# Madras Street, Edgeware, Christchurch 19 reports at 4 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 19 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/edgeware/madras-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5126&lon=172.643&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5126&lon=172.643&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5126&lon=172.643&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5126&lon=172.643&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 - [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 14 reports - [610 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/610-madras-street), 3 reports - [611-619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/611-619-madras-street), 1 report - [466 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/466-madras-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 9 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 4 reports - Trees & parks, 4 reports - Water & drains, 2 reports ## Year by year - 2018, 2 reports - 2019, 3 reports - 2021, 2 reports - 2022, 1 report - 2023, 3 reports - 2024, 3 reports - 2025, 3 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 (1,494 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 31 January 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520131.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Jan 1852 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 February 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520214.2.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Feb 1852 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 21 February 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520221.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Feb 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 13 March 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520313.2.15.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Mar 1852 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 27 March 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520327.2.15.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Mar 1852 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 03 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520403.2.16.5.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Apr 1852 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520417.2.20.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Apr 1852 - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520501.2.16.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 May 1852 - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 May 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520515.2.18.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 May 1852 - [Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.21.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Aug 1852 - [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. July 11, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 23 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530723.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Jul 1853 ## As it was reported - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8037712), 610 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08037712/public/1_znro63cqlbc.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7482566), 610 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07482566/public/1_u1459lasdnd.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6836135), 619 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06836135/public/1_jbt2du46aqn.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6592132), 619 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06592132/public/1_9proxcqpnh7w.jpg - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5670610), 610 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05670610/public/1_3g4a5b1y2rfc.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5479273), 619 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05479273/public/1_fizrkqkwyqkd.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5474087), 619 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05474087/public/1_ckbo2h8jykql.jpg - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/5040181), 619 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05040181/public/1_tegzp1ktqnh.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4001923), 619 Madras Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04001923/public/1_xtbbcsdn38bu.jpg - [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/2022124), 466 Madras Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02022124/1_NOcwzF.jpg - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1513076), 611-619 Madras Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01513076/1_URlYhn.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/923096), 619 Madras Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00923096/0_cEo1dY [More photographs on the Edgeware wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=edgeware) ## Latest on record - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8037712) at [610 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/610-madras-street), 6 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7482566) at [610 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/610-madras-street), 4 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6836135) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 2 Sept 2025 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6592132) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 11 Jul 2025 - [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5670610) at [610 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/610-madras-street), 9 Jan 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5479273) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 29 Nov 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5474087) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 28 Nov 2024 - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/5040181) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 23 Aug 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4001923) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 8 Dec 2023 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3575508) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 5 Aug 2023 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/3572788) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 4 Aug 2023 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2796919) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 11 Nov 2022 - [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/2022124) at [466 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/466-madras-street), 19 Dec 2021 - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1513076) at [611-619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/611-619-madras-street), 30 Mar 2021 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/923096) at [619 Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/619-madras-street), 28 Dec 2019 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [View from Oxford Terrace near Kilmore Street, looking towards the Madras Street bridge, October 28th 1964 (Canterbury Stories CCL-PH20-019).](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1x4ajfr/view_from_oxford_terrace_near_kilmore_street/), r/chch · Ted_Cashew, 13 Oct 2026 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Madras Street?** In [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/edgeware), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Madras Street?** 19 reports at 4 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (9), rubbish & dumping (4), trees & parks (4). **When was Madras Street first reported on?** 2018, the record covers 19 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Madras Street?** [Bealey Avenue and Madras Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bealey-avenue-and-madras-street), 30 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=edgeware&street=madras-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Edgeware&street=madras-street