# John Paterson Drive, Halswell, Christchurch 112 reports at 17 addresses, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 99 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/john-paterson-drive ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5682&lon=172.5321&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5682&lon=172.5321&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5682&lon=172.5321&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5682&lon=172.5321&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 - [5 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/5-john-paterson-drive), 36 reports - [6 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/6-john-paterson-drive), 25 reports - [19 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/19-john-paterson-drive), 8 reports - [26R John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/26r-john-paterson-drive), 7 reports - [14 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/14-john-paterson-drive), 6 reports - [50R John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/50r-john-paterson-drive), 5 reports - [9 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/9-john-paterson-drive), 4 reports - [17 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/17-john-paterson-drive), 4 reports - [60b John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/60b-john-paterson-drive), 3 reports - [18 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/18-john-paterson-drive), 3 reports - [8–10 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/8%E2%80%9310-john-paterson-drive), 2 reports - [48R John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/48r-john-paterson-drive), 2 reports - [27R John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/27r-john-paterson-drive), 2 reports - [22–24 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/22%E2%80%9324-john-paterson-drive), 2 reports - [21 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/21-john-paterson-drive), 1 report - [20 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/20-john-paterson-drive), 1 report - [15 John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/15-john-paterson-drive), 1 report ## What got reported - Rubbish & dumping, 58 reports - Trees & parks, 24 reports - Roads & footpaths, 12 reports - Water & drains, 8 reports - Vehicles & parking, 5 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report ## Year by year - 2020, 1 report - 2021, 4 reports - 2022, 18 reports - 2023, 27 reports - 2024, 23 reports - 2025, 23 reports _2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off._ ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for John Paterson Drive, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Local & General. (Star, 26 August 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820826.2.11), Star · 1882-08-26T00:00:00.000Z - [OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY. (Otago Daily Times, 02 December 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18921202.2.21), Otago Daily Times · 1892-12-02T00:00:00.000Z - [15000 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 03 September 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170903.2.93.1), Evening Post · 1917-09-03T00:00:00.000Z - [NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 11 February 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19260211.2.54), Evening Post · 1926-02-11T00:00:00.000Z - [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 07 September 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270907.2.130), Evening Post · 1927-09-07T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410630.2.94.1), Evening Post · 1941-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 July 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410702.2.96), Evening Post · 1941-07-02T00:00:00.000Z - [TERRITORIAL SERVICE CALL-UP (Evening Post, 21 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420121.2.12), Evening Post · 1942-01-21T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420731.2.11), Evening Post · 1942-07-31T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8761671), 5 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08761671/public/1_smb91o6of6r.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8655241), 5 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08655241/public/1_39jm9xacntpk.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8410901), 19 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08410901/public/1_73d2azu1a5s9.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8167470), 17 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08167470/public/1_m5mckjg2mmsp.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8146927), 17 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08146927/public/1_1pj0cqtrv8nr.jpg - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8110760), 5 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08110760/public/1_th6z23svifhf.jpg - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8080754), 22–24 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08080754/public/1_u89lug3dszfy.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7961771), 20 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07961771/public/1_946frubxo967.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7884215), 8–10 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07884215/public/1_wk9zlngl66cd.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7774663), 19 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07774663/public/1_mll2753kcqbs.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7757765), 18 John Paterson Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07757765/public/1_ga7cvq036m7s.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7740029), 27R John Paterson Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07740029/public/1_0gvpefubwam4l.jpg [More photographs on the Halswell wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=halswell) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8761671) at [5 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/5-john-paterson-drive), 17 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8655241) at [5 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/5-john-paterson-drive), 29 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8410901) at [19 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/19-john-paterson-drive), 14 Jun 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8167470) at [17 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/17-john-paterson-drive), 29 Apr 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8146927) at [17 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/17-john-paterson-drive), 25 Apr 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8110760) at [5 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/5-john-paterson-drive), 19 Apr 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8080754) at [22–24 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/22%E2%80%9324-john-paterson-drive), 14 Apr 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7961771) at [20 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/20-john-paterson-drive), 23 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7884215) at [8–10 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/8%E2%80%9310-john-paterson-drive), 11 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7774663) at [19 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/19-john-paterson-drive), 20 Feb 2026 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7757765) at [18 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/18-john-paterson-drive), 17 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7740029) at [27R John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/27r-john-paterson-drive), 14 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7663610) at [19 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/19-john-paterson-drive), 2 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7660183) at [19 John Paterson Dr](https://www.chch.live/halswell/19-john-paterson-drive), 2 Feb 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7611283) at [27R John Paterson Drive](https://www.chch.live/halswell/27r-john-paterson-drive), 24 Jan 2026 ## 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=john-paterson-drive&suburb=halswell) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is John Paterson Drive?** In [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on John Paterson Drive?** 112 reports at 17 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (58), trees & parks (24), roads & footpaths (12). **When was John Paterson Drive first reported on?** 2020, the record covers 99 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=halswell&street=john-paterson-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=john-paterson-drive