# Kensington Avenue, Mairehau, Christchurch 47 reports at 25 addresses, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 41 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/mairehau/kensington-avenue ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5008&lon=172.6415&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5008&lon=172.6415&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5008&lon=172.6415&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5008&lon=172.6415&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 - [53 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/53-kensington-avenue), 4 reports - [37 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/37-kensington-avenue), 4 reports - [35 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/35-kensington-avenue), 4 reports - [19 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/19-kensington-avenue), 4 reports - [50 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/50-kensington-avenue), 3 reports - [66 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/66-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [65 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/65-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [64 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/64-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [59 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/59-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [54 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/54-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [47 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/47-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [20 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/20-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [1 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/1-kensington-avenue), 2 reports - [63A Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/63a-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [62 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/62-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [55 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/55-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [52 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/52-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [49 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/49-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [46 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/46-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [44 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/44-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [36 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/36-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [32 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/32-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [29 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/29-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [22 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/22-kensington-avenue), 1 report - [16 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/16-kensington-avenue), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 15 reports - Water & drains, 10 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 8 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5 reports - Everything else, 4 reports - Trees & parks, 3 reports - Vehicles & parking, 2 reports ## Year by year - 2018, 3 reports - 2022, 8 reports - 2023, 10 reports - 2024, 6 reports - 2025, 12 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 (16 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [DEATHS (Otago Witness, 26 February 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19080226.2.196), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Feb 1908 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 05 December 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19311205.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Dec 1931 - [LUCKY AUCKLAND (Evening Post, 18 December 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19331218.2.144), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Dec 1933 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 13 March 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350313.2.166.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Mar 1935 - [LIST OF PATIENTS (Evening Post, 02 October 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411002.2.93.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Oct 1941 - [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420731.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Jul 1942 - [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 07 August 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420807.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Aug 1942 - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 November 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19421110.2.18), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Nov 1942 - [In Bankruptcy](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-ba3964), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 1 Jun 2000 - [REGISTER](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2000-gs6064), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 22 Aug 2000 - [supplement](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2001-gs5761), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 24 Aug 2001 - [supplement](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2002-gs5594), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 16 Aug 2002 ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8460717), 50 Kensington Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08460717/public/1_8uvdnp2xbzi9.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8230012), 53 Kensington Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08230012/public/1_hhhdzqj7rbhd.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8120852), 19 Kensington Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08120852/public/1_e7e18yk3fi67.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8008219), 63A Kensington Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08008219/public/1_30jo21v4c28s.jpg - [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/7944396), 64 Kensington Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07944396/public/1_g162b7mi9vbq.jpg - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7923450), 52 Kensington Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07923450/public/1_gf3ya8mtxuda.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7621166), 47 Kensington Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07621166/public/1_1by6k87tmzuj.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7512079), 66 Kensington Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07512079/public/1_llvpimidjoc.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7342444), 53 Kensington Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07342444/public/1_ynn7z09wx3mf.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7120841), 44 Kensington Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07120841/public/1_dlanydnscugq.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6997429), 47 Kensington Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06997429/public/1_q4a9wjzgcfbd.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6997120), 53 Kensington Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06997120/public/1_60kv5jjv0zgk.jpg [More photographs on the Mairehau wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=mairehau) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8460717) at [50 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/50-kensington-avenue), 23 Jun 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8230012) at [53 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/53-kensington-avenue), 11 May 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8120852) at [19 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/19-kensington-avenue), 20 Apr 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8008219) at [63A Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/63a-kensington-avenue), 31 Mar 2026 - [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/7944396) at [64 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/64-kensington-avenue), 20 Mar 2026 - [Road Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/7923450) at [52 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/52-kensington-avenue), 17 Mar 2026 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7621166) at [47 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/47-kensington-avenue), 26 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7512079) at [66 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/66-kensington-avenue), 9 Jan 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7342444) at [53 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/53-kensington-avenue), 8 Dec 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7120841) at [44 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/44-kensington-avenue), 29 Oct 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6997429) at [47 Kensington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/47-kensington-avenue), 6 Oct 2025 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6997120) at [53 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/53-kensington-avenue), 6 Oct 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6964541) at [1 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/1-kensington-avenue), 29 Sept 2025 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/6912163) at [20 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/20-kensington-avenue), 18 Sept 2025 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6828128) at [53 Kensington Ave](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/53-kensington-avenue), 1 Sept 2025 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=kensington-avenue&suburb=mairehau) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Kensington Avenue?** In [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/mairehau), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Kensington Avenue?** 47 reports at 25 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (15), water & drains (10), rubbish & dumping (8). **When was Kensington Avenue first reported on?** 2018, the record covers 41 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=mairehau&street=kensington-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Mairehau&street=kensington-avenue