# Ely Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 77 reports at 30 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 64 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/ely-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5233&lon=172.6442&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5233&lon=172.6442&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5233&lon=172.6442&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5233&lon=172.6442&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 - [52A Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/52a-ely-street), 7 reports - [46C Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/46c-ely-street), 6 reports - [45 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/45-ely-street), 6 reports - [21 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/21-ely-street), 6 reports - [41 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/41-ely-street), 5 reports - [35 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/35-ely-street), 5 reports - [58B Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/58b-ely-street), 4 reports - [33 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33-ely-street), 4 reports - [60 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/60-ely-street), 3 reports - [58 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/58-ely-street), 3 reports - [20 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-ely-street), 3 reports - [10 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/10-ely-street), 3 reports - [7 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-ely-street), 2 reports - [47 ELY STREET](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/47-ely-street), 2 reports - [18 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/18-ely-street), 2 reports - [17 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-ely-street), 2 reports - [8 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-ely-street), 1 report - [58C Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/58c-ely-street), 1 report - [53 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/53-ely-street), 1 report - [50 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/50-ely-street), 1 report - [46A Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/46a-ely-street), 1 report - [44-46 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/44-46-ely-street), 1 report - [40 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/40-ely-street), 1 report - [36 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/36-ely-street), 1 report - [31 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/31-ely-street), 1 report - [27-34 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/27-34-ely-street), 1 report - [26 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/26-ely-street), 1 report - [24 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-ely-street), 1 report - [22 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-ely-street), 1 report - [16 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-ely-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 21 reports - Vehicles & parking, 14 reports - Water & drains, 11 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 11 reports - Trees & parks, 10 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6 reports - Everything else, 4 reports ## Year by year - 2016, 2 reports - 2017, 4 reports - 2018, 6 reports - 2019, 8 reports - 2020, 4 reports - 2021, 2 reports - 2022, 15 reports - 2023, 15 reports - 2024, 15 reports - 2025, 4 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 (6 on the shelf; the 4 earliest listed).* - [IN AND ABOUT CHRISTCHURCH. THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. (Te Aroha News, 27 November 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAN18891127.2.33), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Nov 1889 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 October 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081003.2.68.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Oct 1908 - [LOCAL & GENERAL, (Otago Witness, 15 September 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19090915.2.147), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Sept 1909 - [THE ART UNION (Evening Post, 15 October 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351015.2.101), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Oct 1935 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Ely Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19080808.2.43.4), NZ Truth · 1908-08-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 02 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090102.2.36.5), NZ Truth · 1909-01-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 13 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090213.2.37.5), NZ Truth · 1909-02-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 20 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090220.2.36.4), NZ Truth · 1909-02-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 17 April 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090417.2.35.6), NZ Truth · 1909-04-17T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 21 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090821.2.30.4), NZ Truth · 1909-08-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 12 May 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19170512.2.80.2), NZ Truth · 1917-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 02 June 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19170602.2.53.2), NZ Truth · 1917-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 09 June 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19170609.2.64.2), NZ Truth · 1917-06-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 24 November 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19171124.2.38.6), NZ Truth · 1917-11-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 08 December 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19171208.2.51.7), NZ Truth · 1917-12-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 15 December 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19171215.2.51.6), NZ Truth · 1917-12-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 22 December 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19171222.2.54.6), NZ Truth · 1917-12-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 05 January 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180105.2.52.5), NZ Truth · 1918-01-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 12 January 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180112.2.48.5), NZ Truth · 1918-01-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 19 January 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180119.2.58.4), NZ Truth · 1918-01-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 26 January 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180126.2.68.5), NZ Truth · 1918-01-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 02 February 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180202.2.65.5), NZ Truth · 1918-02-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 06 April 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180406.2.46.6), NZ Truth · 1918-04-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 20 April 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19180420.2.48.7), NZ Truth · 1918-04-20T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8197356), 45 Ely St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08197356/public/1_bzasaenyf4rl.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8070747), 58C Ely St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08070747/public/1_xvwz58rxaka.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7182691), 22 Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07182691/public/1_wvixnraqf992.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6805600), 46C Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06805600/public/1_2j6fhw18jbhw.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6072478), 60 Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06072478/public/1_4h1qokc14n6m.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6005740), 7 Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06005740/public/1_7g5u4651rd9f.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5585089), 33 Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05585089/public/2_xjifr2mqujim.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5498281), 46C Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05498281/public/1_y583gvvp528.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/5498085), 52A Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05498085/public/1_8001ea42vdnb.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5429680), 33 Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05429680/public/1_ssxpa1zq3ekm.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5219143), 52A Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05219143/public/1_7km736zcgic9.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5156891), 52A Ely Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05156891/public/1_gl61qexkjzfl.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Latest on record - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8197356) at [45 Ely St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/45-ely-street), 4 May 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8070747) at [58C Ely St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/58c-ely-street), 12 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7182691) at [22 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-ely-street), 10 Nov 2025 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6805600) at [46C Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/46c-ely-street), 27 Aug 2025 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6072478) at [60 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/60-ely-street), 23 Mar 2025 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6005740) at [7 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-ely-street), 11 Mar 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5585089) at [33 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33-ely-street), 21 Dec 2024 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5498281) at [46C Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/46c-ely-street), 3 Dec 2024 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/5498085) at [52A Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/52a-ely-street), 3 Dec 2024 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5429680) at [33 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33-ely-street), 18 Nov 2024 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5219143) at [52A Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/52a-ely-street), 3 Oct 2024 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5156891) at [52A Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/52a-ely-street), 18 Sept 2024 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5139901) at [41 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/41-ely-street), 14 Sept 2024 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5084281) at [45 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/45-ely-street), 2 Sept 2024 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5084249) at [20 Ely Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-ely-street), 2 Sept 2024 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=ely-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Ely Street?** In [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Ely Street?** 77 reports at 30 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (21), vehicles & parking (14), water & drains (11). **When was Ely Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 64 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=christchurch-central-city&street=ely-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=ely-street