Williams Street
102 reports at 9 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 66 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Williams Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.
From the air, then
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
- 6E Williams Street, 35 reports
- 6G Williams Street, 21 reports
- 2 Williams Street, 17 reports
- 6B Williams Street, 9 reports
- 6F Williams Street, 6 reports
- 6 Williams Street, 5 reports
- 18 Williams Street, 4 reports
- 12 Williams Street, 4 reports
- 16 Williams Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 80 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 12 reports
- Water & drains, 7 reports
- Trees & parks, 5 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 4 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
Year by year
- 2017, 10 reports
- 2018, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 19 reports
- 2023, 25 reports
- 2024, 18 reports
- 2025, 18 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 127 on the shelf; the 1 earliest:
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 17 November 1868)
· Papers Past,
…ounts amounting to 27 3s were passed and ordered to be paid a letter was read from mrwynn williams stating that the purposes to which the council intended to devote the city reserves would have to be…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Williams Street in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
- STREET TRAMWAY. (Star, 02 October 1872) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 January 1874) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 January 1874) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 January 1874) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 January 1874) · Star,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 July 1874) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 August 1874) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 August 1874) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 October 1874) · Star,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 April 1878) · Star,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 March 1895) · Star,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 December 1905) · Star,
- SANATORIUM SATURDAY. (Star, 26 May 1906) · Star,
- CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 04 February 1908) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 May 1909) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH DAY BY DAY. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 April 1912) · Ashburton Guardian,
- Page 12 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 23 October 1922) · Evening Post,
- Page 18 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 28 April 1923) · Evening Post,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 12 February 1931) · Evening Post,
- TOO MANY BODIES (Evening Post, 13 September 1938) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 6G Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 6G Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 6G Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6B Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6B Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 6E Williams St,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 6G Williams Street,
- Damaged Street Sign, 2 Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6E Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 6E Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6E Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6E Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 6G Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 2 Williams Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 6E Williams Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.
102 reports at 9 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (80), roads & footpaths (12), water & drains (7).
2017, the record covers 66 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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