# Avonside Drive, Linwood, Christchurch 288 reports at 40 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 178 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/avonside-drive ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.526&lon=172.6552&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.526&lon=172.6552&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.526&lon=172.6552&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.526&lon=172.6552&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 - [104 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/104-avonside-drive), 33 reports - [82 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/82-avonside-drive), 23 reports - [32 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/32-avonside-drive), 23 reports - [14 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/14-avonside-drive), 23 reports - [16 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/16-avonside-drive), 21 reports - [30 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/30-avonside-drive), 16 reports - [70 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/70-avonside-drive), 14 reports - [74 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/74-avonside-drive), 11 reports - [66 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/66-avonside-drive), 10 reports - [64 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/64-avonside-drive), 10 reports - [150 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/150-avonside-drive), 10 reports - [62 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/62-avonside-drive), 8 reports - [142 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/142-avonside-drive), 8 reports - [124 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/124-avonside-drive), 8 reports - [138 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/138-avonside-drive), 7 reports - [134 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/134-avonside-drive), 6 reports - [130 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/130-avonside-drive), 6 reports - [18 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/18-avonside-drive), 5 reports - [122 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/122-avonside-drive), 5 reports - [118 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/118-avonside-drive), 4 reports - [52 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/52-avonside-drive), 3 reports - [50 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/50-avonside-drive), 3 reports - [40 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/40-avonside-drive), 3 reports - [36 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/36-avonside-drive), 3 reports - [112 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/112-avonside-drive), 3 reports - [110 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/110-avonside-drive), 3 reports - [58 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/58-avonside-drive), 2 reports - [48 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/48-avonside-drive), 2 reports - [22 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/22-avonside-drive), 2 reports - [20 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/20-avonside-drive), 2 reports - [120 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/120-avonside-drive), 2 reports - [84 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/84-avonside-drive), 1 report - [70A Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/70a-avonside-drive), 1 report - [68 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/68-avonside-drive), 1 report - [60 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/60-avonside-drive), 1 report - [56 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/56-avonside-drive), 1 report - [42 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/42-avonside-drive), 1 report - [28 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/28-avonside-drive), 1 report - [24 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/24-avonside-drive), 1 report - [14-16 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/14-16-avonside-drive), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 177 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 32 reports - Roads & footpaths, 30 reports - Trees & parks, 25 reports - Water & drains, 17 reports - Everything else, 6 reports - Vehicles & parking, 1 report ## Year by year - 2015, 6 reports - 2016, 15 reports - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 6 reports - 2019, 10 reports - 2020, 11 reports - 2021, 12 reports - 2022, 45 reports - 2023, 49 reports - 2024, 56 reports - 2025, 61 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 (44 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Avonside view](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99040), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1864 - [Overhead wires and street lamp](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15917), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1931 - [Corner of Fitzgerald Avenue and Avonside Drive](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16002), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Mar 1931 - [THEFT FROM GARDEN (Evening Post, 20 September 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330920.2.173), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Sept 1933 - [THOMPSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 October 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19341009.2.18.1.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Oct 1934 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 July 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350708.2.138.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Jul 1935 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 31 October 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351031.2.179.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Oct 1935 - [MANY AREAS FLOODED (Evening Post, 21 February 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360221.2.134), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Feb 1936 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 November 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19361109.2.163.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Nov 1936 - [SERIOUS INJURIES (Evening Post, 03 January 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380103.2.189.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Jan 1938 - [Aerial View of Dallington in the 1940s](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2015/ccl-cs-7154), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1940 - [NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 27 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410527.2.89.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 May 1941 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Avonside Drive, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Latest Locals. (Star, 15 August 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870815.2.34), Star · 1887-08-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 November 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18901125.2.48.3), Star · 1890-11-25T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060811.2.73.2), Star · 1906-08-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 October 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061024.2.61.1), Star · 1906-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061208.2.91.3), Star · 1906-12-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 24 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061224.2.3.4), Star · 1906-12-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061227.2.26.2), Star · 1906-12-27T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 December 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071221.2.83.2), Star · 1907-12-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080523.2.106.3), Star · 1908-05-23T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 30 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080530.2.56.5), Star · 1908-05-30T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 October 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081028.2.65.2), Star · 1908-10-28T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090226.2.84.3), Star · 1909-02-26T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090302.2.68.1), Star · 1909-03-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 06 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090306.2.67.7), Star · 1909-03-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 12 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090312.2.62.5), Star · 1909-03-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 15 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090315.2.64.5), Star · 1909-03-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 March 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090318.2.63.6), Star · 1909-03-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 September 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090911.2.65.5), Star · 1909-09-11T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 May 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440506.2.67), Evening Post · 1944-05-06T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9079788), 122 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09079788/public/1_ubde947uiqho.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9049787), 50 Avonside Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09049787/public/1_bov7q78q6a6q.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9027194), 62 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09027194/public/1_ln6erm1jwrqg.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9002161), 110 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09002161/public/1_p4qy4f75i46.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8966609), 118 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08966609/public/1_ch27b3y4hmtu.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8675162), 104 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08675162/public/1_e04r9z804krp.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8576786), 62 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08576786/public/1_uxancfltl5b.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8269163), 82 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08269163/public/1_7yl8pd4q8lth.jpg - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8269164), 82 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08269164/public/1_uiwmse678def.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8078820), 130 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08078820/public/1_mlbbbwqpj6jf.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7996029), 66 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07996029/public/1_phewsb5u96t.jpg - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/7945924), 104 Avonside Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07945924/public/1_powjacgqfzai.jpg [More photographs on the Linwood wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=linwood) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9079788) at [122 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/122-avonside-drive), 12 Oct 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9049787) at [50 Avonside Dr](https://www.chch.live/linwood/50-avonside-drive), 7 Oct 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9027194) at [62 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/62-avonside-drive), 4 Oct 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9002161) at [110 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/110-avonside-drive), 29 Sept 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8966609) at [118 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/118-avonside-drive), 22 Sept 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8675162) at [104 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/104-avonside-drive), 2 Aug 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8576786) at [62 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/62-avonside-drive), 15 Jul 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8269163) at [82 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/82-avonside-drive), 18 May 2026 - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8269164) at [82 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/82-avonside-drive), 18 May 2026 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8078820) at [130 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/130-avonside-drive), 13 Apr 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7996029) at [66 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/66-avonside-drive), 29 Mar 2026 - [Traffic Signals](https://www.chch.live/report/7945924) at [104 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/104-avonside-drive), 21 Mar 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7879613) at [74 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/74-avonside-drive), 10 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7702650) at [110 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/110-avonside-drive), 8 Feb 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7657517) at [62 Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/linwood/62-avonside-drive), 1 Feb 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 49 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 8 seriously hurt. The corner the record returns to: [Avonside Drive & Stanmore Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/avonside-drive-and-stanmore-road), 71 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=avonside-drive&suburb=linwood) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Avonside Drive?** In [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Avonside Drive?** 288 reports at 40 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (177), rubbish & dumping (32), roads & footpaths (30). **When was Avonside Drive first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 178 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Avonside Drive?** [Avonside Drive and Stanmore Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/avonside-drive-and-stanmore-road), 71 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=linwood&street=avonside-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Linwood&street=avonside-drive