# Purchas Street, Edgeware, Christchurch 95 reports at 32 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 79 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/edgeware/purchas-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5186&lon=172.6448&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5186&lon=172.6448&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5186&lon=172.6448&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5186&lon=172.6448&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 - [105A Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/105a-purchas-street), 19 reports - [118 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/118-purchas-street), 13 reports - [135 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/135-purchas-street), 6 reports - [124 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/124-purchas-street), 5 reports - [105 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/105-purchas-street), 5 reports - [91 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/91-purchas-street), 3 reports - [160 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/160-purchas-street), 3 reports - [145 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/145-purchas-street), 3 reports - [130 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/130-purchas-street), 3 reports - [120 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/120-purchas-street), 3 reports - [112 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/112-purchas-street), 3 reports - [104 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/104-purchas-street), 3 reports - [101 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/101-purchas-street), 3 reports - [86 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/86-purchas-street), 2 reports - [153 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/153-purchas-street), 2 reports - [149 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/149-purchas-street), 2 reports - [116 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/116-purchas-street), 2 reports - [89 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/89-purchas-street), 1 report - [88 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/88-purchas-street), 1 report - [156 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/156-purchas-street), 1 report - [147 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/147-purchas-street), 1 report - [146 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/146-purchas-street), 1 report - [143 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/143-purchas-street), 1 report - [139 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/139-purchas-street), 1 report - [134 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/134-purchas-street), 1 report - [126-128 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/126-128-purchas-street), 1 report - [118A Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/118a-purchas-street), 1 report - [110 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/110-purchas-street), 1 report - [109 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/109-purchas-street), 1 report - [108 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/108-purchas-street), 1 report - [103 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/103-purchas-street), 1 report - [100A Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/100a-purchas-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 45 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 21 reports - Roads & footpaths, 18 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 reports - Everything else, 2 reports - Trees & parks, 2 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 2 reports - Vehicles & parking, 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 1 report - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 1 report - 2021, 3 reports - 2022, 10 reports - 2023, 22 reports - 2024, 11 reports - 2025, 26 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.* - [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-ba5278), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 20 Jul 2000 - [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2004-ba224), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 8 Jan 2004 - [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2008-ba919), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 14 Feb 2008 - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2013-ds2224), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 18 Apr 2013 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Purchas Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 June 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990606.2.59.4), Star · 1899-06-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990815.2.70.3), Star · 1899-08-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990817.2.62.4), Star · 1899-08-17T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 September 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060922.2.84.1), Star · 1906-09-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 July 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080725.2.88.3), Star · 1908-07-25T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 12 September 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080912.2.88.5), Star · 1908-09-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 May 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090501.2.73.5), Star · 1909-05-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 May 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090508.2.57.4), Star · 1909-05-08T00:00:00.000Z - [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 21 January 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19200121.2.95), Evening Post · 1920-01-21T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8852394), 135 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08852394/public/1_s39s6cv4zif.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8556960), 108 Purchas Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08556960/public/1_708c0vg0ualk.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8274188), 120 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08274188/public/1_dwwn1dvuw2t7.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8273487), 124 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08273487/public/1_714gc04eg.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8132708), 143 Purchas Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08132708/public/1_kbxvko60iup5.jpg - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8109999), 118 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08109999/public/1_opvpq9c2mxlj.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8029120), 145 Purchas Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08029120/public/1_9nfmoy3jzk8k.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7852169), 156 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07852169/public/1_150egr4v3wl7.jpg - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/7768894), 153 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07768894/public/1_6g5cpj5ofnna.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7762718), 134 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07762718/public/1_93orhzrnuiit.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7762704), 130 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07762704/public/1_c35c9mdgeohx.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7749120), 149 Purchas St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07749120/public/1_ewq2iaiet5ik.jpg [More photographs on the Edgeware wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=edgeware) ## Latest on record - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8852394) at [135 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/135-purchas-street), 2 Sept 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8650517) at [145 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/145-purchas-street), 28 Jul 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8556960) at [108 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/108-purchas-street), 11 Jul 2026 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8331195) at [86 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/86-purchas-street), 29 May 2026 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8274188) at [120 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/120-purchas-street), 19 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8273487) at [124 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/124-purchas-street), 19 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8132708) at [143 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/143-purchas-street), 22 Apr 2026 - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8109999) at [118 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/118-purchas-street), 19 Apr 2026 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8029120) at [145 Purchas Street](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/145-purchas-street), 4 Apr 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7852169) at [156 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/156-purchas-street), 5 Mar 2026 - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/7768894) at [153 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/153-purchas-street), 19 Feb 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7762718) at [134 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/134-purchas-street), 18 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7762704) at [130 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/130-purchas-street), 18 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7749120) at [149 Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/149-purchas-street), 16 Feb 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7718379) at [118A Purchas St](https://www.chch.live/edgeware/118a-purchas-street), 11 Feb 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 11 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=purchas-street&suburb=edgeware) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Purchas Street?** In [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/edgeware), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Purchas Street?** 95 reports at 32 addresses, most often water & drains (45), rubbish & dumping (21), roads & footpaths (18). **When was Purchas Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 79 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=edgeware&street=purchas-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Edgeware&street=purchas-street