# wales Street, Halswell, Christchurch 162 reports at 87 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 138 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/wales-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5778&lon=172.5609&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5778&lon=172.5609&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5778&lon=172.5609&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 - [106 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/106-wales-street), 10 reports - [152 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/152-wales-street), 8 reports - [33 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/33-wales-street), 7 reports - [143 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/143-wales-street), 6 reports - [125 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/125-wales-street), 5 reports - [106E Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/106e-wales-street), 5 reports - [69 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/69-wales-street), 4 reports - [191 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/191-wales-street), 4 reports - [71 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/71-wales-street), 3 reports - [49 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/49-wales-street), 3 reports - [35 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/35-wales-street), 3 reports - [183 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/183-wales-street), 3 reports - [148 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/148-wales-street), 3 reports - [97 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/97-wales-street), 2 reports - [76 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/76-wales-street), 2 reports - [63 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/63-wales-street), 2 reports - [58 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/58-wales-street), 2 reports - [46 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/46-wales-street), 2 reports - [45B Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/45b-wales-street), 2 reports - [3 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/3-wales-street), 2 reports - [29 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/29-wales-street), 2 reports - [26 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/26-wales-street), 2 reports - [22 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/22-wales-street), 2 reports - [2 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/2-wales-street), 2 reports - [181 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/181-wales-street), 2 reports - [18 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/18-wales-street), 2 reports - [173 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/173-wales-street), 2 reports - [161 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/161-wales-street), 2 reports - [160 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/160-wales-street), 2 reports - [140 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/140-wales-street), 2 reports - [130 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/130-wales-street), 2 reports - [12 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/12-wales-street), 2 reports - [119 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/119-wales-street), 2 reports - [109 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/109-wales-street), 2 reports - [108 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/108-wales-street), 2 reports - [104 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/104-wales-street), 2 reports - [1 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/1-wales-street), 2 reports - [98 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/98-wales-street), 1 report - [94 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/94-wales-street), 1 report - [91 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/91-wales-street), 1 report - [90 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/90-wales-street), 1 report - [85 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/85-wales-street), 1 report - [81 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/81-wales-street), 1 report - [7A Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/7a-wales-street), 1 report - [79 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/79-wales-street), 1 report - [72 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/72-wales-street), 1 report - [7 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/7-wales-street), 1 report - [64 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/64-wales-street), 1 report - [62 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/62-wales-street), 1 report - [60-46 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/60-46-wales-street), 1 report - [58-64 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/58-64-wales-street), 1 report - [57 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/57-wales-street), 1 report - [52 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/52-wales-street), 1 report - [51 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/51-wales-street), 1 report - [50 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/50-wales-street), 1 report - [5-11 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/5-11-wales-street), 1 report - [45 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/45-wales-street), 1 report - [44 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/44-wales-street), 1 report - [43 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/43-wales-street), 1 report - [4 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/4-wales-street), 1 report - [39 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/39-wales-street), 1 report - [34 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/34-wales-street), 1 report - [25 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/25-wales-street), 1 report - [20 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/20-wales-street), 1 report - [19 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/19-wales-street), 1 report - [17 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/17-wales-street), 1 report - [162 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/162-wales-street), 1 report - [150 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/150-wales-street), 1 report - [149 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/149-wales-street), 1 report - [144E Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/144e-wales-street), 1 report - [144 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/144-wales-street), 1 report - [142 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/142-wales-street), 1 report - [14 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/14-wales-street), 1 report - [138 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/138-wales-street), 1 report - [136 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/136-wales-street), 1 report - [131 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/131-wales-street), 1 report - [12E Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/12e-wales-street), 1 report - [129-171 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/129-171-wales-street), 1 report - [129 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/129-wales-street), 1 report - [124 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/124-wales-street), 1 report - [121 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/121-wales-street), 1 report - [118 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/118-wales-street), 1 report - [116 wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/116-wales-street), 1 report - [116 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/116-wales-street), 1 report - [111 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/111-wales-street), 1 report - [11 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/11-wales-street), 1 report - [101 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/101-wales-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 58 reports - Roads & footpaths, 27 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 27 reports - Trees & parks, 22 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 16 reports - Vehicles & parking, 7 reports - Everything else, 3 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 2 reports ## Year by year - 2015, 2 reports - 2016, 2 reports - 2018, 4 reports - 2019, 6 reports - 2020, 6 reports - 2021, 18 reports - 2022, 23 reports - 2023, 27 reports - 2024, 28 reports - 2025, 23 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 (21 on the shelf; the 1 earliest listed).