# Canterbury Street, Hornby, Christchurch

21 reports at 4 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2025. 20 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/hornby/canterbury-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.542&lon=172.5322&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.542&lon=172.5322&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.542&lon=172.5322&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.542&lon=172.5322&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
- [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 14 reports
- [25 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/25-canterbury-street), 3 reports
- [1-5 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/1-5-canterbury-street), 3 reports
- [2 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-canterbury-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 10 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 9 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 3 reports
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 7 reports
- 2024, 4 reports
- 2025, 1 report

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (1,062 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510125.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Jan 1851
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 February 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510201.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Feb 1851
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510412.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Apr 1851
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510412.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Apr 1851
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 03 May 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510503.2.10.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 May 1851
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 10 May 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510510.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 May 1851
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 May 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510517.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 May 1851
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 31 May 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510531.2.8.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 May 1851
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 June 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510607.2.16.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Jun 1851
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 June 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510628.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Jun 1851
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 05 July 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510705.2.16.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Jul 1851
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 November 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18511101.2.17.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Nov 1851

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Canterbury Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 29 December 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18601229.2.4.2), Lyttelton Times · 1860-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 06 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610206.2.3.2), Lyttelton Times · 1861-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 09 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610209.2.3.2), Lyttelton Times · 1861-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 13 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610213.2.3.2), Lyttelton Times · 1861-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610216.2.21.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 20 February 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610220.2.16.4), Lyttelton Times · 1861-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 13 March 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610313.2.19.5), Lyttelton Times · 1861-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday, (Auckland Star, 24 March 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790324.2.45), Auckland Star · 1879-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [CANTERBURY NEWS. (West Coast Times, 03 May 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18800503.2.11.2), West Coast Times · 1880-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND NOTES. (Colonist, 10 February 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18810210.2.13), Colonist · 1881-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 March 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18910331.2.12.3), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1891-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 09 April 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18950409.2.2.3), Timaru Herald · 1895-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 July 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990712.2.3.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [INVENTIONS PROTECTED. (Star, 18 January 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050118.2.55), Star · 1905-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 November 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19281116.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1928-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 September 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19330919.2.24.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 October 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19331027.2.16.2), Ellesmere Guardian · 1933-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [BAD CROSSINGS (Evening Post, 09 February 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370209.2.132), Evening Post · 1937-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6327222), 7 Canterbury St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06327222/public/1_jy0p6vlx9jp.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5374933), 7 Canterbury Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05374933/public/1_ju2uy6fst9bp.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4890926), 25 Canterbury Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04890926/public/1_l5clfc6ydodq.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4890902), 25 Canterbury Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04890902/public/1_s6asujz069k.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4877893), 25 Canterbury Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04877893/public/1_21eem8tikmke.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4056057), 7 Canterbury Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04056057/public/1_ib9ye7m7n8rv.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2241039), 7 Canterbury Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02241039/public/1_FEEcrqa.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2236408), 7 Canterbury Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02236408/public/1_91deHlh.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1303351), 7 Canterbury Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01303351/1_TmwwER.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1194561), 7 Canterbury Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01194561/1_367LM8.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1085332), 7 Canterbury Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01085332/0_UqCgSD
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/900924), 1-5 Canterbury Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00900924/0_rUbwRb

[More photographs on the Hornby wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hornby)

## Latest on record
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6327222) at [7 Canterbury St](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 13 May 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5374933) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 7 Nov 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4890926) at [25 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/25-canterbury-street), 16 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4890902) at [25 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/25-canterbury-street), 16 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4877893) at [25 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/25-canterbury-street), 12 Jul 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4056057) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 22 Dec 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3969125) at [2 Canterbury St](https://www.chch.live/hornby/2-canterbury-street), 29 Nov 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3631330) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 23 Aug 2023
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/3124726) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 1 Mar 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3121215) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 28 Feb 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3008391) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 24 Jan 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2961159) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 9 Jan 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2907939) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 19 Dec 2022
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/2241039) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 23 Mar 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2236408) at [7 Canterbury Street](https://www.chch.live/hornby/7-canterbury-street), 22 Mar 2022

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Canterbury Street?**

In [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Canterbury Street?**

21 reports at 4 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (10), rubbish & dumping (9), water & drains (1).

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

2018, the record covers 20 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=hornby&street=canterbury-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hornby&street=canterbury-street