# Memorial Avenue, Christchurch Airport, Christchurch 21 reports at 12 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 20 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-airport/memorial-avenue ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.491&lon=172.5475&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.491&lon=172.5475&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.491&lon=172.5475&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 - [546 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/546-memorial-avenue), 4 reports - [544 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/544-memorial-avenue), 4 reports - [500 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/500-memorial-avenue), 4 reports - [600m Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/600m-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [555 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/555-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [553 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/553-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [550 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/550-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [530/546A Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/530-546a-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [530 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/530-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [512 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/512-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [500–504 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/500%E2%80%93504-memorial-avenue), 1 report - [14/544 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/14-544-memorial-avenue), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 9 reports - Water & drains, 5 reports - Vehicles & parking, 2 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports - Everything else, 1 report - Trees & parks, 1 report - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report ## Year by year - 2019, 4 reports - 2022, 2 reports - 2023, 1 report - 2024, 8 reports - 2025, 3 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 (31 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 16 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420716.2.84.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Jul 1942 - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 January 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440103.2.51), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Jan 1944 - [Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32972445), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 1959 - [Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32972439), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 1959 - [Memorial Avenue, Christchurch City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23146653), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 1962 - [Memorial Avenue, Christchurch City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23152362), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 1962 - [Memorial Avenue, Christchurch City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23072052), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 1962 - [Memorial Avenue, Christchurch City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22395637), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 1962 - [Road Safety](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24747616), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1969 - [Road Safety](https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24747617), [National Publicity Studios black and white file prints](https://www.chch.live/documents?collection=National%20Publicity%20Studios%20black%20and%20white%20file%20prints), 1 Jan 1969 - [Aerial view of Fendalton Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1983/ccl-cs-1495), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 27 Jun 1983 - [Calycanthus occidentalis Hook. & Arn.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/724220), [Te Papa Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/te-papa-collections-online), 3 Mar 1993 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Memorial Avenue, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 26 February 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370226.2.51), Evening Post · 1937-02-26T00:00:00.000Z - [STAGE AND SCREEN (Evening Post, 28 July 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380728.2.183), Evening Post · 1938-07-28T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9011585), 500–504 Memorial Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09011585/public/1_bhomvu0kkur8.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8985776), 530/546A Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08985776/public/1_cup7gj61m5nv.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7631054), 546 Memorial Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07631054/public/1_w70eu5md5s8.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7230547), 530 Memorial Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07230547/public/1_ly8kf8lwarsl.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6918760), 544 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06918760/public/1_nsvjs1do3wao.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5994723), 546 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05994723/public/1_yc49jifkau9.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5425338), 544 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05425338/public/1_aq5pgwszeigp.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4983877), 544 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04983877/public/1_p955zfgtk3qo.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/4896699), 500 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04896699/public/1_gppj4a6ny37m.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/4819913), 500 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04819913/public/1_ru051q3x4fm.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4811644), 500 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04811644/public/1_3deg2myefe3r.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/4524164), 500 Memorial Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04524164/public/1_6rv24vaxtdgt.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Airport wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-airport) ## Latest on record - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9011585) at [500–504 Memorial Ave](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/500%E2%80%93504-memorial-avenue), 1 Oct 2026 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8985776) at [530/546A Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/530-546a-memorial-avenue), 26 Sept 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7631054) at [546 Memorial Ave](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/546-memorial-avenue), 28 Jan 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7230547) at [530 Memorial Ave](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/530-memorial-avenue), 18 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6918760) at [544 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/544-memorial-avenue), 19 Sept 2025 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5994723) at [546 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/546-memorial-avenue), 9 Mar 2025 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5425338) at [544 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/544-memorial-avenue), 18 Nov 2024 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4983877) at [544 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/544-memorial-avenue), 9 Aug 2024 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4903445) at [555 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/555-memorial-avenue), 19 Jul 2024 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/4896699) at [500 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/500-memorial-avenue), 17 Jul 2024 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/4819913) at [500 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/500-memorial-avenue), 26 Jun 2024 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4811644) at [500 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/500-memorial-avenue), 24 Jun 2024 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/4524164) at [500 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/500-memorial-avenue), 10 Apr 2024 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4326961) at [544 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/544-memorial-avenue), 23 Feb 2024 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3388882) at [550 Memorial Avenue](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport/550-memorial-avenue), 2 Jun 2023 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [Board puts brakes on plan to alter tree-lined WWII memorial avenue](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQV3c3Vk5NWnlzM1hWZmpxanlxdjcyMFc3emhEbFdFMlpPa0dGMHZBVEpvOFExT3dRSDNJb1pYQ0RmcWUzNVhJeFdZeElzYjV2YW1wUjRRam1GWXFia3hiXzZURVU4OGFSVHNjekVXVE5TNEJZWVhKUVRhNTRfcFFXUUF4VlB6WDc2Q3dUZzdjLUVsQlQ0NWNXTmZR?oc=5), The news · The Press, 15 Sept 2026 ## The businesses on it (15) *Premises whose address in the directory is Memorial Avenue, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Authentic Turkish Doner Kebab](https://www.chch.live/business/authentic-turkish-doner-kebab-christchurch-airport), Fast food · Shop 09 Spitfire Square Memorial Avenue - [Authentic Turkish Doner Kebabs](https://www.chch.live/business/authentic-turkish-doner-kebabs-christchurch-airport), Restaurants · 544 Memorial Avenue - [Little India](https://www.chch.live/business/little-india-christchurch-airport), Restaurants · 530 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch Airport - [McDonald's](https://www.chch.live/business/mcdonald-s-christchurch-airport), Fast food · 512 Memorial Avenue - [McDonalds Family Restaurant Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/business/mcdonalds-family-restaurant-christchurch-airport), Fast food · 512 Memorial Avenue, Harewood - [Mexicali Fresh](https://www.chch.live/business/mexicali-fresh-christchurch-airport), Fast food · 5/530-544 Memorial Avenue - [Mexicali Fresh - Spitfire Square](https://www.chch.live/business/mexicali-fresh-spitfire-square-christchurch-airport), Restaurants · 5/544 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch Airport - [Muffin Break Spitfire Square](https://www.chch.live/business/muffin-break-spitfire-square-christchurch-airport), Cafés · 530 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch Airport - [Subway Spitfire Square](https://www.chch.live/business/subway-spitfire-square-christchurch-airport), Fast food · 530 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch Airport - [Sudima Christchurch - Airport](https://www.chch.live/business/sudima-christchurch-airport), Venues & events · 550 Memorial Avenue, Burnside - [SuRa Teppanyaki](https://www.chch.live/business/sura-teppanyaki-christchurch-airport), Restaurants · 530 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch Airport - [Tai Chi](https://www.chch.live/business/tai-chi-christchurch-airport), Restaurants · 544 Memorial Avenue - …and 3 more whose address names it. ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 15 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Memorial Avenue & State Highway 1S](https://www.chch.live/crashes/memorial-avenue-and-sh-1s), 149 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=memorial-avenue&suburb=christchurch-airport) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Memorial Avenue?** In [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Memorial Avenue?** 21 reports at 12 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (9), water & drains (5), vehicles & parking (2). **When was Memorial Avenue first reported on?** 2019, the record covers 20 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Memorial Avenue?** [Memorial Avenue and State Highway 1S](https://www.chch.live/crashes/memorial-avenue-and-sh-1s), 149 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=christchurch-airport&street=memorial-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Airport&street=memorial-avenue