# Cox Street, Merivale, Christchurch 36 reports at 17 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 35 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/cox-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.514&lon=172.6173&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.514&lon=172.6173&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.514&lon=172.6173&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 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/22-cox-street), 11 reports - [67 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/67-cox-street), 3 reports - [7 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-cox-street), 2 reports - [54 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-cox-street), 2 reports - [34 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34-cox-street), 2 reports - [21 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/21-cox-street), 2 reports - [17 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-cox-street), 2 reports - [16 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/16-cox-street), 2 reports - [14 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-cox-street), 2 reports - [72 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/72-cox-street), 1 report - [63 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/63-cox-street), 1 report - [59 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/59-cox-street), 1 report - [43 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/43-cox-street), 1 report - [40 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/40-cox-street), 1 report - [35 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/35-cox-street), 1 report - [20 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/20-cox-street), 1 report - [11 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-cox-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 16 reports - Water & drains, 5 reports - Everything else, 5 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5 reports - Trees & parks, 3 reports - Vehicles & parking, 1 report - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 4 reports - 2018, 6 reports - 2019, 4 reports - 2021, 2 reports - 2022, 3 reports - 2023, 3 reports - 2024, 2 reports - 2025, 6 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 (27 on the shelf; the 8 earliest listed).* - [LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Wellington Independent, 21 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18670321.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Mar 1867 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 April 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710421.2.13.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Apr 1871 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 20 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18790120.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Jan 1879 - [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 24 January 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18800124.2.46), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Jan 1880 - [The Otago Daily Times. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1880. (Otago Daily Times, 24 February 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18800224.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Feb 1880 - [Local & General. (Star, 13 January 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830113.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Jan 1883 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 27 September 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18930927.2.24.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Sept 1893 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ashburton Guardian, 21 February 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18940221.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Feb 1894 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Cox Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 November 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18711120.2.2.1), Star · 1871-11-20T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 July 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840703.2.10.4), Star · 1884-07-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 October 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18851024.2.5.3), Star · 1885-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Latest Locals. (Star, 06 September 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860906.2.27), Star · 1886-09-06T00:00:00.000Z - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 16 August 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880816.2.26), Star · 1888-08-16T00:00:00.000Z - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 02 July 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910702.2.3), Star · 1891-07-02T00:00:00.000Z - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 30 July 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910730.2.57), Star · 1891-07-30T00:00:00.000Z - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 04 May 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930504.2.39), Star · 1893-05-04T00:00:00.000Z - [THE "HAURAKI" ECLIPSED. (Star, 08 May 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960508.2.64), Star · 1896-05-08T00:00:00.000Z - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 07 May 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970507.2.67), Star · 1897-05-07T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Otago Daily Times, 21 October 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18991021.2.44.5), Otago Daily Times · 1899-10-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 March 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050306.2.53.3), Star · 1905-03-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 October 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071012.2.71.3), Star · 1907-10-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 November 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071113.2.69.1), Star · 1907-11-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 April 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090428.2.62.2), Star · 1909-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 11 January 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390111.2.133.3), Evening Post · 1939-01-11T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 01 April 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400401.2.126.2), Evening Post · 1940-04-01T00:00:00.000Z - [FIFTH LIST (Evening Post, 08 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411208.2.17.5), Evening Post · 1941-12-08T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 December 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19421230.2.29), Evening Post · 1942-12-30T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 March 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450331.2.67), Evening Post · 1945-03-31T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8658503), 16 Cox St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08658503/public/1_4yj0jy09dhon.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8585457), 11 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08585457/public/1_qbhmk2sdi7n.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8161684), 16 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08161684/public/1_mn83uxyybqel.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7913911), 54 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07913911/public/1_tqczdb8fe4y.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7873046), 34 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07873046/public/1_730kwydwf9pk.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7516993), 67 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07516993/public/1_vsszs7yey8i7.jpg - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6744448), 17 Cox St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06744448/public/1_63qt677scmw7.jpg - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6739561), 43 Cox St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06739561/public/1_rzqs8ki08sf.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5873995), 22 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05873995/public/1_fm4fb7dtbes8.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5851747), 54 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05851747/public/1_geiam77evbfg.jpg - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5138367), 14 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05138367/public/1_gqnsej8umadq.jpg - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/4874055), 17 Cox Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04874055/public/1_i0xtz9nw1lmw.jpg [More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale) ## Latest on record - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8658503) at [16 Cox St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/16-cox-street), 30 Jul 2026 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8585457) at [11 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-cox-street), 16 Jul 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8161684) at [16 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/16-cox-street), 28 Apr 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7913911) at [54 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-cox-street), 16 Mar 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7873046) at [34 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34-cox-street), 9 Mar 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7516993) at [67 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/67-cox-street), 9 Jan 2026 - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6759643) at [63 Cox St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/63-cox-street), 18 Aug 2025 - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6744448) at [17 Cox St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-cox-street), 14 Aug 2025 - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6739657) at [67 Cox St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/67-cox-street), 13 Aug 2025 - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6739561) at [43 Cox St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/43-cox-street), 13 Aug 2025 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5873995) at [22 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/22-cox-street), 14 Feb 2025 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5851747) at [54 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-cox-street), 11 Feb 2025 - [Vandalism - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5138367) at [14 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-cox-street), 14 Sept 2024 - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/4874055) at [17 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-cox-street), 11 Jul 2024 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/4080282) at [22 Cox Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/22-cox-street), 31 Dec 2023 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Cox Street?** In [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Cox Street?** 36 reports at 17 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (16), water & drains (5), everything else (5). **When was Cox Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 35 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=merivale&street=cox-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=cox-street