# Lewis Street, Hoon Hay, Christchurch

15 reports at 7 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 13 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/hoon-hay/lewis-street

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5599&lon=172.6027&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5599&lon=172.6027&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5599&lon=172.6027&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5599&lon=172.6027&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- [2C Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2c-lewis-street), 5 reports
- [3 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/3-lewis-street), 3 reports
- [2B Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2b-lewis-street), 3 reports
- [6 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/6-lewis-street), 1 report
- [2A Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2a-lewis-street), 1 report
- [1-3 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/1-3-lewis-street), 1 report
- [1 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/1-lewis-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 5 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 5 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports
- Trees & parks, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 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 (29 on the shelf; the 4 earliest listed).*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Taranaki Herald, 19 July 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18620719.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Jul 1862
- [ROAD THROUGH HAGLEY PARK. (Star, 21 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681021.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Oct 1868
- [CANTERBURY PROVINCE. FEARFUL FIRE AT LYTTELTON. (Colonist, 04 November 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18701104.2.36), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Nov 1870
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780826.2.10.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Aug 1878

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Lewis Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 October 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18571007.2.12.3), Lyttelton Times · 1857-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.5), Lyttelton Times · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 10 July 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610710.2.18), Lyttelton Times · 1861-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 06 January 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18660106.2.32), Otago Witness · 1866-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 29 January 1874)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18740129.2.6), Star · 1874-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 10 January 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770110.2.9), Star · 1877-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local & General. (Star, 11 June 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18810611.2.8), Star · 1881-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 24 October 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18851024.2.5.7), Star · 1885-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 10 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18861210.2.19), Otago Witness · 1886-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [SHIPPING, (Otago Daily Times, 06 February 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18890206.2.2), Otago Daily Times · 1889-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 17 May 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890517.2.15.8), Star · 1889-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [SHIPPING. (Otago Daily Times, 28 November 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18921128.2.2), Otago Daily Times · 1892-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 19 November 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19081119.2.26), Poverty Bay Herald · 1908-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 March 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440330.2.70), Evening Post · 1944-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7533110), 3 Lewis St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07533110/public/1_ph0x0hgtufbl.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7516856), 3 Lewis Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07516856/public/1_7b40f7a2yc7.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7503203), 3 Lewis St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07503203/public/1_goh63ujni1uq.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4988895), 2B Lewis Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04988895/public/1_qja1o294b3c.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4029134), 1 Lewis Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04029134/public/1_86y7jtd2lze.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2282459), 1-3 Lewis Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02282459/1_89RKXf.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1102475), 2C Lewis Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01102475/1_SMWB7i.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/941598), 2C Lewis Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00941598/0_ASQJi4
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/922111), 2C Lewis Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00922111/0_K8lVEd

[More photographs on the Hoon Hay wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hoon-hay)

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7533110) at [3 Lewis St](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/3-lewis-street), 12 Jan 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7516856) at [3 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/3-lewis-street), 9 Jan 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7503203) at [3 Lewis St](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/3-lewis-street), 7 Jan 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5313258) at [6 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/6-lewis-street), 24 Oct 2024
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4990140) at [2A Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2a-lewis-street), 10 Aug 2024
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/4988895) at [2B Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2b-lewis-street), 10 Aug 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4029134) at [1 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/1-lewis-street), 15 Dec 2023
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/3724160) at [2B Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2b-lewis-street), 23 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3087909) at [2C Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2c-lewis-street), 18 Feb 2023
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/2913928) at [2B Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2b-lewis-street), 21 Dec 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2912137) at [2C Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2c-lewis-street), 21 Dec 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2282459) at [1-3 Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/1-3-lewis-street), 11 Apr 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1102475) at [2C Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2c-lewis-street), 1 Jun 2020
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/941598) at [2C Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2c-lewis-street), 14 Jan 2020
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/922111) at [2C Lewis Street](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/2c-lewis-street), 26 Dec 2019

## The businesses on it (4)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Lewis Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Hoon Hay Special Dairy](https://www.chch.live/business/hoon-hay-special-dairy-hoon-hay), Supermarkets · 2B Lewis Street
- [Lewis Street Food Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/lewis-street-food-bar-hoon-hay), Fast food · 2A Lewis Street
- [Sharkeys Bar & Cafe - Off](https://www.chch.live/business/sharkeys-bar-cafe-off-hoon-hay), Bars & pubs · 2A Lewis Street Hoon Hay
- [Sharkeys Bar & Cafe - On](https://www.chch.live/business/sharkeys-bar-cafe-on-hoon-hay), Bars & pubs · 2A Lewis Street Hoon Hay

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lewis-street&suburb=hoon-hay)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Lewis Street?**

In [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Lewis Street?**

15 reports at 7 addresses, most often water & drains (5), roads & footpaths (5), rubbish & dumping (2).

**When was Lewis Street first reported on?**

2019, the record covers 13 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=hoon-hay&street=lewis-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hoon%20Hay&street=lewis-street