# Dorset Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

80 reports at 17 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 67 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.628&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.628&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.628&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
- [2A Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2a-dorset-street), 17 reports
- [24 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-dorset-street), 16 reports
- [1 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-dorset-street), 11 reports
- [3 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-dorset-street), 6 reports
- [19 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/19-dorset-street), 5 reports
- [28 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/28-dorset-street), 4 reports
- [17 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-dorset-street), 3 reports
- [14 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/14-dorset-street), 3 reports
- [7 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-dorset-street), 2 reports
- [26 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/26-dorset-street), 2 reports
- [22 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-dorset-street), 2 reports
- [20 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-dorset-street), 2 reports
- [18 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/18-dorset-street), 2 reports
- [1-3 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-3-dorset-street), 2 reports
- [5 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/5-dorset-street), 1 report
- [4 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/4-dorset-street), 1 report
- [2 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2-dorset-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 26 reports
- Water & drains, 23 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 15 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Trees & parks, 4 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 8 reports
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2021, 4 reports
- 2022, 12 reports
- 2023, 18 reports
- 2024, 11 reports
- 2025, 14 reports

_2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._

## On the register
- [Dwellings and Setting, Dorset Street Flats](https://www.chch.live/place/56), 8 Dorset Street

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (18 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (Otago Witness, 01 July 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18970701.2.207), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Jul 1897
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 05 December 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19311205.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Dec 1931
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 July 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380723.2.179.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Jul 1938
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 28 December 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19381228.2.127.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Dec 1938
- [SERVICE OVERSEAS (Evening Post, 13 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420113.2.100), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Jan 1942
- [TERRITORIAL SERVICE CALL-UP (Evening Post, 21 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420121.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Jan 1942
- [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 August 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420806.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Aug 1942
- [110 Park Terrace](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-14603), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1969
- [House demolition at Dorset Street and Park Terrace corner](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/negatives/1971/ccl-cs-32052), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 9 Jun 1971
- [1 Dorset Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-48819), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 13 Jan 2007
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2009-ba5809), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 9 Jul 2009
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2010-ba1988), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 18 Mar 2010

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Dorset Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 21 November 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18831121.2.29.5), Evening Post · 1883-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 12 April 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18980412.2.2.5), Evening Post · 1898-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 18 July 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18980718.2.2.6), Evening Post · 1898-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 19 July 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18980719.2.2.6), Evening Post · 1898-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990506.2.59.5), Star · 1899-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 24 January 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19000124.2.2.5), Evening Post · 1900-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 13 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19000213.2.2.6), Evening Post · 1900-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE IN THE ROYAL VISIT. (Evening Post, 28 May 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19010528.2.50), Evening Post · 1901-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 05 November 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19021105.2.2.5), Evening Post · 1902-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 11-11-1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19031111.2.5.1), 1903-11-11T12:00:00Z
- [GENERAL. (Star, 12 September 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040912.2.21), Star · 1904-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 13 February 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060213.2.8.6), Star · 1906-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 February 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060215.2.29.3), Star · 1906-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 02 May 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19060502.2.16.3), Evening Post · 1906-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 04 May 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19060504.2.14.3), Evening Post · 1906-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 17 October 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241017.2.116), Evening Post · 1924-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 25 October 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19301025.2.12.8), Evening Post · 1930-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [SATURDAY, JUNE 1. (Evening Post, 01 June 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400601.2.38), Evening Post · 1940-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 17 October 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19401017.2.65), Evening Post · 1940-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [OUTDOOR GAMES (Evening Post, 03 March 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440303.2.65.7), Evening Post · 1944-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9066106), 2A Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09066106/public/1_t0ejynrz4scg.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8786257), 5 Dorset St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08786257/public/1_5f0eb7qczx3i.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8057533), 2A Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08057533/public/1_vmj1hwphzli8.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8027494), 3 Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08027494/public/1_a5396ab8vin2.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8027455), 2A Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08027455/public/1_s63dv2t21ffg.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7934790), 1 Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07934790/public/1_v4bb5yqzgzr.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7905950), 2A Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07905950/public/1_qfzp1bp896m9.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7540110), 2A Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07540110/public/1_0yjfbr3w06xmz.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7196798), 28 Dorset St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07196798/public/1_ty42trkoeo.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7196773), 26 Dorset St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07196773/public/1_bhtbk3kfdmds.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7117040), 2A Dorset Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07117040/public/1_flpndd4ojyp9.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6955840), 26 Dorset St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06955840/public/1_9wgy83hcpvuw.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9066106) at [2A Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2a-dorset-street), 10 Oct 2026
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8786257) at [5 Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/5-dorset-street), 22 Aug 2026
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8057533) at [2A Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2a-dorset-street), 9 Apr 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8027494) at [3 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-dorset-street), 4 Apr 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8027455) at [2A Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2a-dorset-street), 4 Apr 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7934790) at [1 Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-dorset-street), 19 Mar 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7905950) at [2A Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2a-dorset-street), 14 Mar 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7540110) at [2A Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2a-dorset-street), 13 Jan 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7196798) at [28 Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/28-dorset-street), 12 Nov 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7196773) at [26 Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/26-dorset-street), 12 Nov 2025
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7117040) at [2A Dorset Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/2a-dorset-street), 28 Oct 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6955840) at [26 Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/26-dorset-street), 27 Sept 2025
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6818587) at [17 Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-dorset-street), 30 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6774066) at [1 Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/1-dorset-street), 21 Aug 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6515555) at [24 Dorset St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-dorset-street), 23 Jun 2025

## The businesses on it (2)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Dorset Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Dorset House Backpacker Hostel](https://www.chch.live/business/dorset-house-backpacker-hostel-christchurch-central-city), Hostels · 1 Dorset Street, Christchurch
- [Mauriora Kombucha](https://www.chch.live/business/mauriora-kombucha-christchurch-central-city), Bottle stores · 17 Dorset Street

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=dorset-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Dorset Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Dorset Street?**

80 reports at 17 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (26), water & drains (23), roads & footpaths (15).

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

2015, the record covers 67 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What heritage places are on Dorset Street?**

[Dwellings and Setting, Dorset Street Flats](https://www.chch.live/place/56).

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