# Forfar Street, Edgeware, Christchurch 81 reports at 7 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 72 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/edgeware/forfar-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5095&lon=172.6428&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5095&lon=172.6428&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5095&lon=172.6428&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5095&lon=172.6428&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 - [6 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/6-forfar-street), 46 reports - [30 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/30-forfar-street), 16 reports - [9 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 8 reports - [4 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/4-forfar-street), 5 reports - [7 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/7-forfar-street), 4 reports - [31 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/31-forfar-street), 1 report - [27 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/27-forfar-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 47 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 14 reports - Trees & parks, 9 reports - Water & drains, 6 reports - Roads & footpaths, 2 reports - Everything else, 2 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 1 report - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 17 reports - 2019, 22 reports - 2020, 6 reports - 2021, 1 report - 2022, 6 reports - 2023, 3 reports - 2024, 10 reports - 2025, 7 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 (26 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 March 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080317.2.46.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Mar 1908 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 March 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080318.2.38.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Mar 1908 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 March 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080321.2.86.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Mar 1908 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 March 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080324.2.43.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Mar 1908 - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080523.2.106.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 May 1908 - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 19 September 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080919.2.104.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Sept 1908 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 31 October 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081031.2.76.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Oct 1908 - [AT THE BOOTHS. (Star, 17 November 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081117.2.65.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Nov 1908 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 05 December 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081205.2.71.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Dec 1908 - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 23 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090123.2.88.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Jan 1909 - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 December 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19091224.2.93.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Dec 1909 - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 31 December 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19091231.2.117.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Dec 1909 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Forfar Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 July 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940714.2.61.2), Star · 1894-07-14T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8552961), 9 Forfar St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08552961/public/1_j1z1ioj7f6e.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8395552), 9 Forfar St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08395552/public/1_ee99z53dkf6y.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8173466), 30 Forfar Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08173466/public/1_va523ais8nc.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7908414), 9 Forfar St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07908414/public/1_y81g4hzhgzk.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7856242), 4 Forfar Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07856242/public/1_p1lj31s805lp.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7482599), 30 Forfar Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07482599/public/1_cnw9eej1bqw9.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7465985), 4 Forfar Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07465985/public/1_n07wsgqkmjqh.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7441937), 30 Forfar St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07441937/public/1_zg0v2pnj1u8.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7291779), 30 Forfar Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07291779/public/1_535khhwf9tho.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7216927), 9 Forfar St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07216927/public/1_5qqk4zv65m8b.jpg - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/7014700), 9 Forfar St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07014700/public/1_24mqgkel38ql.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7011876), 9 Forfar St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07011876/public/1_cpb0u030i5q.jpg [More photographs on the Edgeware wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=edgeware) ## Latest on record - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8552961) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 10 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8395552) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 11 Jun 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8173466) at [30 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/30-forfar-street), 30 Apr 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7908414) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 15 Mar 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7856242) at [4 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/4-forfar-street), 6 Mar 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7482599) at [30 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/30-forfar-street), 4 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7465985) at [4 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/4-forfar-street), 1 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7441937) at [30 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/30-forfar-street), 27 Dec 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7291779) at [30 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/30-forfar-street), 28 Nov 2025 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/7216927) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 16 Nov 2025 - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/7014700) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 9 Oct 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7011876) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 9 Oct 2025 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6801133) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 26 Aug 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6138446) at [9 Forfar St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/9-forfar-street), 4 Apr 2025 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5596051) at [4 Forfar Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/4-forfar-street), 24 Dec 2024 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Forfar Street?** In [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/edgeware), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Forfar Street?** 81 reports at 7 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (47), rubbish & dumping (14), trees & parks (9). **When was Forfar Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 72 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=edgeware&street=forfar-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Edgeware&street=forfar-street