# Sewell Street, Linwood, Christchurch 60 reports at 15 addresses, the first in 2021, the latest 2026. 57 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/sewell-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5264&lon=172.6798&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5264&lon=172.6798&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5264&lon=172.6798&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 - [1 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/1-sewell-street), 21 reports - [3 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/3-sewell-street), 9 reports - [22 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/22-sewell-street), 7 reports - [33 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/33-sewell-street), 6 reports - [9 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/9-sewell-street), 3 reports - [27 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/27-sewell-street), 3 reports - [18 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/18-sewell-street), 3 reports - [7 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/7-sewell-street), 1 report - [29 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/29-sewell-street), 1 report - [25 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/25-sewell-street), 1 report - [20B Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/20b-sewell-street), 1 report - [2 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/2-sewell-street), 1 report - [18A Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/18a-sewell-street), 1 report - [11 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/11-sewell-street), 1 report - [10 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/10-sewell-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 33 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports - Roads & footpaths, 6 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5 reports - Trees & parks, 4 reports - Vehicles & parking, 3 reports - Everything else, 2 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report ## Year by year - 2021, 8 reports - 2022, 22 reports - 2023, 15 reports - 2024, 5 reports - 2025, 5 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 (51 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 February 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560216.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Feb 1856 - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 28 September 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590928.2.18.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Sept 1859 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591214.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Dec 1859 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 December 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591217.2.14.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Dec 1859 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 January 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600107.2.14.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Jan 1860 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 January 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600114.2.28.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Jan 1860 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 04 February 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600204.2.24.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Feb 1860 - [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 May 1860 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 06 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600606.2.17.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Jun 1860 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 06 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600606.2.17.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Jun 1860 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 09 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600609.2.20.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Jun 1860 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 13 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600613.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Jun 1860 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Sewell Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), Lyttelton Times · 1854-08-16T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 13 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600613.2.20.5), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (North Otago Times, 04 October 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18941004.2.28.3), North Otago Times · 1894-10-04T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (North Otago Times, 18 September 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18950918.2.22.1), North Otago Times · 1895-09-18T00:00:00.000Z - [MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 13 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951213.2.38), Star · 1895-12-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 November 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071102.2.86.4), Star · 1907-11-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 November 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071115.2.40.3), Star · 1907-11-15T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 May 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090508.2.57.3), Star · 1909-05-08T00:00:00.000Z - [THEFTS OF JEWELLERY. (Evening Post, 28 November 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19101128.2.19.4), Evening Post · 1910-11-28T00:00:00.000Z - [JEWEL ROBBERIES. (Marlborough Express, 28 November 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19101128.2.30), Marlborough Express · 1910-11-28T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR. (Evening Post, 27 August 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150827.2.89), Evening Post · 1915-08-27T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 17 April 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180417.2.51), Evening Post · 1918-04-17T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 03 March 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280303.2.38.1), Evening Post · 1928-03-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 21 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 08 August 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360808.2.157.2), Evening Post · 1936-08-08T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 14 April 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390414.2.131.2), Evening Post · 1939-04-14T00:00:00.000Z - [SECOND LIST (Evening Post, 17 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411217.2.15.2), Evening Post · 1941-12-17T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 29 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411229.2.14), Evening Post · 1941-12-29T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 December 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19441228.2.83), Evening Post · 1944-12-28T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 January 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450103.2.81), Evening Post · 1945-01-03T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8884121), 20B Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08884121/public/1_aamdoz2gom4n.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8877306), 11 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08877306/public/1_opasspwfmlia.jpg - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8090405), 25 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08090405/public/1_edazaphkad6t.jpg - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7264471), 27 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07264471/public/1_0sxw8oaejzpoo.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6783692), 27 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06783692/public/1_ziy9tsz07op.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5852944), 22 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05852944/public/1_d4vpyrtq0pbb.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5823468), 33 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05823468/public/1_ggrrzqsokfln.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5573338), 18 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05573338/public/1_dt2np5tlymjk.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5573335), 9 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05573335/public/1_vuyi10p5iye.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5555329), 9 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05555329/public/1_3uj70yljdy2v.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5265328), 9 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05265328/public/1_yxhcjni9adlj.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4614041), 22 Sewell Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04614041/public/1_9i0abia57gew.jpg [More photographs on the Linwood wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=linwood) ## Latest on record - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/8884121) at [20B Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/20b-sewell-street), 8 Sept 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8877306) at [11 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/11-sewell-street), 7 Sept 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8090405) at [25 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/25-sewell-street), 15 Apr 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7843741) at [27 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/27-sewell-street), 4 Mar 2026 - [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/7658598) at [29 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/29-sewell-street), 1 Feb 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7264471) at [27 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/27-sewell-street), 24 Nov 2025 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6783692) at [27 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/27-sewell-street), 23 Aug 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5969214) at [18A Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/18a-sewell-street), 4 Mar 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5852944) at [22 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/22-sewell-street), 11 Feb 2025 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5823468) at [33 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/33-sewell-street), 6 Feb 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5573338) at [18 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/18-sewell-street), 18 Dec 2024 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5573335) at [9 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/9-sewell-street), 18 Dec 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5555329) at [9 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/9-sewell-street), 15 Dec 2024 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5265328) at [9 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/9-sewell-street), 14 Oct 2024 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4614041) at [22 Sewell Street](https://www.chch.live/linwood/22-sewell-street), 2 May 2024 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=sewell-street&suburb=linwood) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Sewell Street?** In [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Sewell Street?** 60 reports at 15 addresses, most often water & drains (33), rubbish & dumping (6), roads & footpaths (6). **When was Sewell Street first reported on?** 2021, the record covers 57 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=linwood&street=sewell-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Linwood&street=sewell-street