lake, Christchurch 8 reports at 3 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 7 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/bottle-lake/ave ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4478&lon=172.6894&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4478&lon=172.6894&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4478&lon=172.6894&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4478&lon=172.6894&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 - [12th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/12th-ave), 4 reports - [24th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/24th-ave), 2 reports - [13th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/13th-ave), 2 reports ## What got reported - Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports - Trees & parks, 5 reports - Water & drains, 2 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 2 reports ## Year by year - 2019, 4 reports - 2025, 6 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 (1,408 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [News of the Week. FROM THE DAILY TIMES. (Otago Witness, 24 December 1864)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18641224.2.26), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Dec 1864 - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 October 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18781008.2.11.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Oct 1878 - [REAPER AND BINDER TRIAL AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 18 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790118.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Jan 1879 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 07 March 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18790307.2.22.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Mar 1879 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 April 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790426.2.30.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Apr 1879 - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 February 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800211.2.13.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Feb 1880 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Nelson Evening Mail, 12 September 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18830912.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Sept 1883 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840328.2.39.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Mar 1884 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 25 April 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840425.2.28.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Apr 1884 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 12 June 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840612.2.31.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Jun 1884 - [Latest Locals. (Star, 14 April 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900414.2.45), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Apr 1890 - [TALK OF THE DAY, (Otago Witness, 16 November 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18931116.2.138), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Nov 1893 ## As it was reported - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8389240), Landfill Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08389240/public/1_zhx9865pbdd.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8389072), Landfill Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08389072/public/1_7kg1naprahor.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7951159), 12th Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07951159/public/1_dhu62wguxjcf.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7437179), Landfill Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07437179/public/1_ditc0u6i7cq.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7190351), 12th Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07190351/public/1_wtbr1s86jsim.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6876768), Landfill Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06876768/public/1_ed6akfy3akfr.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6646332), 12th Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06646332/public/1_9c8rhweyjcso.jpg - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/6646322), 12th Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06646322/public/1_a3c9oic40uw6.jpg - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/863301), 24th Ave, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00863301/0_GH4yuL - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/804680), 13th Ave, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00804680/0_hS6Qxr - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/764955), 13th Ave, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00764955/0 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/738900), 24th Ave, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00738900/0 [More photographs on the Bottle Lake wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=bottle-lake) ## Latest on record - [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8985045) at [Landfill Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/landfill-ave), 26 Sept 2026 - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8389240) at [Landfill Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/landfill-ave), 10 Jun 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8389072) at [Landfill Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/landfill-ave), 10 Jun 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7951159) at [12th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/12th-ave), 22 Mar 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7437179) at [Landfill Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/landfill-ave), 26 Dec 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7190351) at [12th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/12th-ave), 11 Nov 2025 - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7137166) at [Landfill Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/landfill-ave), 1 Nov 2025 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6876768) at [Landfill Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/landfill-ave), 11 Sept 2025 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6646332) at [12th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/12th-ave), 23 Jul 2025 - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/6646322) at [12th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/12th-ave), 23 Jul 2025 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/863301) at [24th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/24th-ave), 2 Nov 2019 - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/804680) at [13th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/13th-ave), 3 Sept 2019 - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/764955) at [13th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/13th-ave), 23 Jul 2019 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/738900) at [24th Ave](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake/24th-ave), 23 Jun 2019 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [More than 2 million passenger trips have been taken using Christchurch's new Motu Move payment system, as the deadline to switch from Metrocard nears.](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361095994/motu-move-passes-2-million-trips-metrocard-replacement-deadline-looms), The Press · Wei Shao, 14 Oct 2026 - [European Harvestman seen — Ilam Rd near Montana Ave, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408025691), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 13 Oct 2026 - [Lavender-cotton seen — Hackthorne Rd near Gwynfa Ave, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408024334), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 13 Oct 2026 - [common yew seen — Hackthorne Rd near Gwynfa Ave, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408024268), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 13 Oct 2026 - [Himalayan clematis seen — Hackthorne Rd near Gwynfa Ave, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408023953), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 13 Oct 2026 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Ave?** In [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Ave?** 8 reports at 3 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (5), trees & parks (5), water & drains (2). **When was Ave first reported on?** 2019, the record covers 7 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=bottle-lake&street=ave · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Bottle%20Lake&street=ave