* - [Local and General News. (Marlborough Express, 29 March 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18730329.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Mar 1873 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for wales Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 July 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610724.2.4.2), Lyttelton Times · 1861-07-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 18 January 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620118.2.3.4), Lyttelton Times · 1862-01-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 10 May 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620510.2.26.2), Lyttelton Times · 1862-05-10T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 September 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18800928.2.16.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1880-09-28T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Southland Times, 01 January 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18830101.2.18.4), Southland Times · 1883-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Southland Times, 05 February 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18830205.2.20.5), Southland Times · 1883-02-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Southland Times, 17 February 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18830217.2.2.1), Southland Times · 1883-02-17T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Southland Times, 12 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18830312.2.26.3), Southland Times · 1883-03-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 22 October 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18911022.2.15.2), West Coast Times · 1891-10-22T00:00:00.000Z - [DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH. (New Zealand Tablet, 06 October 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18981006.2.54), New Zealand Tablet · 1898-10-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Wanganui Chronicle, 03 February 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19030203.2.18.5), Wanganui Chronicle · 1903-02-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Wanganui Chronicle, 04 February 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19030204.2.14.5), Wanganui Chronicle · 1903-02-04T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Chronicle, 07 February 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19030207.2.19.4), Wanganui Chronicle · 1903-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Chronicle, 09 February 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19030209.2.13.4), Wanganui Chronicle · 1903-02-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 July 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19060725.2.21.3), Ellesmere Guardian · 1906-07-25T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 25 November 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19301125.2.109.1), Evening Post · 1930-11-25T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 29 January 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340129.2.148.9), Evening Post · 1934-01-29T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 16 February 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340216.2.157.2), Evening Post · 1934-02-16T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 12 February 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350212.2.141.1), Evening Post · 1935-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 February 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19430212.2.9.2), Ellesmere Guardian · 1943-02-12T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8909237), 161 Wales Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08909237/public/1_h679jg0ofhla.jpg - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8885756), 29 Wales St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08885756/public/1_2godcug9eita.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8688096), 2 Wales Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08688096/public/1_2px26gwr62a9.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8585412), 45 Wales St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08585412/public/1_rpnd22i5hncc.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8347729), 125 Wales St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08347729/public/1_5g11dg8xjobq.jpg - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8347705), 125 Wales St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08347705/public/1_2m21epocay65.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8238994), 7 Wales Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08238994/public/1_ww2rcgpzawis.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8181339), 81 Wales St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08181339/public/1_9e10q0tmf9g4.jpg - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8151769), 45B Wales Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08151769/public/1_syg0iwmyer.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8060178), 45B Wales Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08060178/public/1_1oznd4utcvgp.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7957664), 7A Wales Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07957664/public/1_z8tq7akgxpiq.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7899402), 129 Wales Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07899402/public/1_km9hr9kyg4j.jpg [More photographs on the Halswell wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=halswell) ## Latest on record - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8909237) at [161 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/161-wales-street), 12 Sept 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8885756) at [29 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/29-wales-street), 8 Sept 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8688096) at [2 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/2-wales-street), 4 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8585412) at [45 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/45-wales-street), 16 Jul 2026 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8370544) at [25 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/25-wales-street), 6 Jun 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8347729) at [125 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/125-wales-street), 2 Jun 2026 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8347705) at [125 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/125-wales-street), 2 Jun 2026 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8238994) at [7 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/7-wales-street), 12 May 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8181339) at [81 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/81-wales-street), 1 May 2026 - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8151769) at [45B Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/45b-wales-street), 26 Apr 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8099218) at [173 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/173-wales-street), 17 Apr 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8060178) at [45B Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/45b-wales-street), 10 Apr 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7957664) at [7A Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/7a-wales-street), 23 Mar 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7899402) at [129 Wales Street](https://www.chch.live/halswell/129-wales-street), 13 Mar 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7776579) at [33 Wales St](https://www.chch.live/halswell/33-wales-street), 20 Feb 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=wales-street&suburb=halswell) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is wales Street?** In [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on wales Street?** 162 reports at 87 addresses, most often water & drains (58), roads & footpaths (27), graffiti & vandalism (27). **When was wales Street first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 138 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=halswell&street=wales-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Halswell&street=wales-street