# Scarff Place, Cashmere, Christchurch

34 reports at 10 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/cashmere/scarff-place

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5801&lon=172.641&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5801&lon=172.641&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5801&lon=172.641&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5801&lon=172.641&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
- [11 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/11-scarff-place), 8 reports
- [5 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/5-scarff-place), 7 reports
- [7A Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/7a-scarff-place), 6 reports
- [6 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/6-scarff-place), 3 reports
- [7 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/7-scarff-place), 2 reports
- [3 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/3-scarff-place), 2 reports
- [2 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/2-scarff-place), 2 reports
- [10 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/10-scarff-place), 2 reports
- [8 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/8-scarff-place), 1 report
- [3–7 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/3%E2%80%937-scarff-place), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 13 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 10 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports

## Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 8 reports
- 2024, 11 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.*
- [BURWOOD MURDER (Evening Post, 31 August 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270831.2.95), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Aug 1927

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Scarff Place, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [THROUGH SHEER LUCK MURDERER MAY ESCAPE DETECTION (NZ Truth, 23 June 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270623.2.30), NZ Truth · 1927-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [INTENDED ELOPING WITH LOVER (NZ Truth, 30 June 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270630.2.21.2), NZ Truth · 1927-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [BURWOOD MYSTERY (NZ Truth, 04 August 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270804.2.32.2), NZ Truth · 1927-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (NZ Truth, 01 September 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270901.2.18), NZ Truth · 1927-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [STICK TO ME AND HELP ME!" (NZ Truth, 01 September 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270901.2.2.3), NZ Truth · 1927-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [BURWOOD MURDER (Evening Post, 01 September 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270901.2.129), Evening Post · 1927-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [MORE THAN MERE SUSPICION" (NZ Truth, 08 September 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270908.2.8), NZ Truth · 1927-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE GRAND JURY DECIDES (NZ Truth, 17 November 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19271117.2.14.4), NZ Truth · 1927-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Jurty Hears Murder Charge Agains Taxi-driver Boakes A DRAMATIC MOMENT IN COURT WHEN BICKERDIKE ENTERS BOX (NZ Truth, 24 November 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19271124.2.2), NZ Truth · 1927-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [SIDELIGHTS FROM BOAKES TRIAL (NZ Truth, 01 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19271201.2.29), NZ Truth · 1927-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8806597), 5 Scarff Pl, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08806597/public/1_hbqzqlsi3zuk.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7951806), 3 Scarff Pl, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07951806/public/1_2fljd2hmld4b.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7732809), 11 Scarff Pl, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07732809/public/1_wm0viks0398.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7464335), 5 Scarff Place, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07464335/public/1_qnsu0ofya3a.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7327792), 3–7 Scarff Pl, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07327792/public/1_k436q7bprkq.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7327474), 10 Scarff Pl, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07327474/public/1_73fharhmlanv.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7065708), 5 Scarff Place, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07065708/public/1_w9jt2ci4o9z.jpg
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6243707), 5 Scarff Pl, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06243707/public/1_7uk86liiab2a.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5243144), 11 Scarff Place, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05243144/public/1_wf7q3p7vgkct.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5168937), 7A Scarff Place, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05168937/public/1_sxzuridcw88.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5167037), 7A Scarff Place, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05167037/public/1_bftp5db1bnqt.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5166400), 7A Scarff Place, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05166400/public/1_2i7ljg3abfl5.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8806597) at [5 Scarff Pl](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/5-scarff-place), 25 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7951806) at [3 Scarff Pl](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/3-scarff-place), 22 Mar 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7732809) at [11 Scarff Pl](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/11-scarff-place), 13 Feb 2026
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7464335) at [5 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/5-scarff-place), 31 Dec 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7327792) at [3–7 Scarff Pl](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/3%E2%80%937-scarff-place), 5 Dec 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7327474) at [10 Scarff Pl](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/10-scarff-place), 5 Dec 2025
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7065708) at [5 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/5-scarff-place), 19 Oct 2025
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6243707) at [5 Scarff Pl](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/5-scarff-place), 26 Apr 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5243144) at [11 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/11-scarff-place), 9 Oct 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5168937) at [7A Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/7a-scarff-place), 21 Sept 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5167037) at [7A Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/7a-scarff-place), 21 Sept 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5166400) at [7A Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/7a-scarff-place), 20 Sept 2024
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5005988) at [3 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/3-scarff-place), 14 Aug 2024
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4756269) at [2 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/2-scarff-place), 8 Jun 2024
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4193681) at [11 Scarff Place](https://www.chch.live/cashmere/11-scarff-place), 25 Jan 2024

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Scarff Place?**

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

**What gets reported on Scarff Place?**

34 reports at 10 addresses, most often water & drains (13), vehicles & parking (10), trees & parks (9).

**When was Scarff Place first reported on?**

2018, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=cashmere&street=scarff-place · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Cashmere&street=scarff-place
