# Dawson Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

27 reports at 8 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 23 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/dawson-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6475&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6475&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6475&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5272&lon=172.6475&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
- [13 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/13-dawson-street), 8 reports
- [12 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-dawson-street), 8 reports
- [11 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11-dawson-street), 4 reports
- [7–13 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7%E2%80%9313-dawson-street), 2 reports
- [6 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-dawson-street), 2 reports
- [9 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-dawson-street), 1 report
- [7 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-dawson-street), 1 report
- [10 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-dawson-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 10 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 10 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Trees & parks, 1 report
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 5 reports
- 2016, 4 reports
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 3 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 5 reports
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 1 report
- 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 (30 on the shelf; the 5 earliest listed).*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 June 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18680622.2.15.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jun 1868
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 August 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840801.2.23.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Aug 1884
- [LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 12 November 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18861112.2.22), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Nov 1886
- [WESLEYAN- CONFERENCE. (Star, 03 March 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960303.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Mar 1896
- [Wesleyan Conterence. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 07 March 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS18960307.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Mar 1896

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Dawson Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 31 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19060831.2.4.2), Evening Post · 1906-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070801.2.85.2), Star · 1907-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 30 October 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19091030.2.32.3), NZ Truth · 1909-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 20 November 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19091120.2.29.4), NZ Truth · 1909-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 27 November 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19091127.2.36.4), NZ Truth · 1909-11-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 24 September 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19100924.2.37.3), NZ Truth · 1910-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 01 October 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19101001.2.47.3), NZ Truth · 1910-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 08 October 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19101008.2.50.4), NZ Truth · 1910-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 15 October 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19101015.2.38.3), NZ Truth · 1910-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 29 October 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19101029.2.37.3), NZ Truth · 1910-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 12 November 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19101112.2.9.1), NZ Truth · 1910-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [ANNUAL CONFERENCE. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 June 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19130616.2.26.1), Ashburton Guardian · 1913-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 17 July 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19150717.2.59.1), NZ Truth · 1915-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 11 September 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19150911.2.75.1), NZ Truth · 1915-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 25 November 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19161125.2.42.2), NZ Truth · 1916-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 09 December 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19161209.2.45.2), NZ Truth · 1916-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [IMPROVEMENTS (Grey River Argus, 23 March 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19180323.2.40), Grey River Argus · 1918-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 30 August 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19190830.2.36.6), NZ Truth · 1919-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 29 November 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19221129.2.113.4), Evening Post · 1922-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 20 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19271220.2.131.1), Evening Post · 1927-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8678921), 7–13 Dawson St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08678921/public/1_ankk6eszovqo.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8563147), 7–13 Dawson St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08563147/public/1_dsa43rw3ilc3.jpg
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/7418971), 12 Dawson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07418971/public/1_ye0h9jjkulfy.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4651323), 13 Dawson Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04651323/public/1_b3luu560k69q.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/2272001), 13 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02272001/1_fgfjwr.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2058287), 13 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02058287/1_h0eIhm.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1673811), 9 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01673811/1_BOGF39.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1631846), 12 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01631846/1_4kfLl2.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1626432), 12 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01626432/1_TlFhzF.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1626377), 12 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01626377/1_JpLIIu.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1439094), 11 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01439094/1_UPqwjX.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1219053), 11 Dawson Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01219053/1_mG1gGe.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Latest on record
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8678921) at [7–13 Dawson St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7%E2%80%9313-dawson-street), 3 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8563147) at [7–13 Dawson St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7%E2%80%9313-dawson-street), 13 Jul 2026
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/7418971) at [12 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-dawson-street), 21 Dec 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4651323) at [13 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/13-dawson-street), 12 May 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3755852) at [6 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-dawson-street), 3 Oct 2023
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/2272001) at [13 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/13-dawson-street), 6 Apr 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2058287) at [13 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/13-dawson-street), 7 Jan 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1673811) at [9 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/9-dawson-street), 11 Jul 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1631846) at [12 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-dawson-street), 14 Jun 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1626432) at [12 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-dawson-street), 11 Jun 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1626377) at [12 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/12-dawson-street), 11 Jun 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1439094) at [11 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11-dawson-street), 14 Feb 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1219053) at [11 Dawson Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11-dawson-street), 10 Sept 2020
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/612096) at [11 Dawson St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11-dawson-street), 4 Feb 2019
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/534694) at [13 Dawson St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/13-dawson-street), 2 Nov 2018

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Dawson Street?**

In [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Dawson Street?**

27 reports at 8 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (10), graffiti & vandalism (10), water & drains (3).

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

2015, the record covers 23 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=christchurch-central-city&street=dawson-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=dawson-street