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Cathedral Square

1,348 reports at 70 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 725 separate days somebody filed something about it.

1,348 reports70 addresses725 days reported on6 on the registerfrom the air, then2,993 documents carry the name7 businessesthe 22nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

105 Cathedral Square, 173 reports53 Cathedral Square, 108 reports100 Cathedral Square, 95 reports9 Cathedral Square, 91 reports31 Cathedral Square, 82 reports99 Cathedral Square, 81 reports2 Cathedral Square, 79 reports50 Cathedral Square, 54 reports57 Cathedral Square, 50 reports43 Cathedral Square, 47 reports41 Cathedral Square, 44 reports13 Cathedral Square, 43 reports51 Cathedral Square, 41 reports32 Cathedral Square, 41 reports60 Cathedral Square, 40 reports14 Cathedral Square, 35 reports8 Cathedral Square, 30 reports101 Cathedral Square, 28 reports33 Cathedral Square, 17 reports52 Cathedral Square, 15 reports28C Cathedral Square, 12 reports47 Cathedral Square, 10 reports1 Cathedral Square, 10 reports28F Cathedral Square, 8 reports28A Cathedral Square, 8 reports28 Cathedral Square, 7 reports26 Cathedral Square, 6 reports24 Cathedral Square, 6 reports12E Cathedral Square, 6 reports11A Cathedral Square, 6 reports53-57 Cathedral Square, 5 reports65 Cathedral Square, 4 reports3/28 Cathedral Square, 4 reports3 Cathedral Square, 4 reports28G Cathedral Square, 4 reports10 Cathedral Square, 4 reports36 Cathedral Square, 3 reports28D Cathedral Square, 3 reports11 Cathedral Square, 3 reports1-9 Cathedral Square, 3 reports1-41 Cathedral Square, 3 reports56 Cathedral Square, 2 reports40 Cathedral Square, 2 reports23 Cathedral Square, 2 reports2-8 Cathedral Square, 2 reports15-31 Cathedral Square, 2 reports13A Cathedral Square, 2 reports80 Cathedral Square, 1 report75 Cathedral Square, 1 report69 Cathedral Square, 1 report66 Cathedral Square, 1 report62-66 Cathedral Square, 1 report59 Cathedral Square, 1 report57-101 Cathedral Square, 1 report54 Cathedral Square, 1 report52-50 Cathedral Square, 1 report5/28 Cathedral Square, 1 report45 Cathedral Square, 1 report37 Cathedral Square, 1 report32-34 Cathedral Square, 1 report31-47 Cathedral Square, 1 report30/28 Cathedral Square, 1 report28B Cathedral Square, 1 report27 Cathedral Square, 1 report25 Cathedral Square, 1 report24-2 Cathedral Square, 1 report22 Cathedral Square, 1 report15 Cathedral Square, 1 report12 Cathedral Square, 1 report102 Cathedral Square, 1 reportChristChurch Cathedral and Setting: registerCitizens' War Memorial and Setting: registerCommercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office: registerCommercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance: registerFormer Government Buildings and Setting: registerGodley Statue, Godley Plot and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Cathedral Square, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.

From the air, then

Cathedral Square from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Cathedral Square from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Cathedral Square from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

and the other 10 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, The square and its ring · The city’s stones walk this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 2,993 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The civic shelf on it

Libraries, halls and the rest whose council open-data address is the street.

The businesses on it, 7

Premises whose address in the directory is Cathedral Square, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 76 m away Mill Island island · 121 m away Rhododendron Island island · 339 m away Godley Statue Reserve set of steps · 4 m away Godley Statue Reserve set of steps · 6 m away Godley Statue Reserve set of steps · 9 m away Godley Statue Reserve ramp · 10 m away Godley Statue Reserve set of steps · 14 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Cathedral Square in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoFacility - General Request, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPublic Toilet, a report photoPublic Toilet, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Cathedral Square?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Cathedral Square?

1,348 reports at 70 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (989), roads & footpaths (136), rubbish & dumping (71).

When was Cathedral Square first reported on?

2015, the record covers 725 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Cathedral Square?

ChristChurch Cathedral and Setting, Citizens' War Memorial and Setting, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Chief Post Office, 3 more on the register.

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