# Thornton Street, Mairehau, Christchurch 46 reports at 21 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 44 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/mairehau/thornton-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5066&lon=172.6475&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5066&lon=172.6475&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5066&lon=172.6475&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 - [22 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/22-thornton-street), 6 reports - [5 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/5-thornton-street), 5 reports - [25 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/25-thornton-street), 5 reports - [37 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/37-thornton-street), 3 reports - [21 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/21-thornton-street), 3 reports - [15 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/15-thornton-street), 3 reports - [9 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/9-thornton-street), 2 reports - [7 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/7-thornton-street), 2 reports - [24 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/24-thornton-street), 2 reports - [18 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/18-thornton-street), 2 reports - [14 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/14-thornton-street), 2 reports - [11 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/11-thornton-street), 2 reports - [5-39 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/5-39-thornton-street), 1 report - [40 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/40-thornton-street), 1 report - [39 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/39-thornton-street), 1 report - [32A Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/32a-thornton-street), 1 report - [31 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/31-thornton-street), 1 report - [30 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/30-thornton-street), 1 report - [29 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/29-thornton-street), 1 report - [2 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/2-thornton-street), 1 report - [19 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/19-thornton-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Water & drains, 13 reports - Trees & parks, 12 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 7 reports - Roads & footpaths, 6 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports - Vehicles & parking, 2 reports - Everything else, 1 report ## Year by year - 2017, 2 reports - 2018, 1 report - 2019, 2 reports - 2020, 5 reports - 2021, 5 reports - 2022, 8 reports - 2023, 4 reports - 2024, 8 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 (14 on the shelf; the 11 earliest listed).* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 October 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18851024.2.5.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Oct 1885 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 November 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18961128.2.31.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Nov 1896 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990804.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Aug 1899 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990808.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Aug 1899 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990811.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Aug 1899 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990815.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Aug 1899 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990818.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Aug 1899 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 22 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990822.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Aug 1899 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 29 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990829.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Aug 1899 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Timaru Herald, 13 September 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19000913.2.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Sept 1900 - [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 ## As it was reported - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8947002), 21 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08947002/public/1_k52anc1l64ag.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8815729), 9 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08815729/public/1_luvipod07sdd.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8615020), 5 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08615020/public/1_p0srgk7vp2dl.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8443744), 31 Thornton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08443744/public/1_atz62i6jb8.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8101930), 21 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08101930/public/1_gq4qw7oe19kp.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7865138), 22 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07865138/public/1_1fx82qddd35n.jpg - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6786180), 22 Thornton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06786180/public/1_eqrtk76b3rs3.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6501353), 15 Thornton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06501353/public/1_utnfsbgz2dk.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6352056), 25 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06352056/public/1_30apt2kv3z8a.jpg - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5750878), 25 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05750878/public/1_2mobliz7uvvt.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5711038), 18 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05711038/public/1_9bcpjrhyslha.jpg - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/5602570), 9 Thornton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05602570/public/1_ez6y8dfww4r.jpg [More photographs on the Mairehau wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=mairehau) ## Latest on record - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8947002) at [21 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/21-thornton-street), 19 Sept 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8815729) at [9 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/9-thornton-street), 27 Aug 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8615020) at [5 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/5-thornton-street), 22 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8443744) at [31 Thornton St](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/31-thornton-street), 19 Jun 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8101930) at [21 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/21-thornton-street), 17 Apr 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7865138) at [22 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/22-thornton-street), 7 Mar 2026 - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/6786180) at [22 Thornton St](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/22-thornton-street), 23 Aug 2025 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6501353) at [15 Thornton St](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/15-thornton-street), 20 Jun 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/6352056) at [25 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/25-thornton-street), 18 May 2025 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5750878) at [25 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/25-thornton-street), 24 Jan 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5711038) at [18 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/18-thornton-street), 17 Jan 2025 - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/5602570) at [9 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/9-thornton-street), 26 Dec 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5562104) at [15 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/15-thornton-street), 16 Dec 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5562060) at [15 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/15-thornton-street), 16 Dec 2024 - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5447306) at [24 Thornton Street](https://www.chch.live/mairehau/24-thornton-street), 22 Nov 2024 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=thornton-street&suburb=mairehau) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Thornton Street?** In [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/mairehau), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Thornton Street?** 46 reports at 21 addresses, most often water & drains (13), trees & parks (12), graffiti & vandalism (7). **When was Thornton Street first reported on?** 2017, the record covers 44 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=mairehau&street=thornton-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Mairehau&street=thornton-street