# Melrose Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 85 reports at 24 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 75 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/melrose-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5221&lon=172.6444&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5221&lon=172.6444&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5221&lon=172.6444&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5221&lon=172.6444&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 - [24 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-melrose-street), 17 reports - [3 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/3-melrose-street), 10 reports - [20 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-melrose-street), 7 reports - [4 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/4-melrose-street), 5 reports - [34 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/34-melrose-street), 5 reports - [25 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-melrose-street), 5 reports - [22 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/22-melrose-street), 4 reports - [36 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/36-melrose-street), 3 reports - [35 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/35-melrose-street), 3 reports - [30C Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/30c-melrose-street), 3 reports - [29 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/29-melrose-street), 3 reports - [17 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/17-melrose-street), 3 reports - [14 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/14-melrose-street), 3 reports - [8 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-melrose-street), 2 reports - [37 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-melrose-street), 2 reports - [33 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33-melrose-street), 2 reports - [39 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/39-melrose-street), 1 report - [38 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/38-melrose-street), 1 report - [33C Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33c-melrose-street), 1 report - [33A Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/33a-melrose-street), 1 report - [32 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/32-melrose-street), 1 report - [27 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/27-melrose-street), 1 report - [23 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/23-melrose-street), 1 report - [16 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/16-melrose-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 22 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 20 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 16 reports - Vehicles & parking, 9 reports - Roads & footpaths, 9 reports - Trees & parks, 7 reports - Everything else, 1 report - [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 report ## Year by year - 2015, 1 report - 2016, 2 reports - 2017, 2 reports - 2018, 1 report - 2019, 7 reports - 2021, 6 reports - 2022, 12 reports - 2023, 12 reports - 2024, 14 reports - 2025, 15 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 (50 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 June 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960601.2.58.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Jun 1896 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 10 June 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960610.2.26.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Jun 1896 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 September 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960901.2.53.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Sept 1896 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 January 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000130.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Jan 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000202.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Feb 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000206.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Feb 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000209.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Feb 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000213.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Feb 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000220.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Feb 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000223.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Feb 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000227.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Feb 1900 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19000306.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Mar 1900 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Melrose Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Otago Daily Times, 21 July 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18760721.2.2.8), Otago Daily Times · 1876-07-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 06 January 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18940106.2.39.1), Otago Daily Times · 1894-01-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 06 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18990506.2.82.5), Evening Post · 1899-05-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 January 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030107.2.58.2), Star · 1903-01-07T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 24 June 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050624.2.65.7), Star · 1905-06-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 08 November 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051108.2.53.5), Star · 1905-11-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 September 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060901.2.75.4), Star · 1906-09-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 September 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060922.2.83.4), Star · 1906-09-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 October 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061031.2.37.1), Star · 1906-10-31T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 November 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061101.2.44.3), Star · 1906-11-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061224.2.43.3), Star · 1906-12-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 17 February 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150217.2.141.3), Evening Post · 1915-02-17T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 05 December 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181205.2.15.4), Evening Post · 1918-12-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 06 December 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181206.2.20.4), Evening Post · 1918-12-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 11 Advertisements Column 6 (Otago Daily Times 31-5-1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19190531.2.97.6), Otago Daily Times · 1919-05-31T12:00:00Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 15 October 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231015.2.39.4), Evening Post · 1923-10-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 25 November 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19311125.2.7.6), Evening Post · 1931-11-25T00:00:00.000Z - [ENGAGEMENT (Evening Post, 28 October 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19381028.2.178), Evening Post · 1938-10-28T00:00:00.000Z - [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 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9085649), 25 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09085649/public/1_bu9g97deb2fe.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8971907), 20 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08971907/public/1_msuhxf2qhn8x.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8804999), 20 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08804999/public/1_5dia5lgx6lvm.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8597518), 35 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08597518/public/1_46qhfx6pse6u.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8530103), 24 Melrose Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08530103/public/1_5lu6ngh6lta.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8444423), 8 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08444423/public/1_xlc9oejfzsp9.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8053678), 35 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08053678/public/1_6ai7o0rhxzet.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7850499), 20 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07850499/public/1_ncq1m00pf2p.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7731627), 24 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07731627/public/1_4n4z1k637ei7.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7497963), 34 Melrose Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07497963/public/1_hd5jnuslqur2.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7496160), 36 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07496160/public/1_kkap9amcrko9.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7491527), 36 Melrose St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07491527/public/1_0x3rwlll9yzl.jpg [More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9085649) at [25 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/25-melrose-street), 13 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8971907) at [20 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-melrose-street), 23 Sept 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8804999) at [20 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-melrose-street), 25 Aug 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8597518) at [35 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/35-melrose-street), 19 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8530103) at [24 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-melrose-street), 6 Jul 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8444423) at [8 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-melrose-street), 20 Jun 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8053678) at [35 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/35-melrose-street), 9 Apr 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7850499) at [20 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-melrose-street), 5 Mar 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7731627) at [24 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/24-melrose-street), 13 Feb 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7497963) at [34 Melrose Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/34-melrose-street), 6 Jan 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7496160) at [36 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/36-melrose-street), 6 Jan 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7491527) at [36 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/36-melrose-street), 5 Jan 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7480984) at [20 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/20-melrose-street), 4 Jan 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7365487) at [37 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/37-melrose-street), 11 Dec 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7225027) at [34 Melrose St](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/34-melrose-street), 17 Nov 2025 ## 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=melrose-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Melrose Street?** In [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Melrose Street?** 85 reports at 24 addresses, most often water & drains (22), graffiti & vandalism (20), rubbish & dumping (16). **When was Melrose Street first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 75 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=christchurch-central-city&street=melrose-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=melrose-street