# Desmond Street, Merivale, Christchurch

44 reports at 14 addresses, the first in 2021, the latest 2026. 41 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/desmond-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.614&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.614&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5226&lon=172.614&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
- [15 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-desmond-street), 10 reports
- [20 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/20-desmond-street), 7 reports
- [4 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-desmond-street), 4 reports
- [29 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/29-desmond-street), 4 reports
- [27 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-desmond-street), 4 reports
- [10 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/10-desmond-street), 4 reports
- [24 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/24-desmond-street), 2 reports
- [19 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-desmond-street), 2 reports
- [14 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-desmond-street), 2 reports
- [5 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5-desmond-street), 1 report
- [26 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/26-desmond-street), 1 report
- [17 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-desmond-street), 1 report
- [15E Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15e-desmond-street), 1 report
- [11 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-desmond-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 15 reports
- Water & drains, 9 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 9 reports
- Everything else, 5 reports
- Trees & parks, 5 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 11 reports
- 2024, 10 reports
- 2025, 9 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.*
- [Justices of the Peace Appointed](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2015-go6789), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 19 Nov 2015

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Desmond Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [INTERCOLONIAL. (Otago Witness, 09 April 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19020409.2.66.1), Otago Witness · 1902-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 September 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030912.2.71.2), Star · 1903-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 14 June 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150614.2.105), Evening Post · 1915-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 27 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410527.2.89.1), Evening Post · 1941-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410530.2.93.2), Evening Post · 1941-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410603.2.94), Evening Post · 1941-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410630.2.94.3), Evening Post · 1941-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [FIRST LIST (Evening Post, 18 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411218.2.19.1), Evening Post · 1941-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411230.2.68.1), Evening Post · 1941-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411231.2.70), Evening Post · 1941-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420715.2.15), Evening Post · 1942-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 July 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420731.2.11), Evening Post · 1942-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 August 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420805.2.11), Evening Post · 1942-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [BRAVERY IN ITALY (Evening Post, 17 June 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440617.2.87), Evening Post · 1944-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 August 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440810.2.76), Evening Post · 1944-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [NAVAL AIRMEN (Evening Post, 06 September 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440906.2.94), Evening Post · 1944-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [WAR PRISONERS (Evening Post, 22 September 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440922.2.65), Evening Post · 1944-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 23 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450423.2.47), Evening Post · 1945-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [SAFE AGAIN (Evening Post, 30 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450430.2.73), Evening Post · 1945-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8673513), 4 Desmond Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08673513/public/1_8vz6wmbsogxq.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8401272), 15 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08401272/public/1_h0t4m7bq9nw1.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8381015), 24 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08381015/public/1_a70xnj88vjl8.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8331881), 14 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08331881/public/1_y9v64ip5c5se.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8164304), 15 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08164304/public/1_ma4dzfr62lct.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7595928), 10 Desmond Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07595928/public/1_151b8zbgj0b8.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7422290), 10 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07422290/public/1_nnb7jwyzzsln.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7169830), 27 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07169830/public/1_urq4jhfg9qt.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6945559), 19 Desmond Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06945559/public/1_n91chfvgj3mv.jpg
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6762085), 27 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06762085/public/1_vsz6qzob35c.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6659847), 10 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06659847/public/1_94yllys1w4mf.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6412282), 15 Desmond St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06412282/public/1_68zluk05ovmr.jpg

[More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale)

## Latest on record
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8673513) at [4 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-desmond-street), 1 Aug 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8401272) at [15 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-desmond-street), 12 Jun 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8381015) at [24 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/24-desmond-street), 8 Jun 2026
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8331881) at [14 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-desmond-street), 30 May 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8164304) at [15 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-desmond-street), 28 Apr 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7595928) at [10 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/10-desmond-street), 22 Jan 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7422290) at [10 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/10-desmond-street), 22 Dec 2025
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7169830) at [27 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-desmond-street), 7 Nov 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6945559) at [19 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-desmond-street), 25 Sept 2025
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6762085) at [27 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-desmond-street), 18 Aug 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6659847) at [10 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/10-desmond-street), 26 Jul 2025
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/6412282) at [15 Desmond St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-desmond-street), 30 May 2025
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6102259) at [11 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-desmond-street), 28 Mar 2025
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/5916228) at [4 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-desmond-street), 22 Feb 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5679973) at [27 Desmond Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/27-desmond-street), 11 Jan 2025

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Desmond Street?**

In [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Desmond Street?**

44 reports at 14 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (15), water & drains (9), rubbish & dumping (9).

**When was Desmond Street first reported on?**

2021, the record covers 41 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=merivale&street=desmond-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=desmond-street