# Rhodes Street, Merivale, Christchurch

31 reports at 15 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 26 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5216&lon=172.6184&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5216&lon=172.6184&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5216&lon=172.6184&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
- [5F Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5f-rhodes-street), 6 reports
- [14 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-rhodes-street), 5 reports
- [11A Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11a-rhodes-street), 4 reports
- [59 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/59-rhodes-street), 3 reports
- [23 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-rhodes-street), 2 reports
- [1 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1-rhodes-street), 2 reports
- [53 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/53-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [47 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/47-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [40 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/40-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [38 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [35 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/35-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [2 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/2-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [17 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [15 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-rhodes-street), 1 report
- [11C Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11c-rhodes-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 12 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- Water & drains, 4 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2020, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 6 reports
- 2025, 11 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 (36 on the shelf; the 3 earliest listed).*
- [Tuesday, November 5. (Lyttelton Times, 09 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611109.2.12.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Nov 1861
- [Local & General. (Star, 14 September 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18810914.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Sept 1881
- [Untitled (Auckland Star, 22 November 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18841122.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Nov 1884

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Rhodes Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [MARRIAGES. (Wellington Independent, 11 December 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18691211.2.11), Wellington Independent · 1869-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [THURSDAY FLAG COMPETITION. (Star, 07 July 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930707.2.3.2), Star · 1893-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL. (Auckland Star, 02 November 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18931102.2.45), Auckland Star · 1893-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE LATE MR PETER CUNNINGHAM. (Star, 27 July 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960727.2.58), Star · 1896-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 13 July 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030713.2.52.6), Star · 1903-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 30 July 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040730.2.67.7), Star · 1904-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 12 November 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061112.2.55.8), Star · 1906-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOOTBALL. (Star, 29 April 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080429.2.13), Star · 1908-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Convent at Wanganui. (Progress, 02 May 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/P19100502.2.11.5), Progress · 1910-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH DAY BY DAY. (Ashburton Guardian, 22 April 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19130422.2.7.1), Ashburton Guardian · 1913-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 15 July 1921)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19210715.2.4), Evening Post · 1921-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 09 April 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230409.2.146.1), Evening Post · 1923-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 06 June 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250606.2.4), Evening Post · 1925-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH TAKE COUNT (NZ Truth, 01 May 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19300501.2.72), NZ Truth · 1930-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [TOPICS FOR WOMEN PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 17 July 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300717.2.160), Evening Post · 1930-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 13 October 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19331013.2.154.1), Evening Post · 1933-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 January 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360108.2.120.2), Evening Post · 1936-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 November 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19381101.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1938-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 30 March 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400330.2.129.3), Evening Post · 1940-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 September 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410910.2.107), Evening Post · 1941-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9074338), 2 Rhodes St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09074338/public/1_x5q3dcihubu.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8296087), 59 Rhodes St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08296087/public/1_xea4glg19cc8.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7959749), 5F Rhodes Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07959749/public/1_vgziz8gnw9hh.jpg
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7860735), 11A Rhodes St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07860735/public/1_6xmv3nbsmb9n.jpg
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7308466), 5F Rhodes Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07308466/public/1_vw0j4p4fgcf8.jpg
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6761889), 11A Rhodes St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06761889/public/1_k2ds5pelro4.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6661763), 23 Rhodes Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06661763/public/1_196jbqjugnir.jpg
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/6136111), 38 Rhodes St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06136111/public/1_bfgka5e5v17q.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5952011), 5F Rhodes Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05952011/public/1_4zoasmbnh479.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5891748), 14 Rhodes Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05891748/public/1_1tt7ehjprdli.jpg
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5884456), 23 Rhodes Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05884456/public/1_8tpx3s83jeuq.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5782644), 5F Rhodes Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05782644/public/1_dsqv33retqle.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9074338) at [2 Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/2-rhodes-street), 12 Oct 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8296087) at [59 Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/59-rhodes-street), 23 May 2026
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7959749) at [5F Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5f-rhodes-street), 23 Mar 2026
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7860735) at [11A Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11a-rhodes-street), 6 Mar 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7765634) at [5F Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5f-rhodes-street), 19 Feb 2026
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7308466) at [5F Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5f-rhodes-street), 2 Dec 2025
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6762173) at [35 Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/35-rhodes-street), 18 Aug 2025
- [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/6761935) at [59 Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/59-rhodes-street), 18 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6761889) at [11A Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11a-rhodes-street), 18 Aug 2025
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/6661763) at [23 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-rhodes-street), 27 Jul 2025
- [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/6136111) at [38 Rhodes St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-rhodes-street), 4 Apr 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5952011) at [5F Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5f-rhodes-street), 28 Feb 2025
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5891748) at [14 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-rhodes-street), 18 Feb 2025
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5884456) at [23 Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-rhodes-street), 17 Feb 2025
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5782644) at [5F Rhodes Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5f-rhodes-street), 30 Jan 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=rhodes-street&suburb=merivale)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Rhodes Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Rhodes Street?**

31 reports at 15 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (12), trees & parks (9), water & drains (4).

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

2019, the record covers 26 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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