# Rossall Street, Merivale, Christchurch 204 reports at 78 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 180 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/rossall-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5179&lon=172.6143&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5179&lon=172.6143&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5179&lon=172.6143&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 - [3 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street), 31 reports - [7A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7a-rossall-street), 11 reports - [109 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/109-rossall-street), 8 reports - [92 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/92-rossall-street), 7 reports - [37A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/37a-rossall-street), 7 reports - [20 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/20-rossall-street), 5 reports - [129 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129-rossall-street), 5 reports - [7C Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7c-rossall-street), 4 reports - [38 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-rossall-street), 4 reports - [35 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/35-rossall-street), 4 reports - [33 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-rossall-street), 4 reports - [188A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/188a-rossall-street), 4 reports - [130 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/130-rossall-street), 4 reports - [96 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/96-rossall-street), 3 reports - [86 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/86-rossall-street), 3 reports - [55 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/55-rossall-street), 3 reports - [42 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/42-rossall-street), 3 reports - [32 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/32-rossall-street), 3 reports - [31 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/31-rossall-street), 3 reports - [188 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/188-rossall-street), 3 reports - [17 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-rossall-street), 3 reports - [166D Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/166d-rossall-street), 3 reports - [166 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/166-rossall-street), 3 reports - [156 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/156-rossall-street), 3 reports - [14A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14a-rossall-street), 3 reports - [131 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/131-rossall-street), 3 reports - [120 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/120-rossall-street), 3 reports - [84 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/84-rossall-street), 2 reports - [7 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-rossall-street), 2 reports - [54 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-rossall-street), 2 reports - [51 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/51-rossall-street), 2 reports - [5-21 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/5-21-rossall-street), 2 reports - [190 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/190-rossall-street), 2 reports - [176 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/176-rossall-street), 2 reports - [170 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/170-rossall-street), 2 reports - [133A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/133a-rossall-street), 2 reports - [126 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/126-rossall-street), 2 reports - [119 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/119-rossall-street), 2 reports - [116 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/116-rossall-street), 2 reports - [104 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/104-rossall-street), 2 reports - [93 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/93-rossall-street), 1 report - [91 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/91-rossall-street), 1 report - [88 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/88-rossall-street), 1 report - [87 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/87-rossall-street), 1 report - [83 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83-rossall-street), 1 report - [7B Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7b-rossall-street), 1 report - [79 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/79-rossall-street), 1 report - [69B Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/69b-rossall-street), 1 report - [69A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/69a-rossall-street), 1 report - [66 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/66-rossall-street), 1 report - [57 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/57-rossall-street), 1 report - [49 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/49-rossall-street), 1 report - [37B Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/37b-rossall-street), 1 report - [3-7 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-7-rossall-street), 1 report - [29 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/29-rossall-street), 1 report - [25 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/25-rossall-street), 1 report - [1F Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/1f-rossall-street), 1 report - [194 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/194-rossall-street), 1 report - [192 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/192-rossall-street), 1 report - [186 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/186-rossall-street), 1 report - [168 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/168-rossall-street), 1 report - [160A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/160a-rossall-street), 1 report - [16 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/16-rossall-street), 1 report - [15 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-rossall-street), 1 report - [148-126 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/148-126-rossall-street), 1 report - [140 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/140-rossall-street), 1 report - [14 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-rossall-street), 1 report - [131B Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/131b-rossall-street), 1 report - [131A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/131a-rossall-street), 1 report - [129–135 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/129%E2%80%93135-rossall-street), 1 report - [128 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/128-rossall-street), 1 report - [125B Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/125b-rossall-street), 1 report - [122 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/122-rossall-street), 1 report - [121-125 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/121-125-rossall-street), 1 report - [12 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/12-rossall-street), 1 report - [117 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/117-rossall-street), 1 report - [105 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/105-rossall-street), 1 report - [103 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/103-rossall-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 48 reports - Roads & footpaths, 47 reports - Water & drains, 41 reports - Trees & parks, 29 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 24 reports - Everything else, 8 reports - Vehicles & parking, 7 reports ## Year by year - 2016, 5 reports - 2017, 4 reports - 2018, 2 reports - 2019, 16 reports - 2020, 11 reports - 2021, 6 reports - 2022, 40 reports - 2023, 49 reports - 2024, 14 reports - 2025, 28 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 (20 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 27-6-1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19170627.2.36), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Jun 1917 - [Rossall Street corner](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/1028/ccl-cs-88431), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1922 - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 09 April 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230409.2.146.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Apr 1923 - [Page 35 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 17 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19271217.2.242.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Dec 1927 - [Page 14 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 29 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19271229.2.88.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Dec 1927 - [Millbrook Reserve path](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/1028/ccl-cs-87955), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1928 - [WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 16 February 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280216.2.154), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Feb 1928 - [Jottings About Town (NZ Truth, 07 March 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19290307.2.79), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Mar 1929 - [LUCKY LADIES (Evening Post, 06 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320806.2.110), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Aug 1932 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 January 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360109.2.152.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Jan 1936 - [Wedding of Mr. John J. Busch and Miss Saidee Manchester, Upper Riccarton](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/287375), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online), 23 Mar 1938 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 21 August 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390821.2.143.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Aug 1939 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Rossall Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [NAVAL AIRMEN (Evening Post, 06 September 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440906.2.94), Evening Post · 1944-09-06T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 January 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450103.2.81), Evening Post · 1945-01-03T00:00:00.000Z - [OBITUARY (Evening Post, 11 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450411.2.94.5), Evening Post · 1945-04-11T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9087658), 3 Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09087658/public/1_ew4i2bpaz3iq.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9083763), 3 Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09083763/public/1_trsje3q4ba8.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9022403), 104 Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09022403/public/1_xs6fjla1mtnw.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8927816), 16 Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08927816/public/1_vnx1qg51w6hc.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8907686), 38 Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08907686/public/1_z87ozfnm4po.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8879415), 37A Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08879415/public/1_lw28xaeqtdfj.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8849203), 166 Rossall Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08849203/public/1_44q6jfhvmpo7.jpg - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8765295), 131 Rossall Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08765295/public/1_s5p7h4kc7a9.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8693710), 160A Rossall Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08693710/public/1_6azsob2f10mh.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8659169), 3 Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08659169/public/1_w38q5718kemn.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8653001), 188A Rossall Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08653001/public/1_n1nnejf38rqm.jpg - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8644298), 3 Rossall St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08644298/public/1_0yg9u58ryiu2.jpg [More photographs on the Merivale wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=merivale) ## Latest on record - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9087658) at [3 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street), 14 Oct 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9083763) at [3 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street), 13 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9022403) at [104 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/104-rossall-street), 3 Oct 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8927816) at [16 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/16-rossall-street), 15 Sept 2026 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8907686) at [38 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-rossall-street), 12 Sept 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8879415) at [37A Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/37a-rossall-street), 7 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8849203) at [166 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/166-rossall-street), 2 Sept 2026 - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8765295) at [131 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/131-rossall-street), 18 Aug 2026 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8693710) at [160A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/160a-rossall-street), 5 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8659169) at [3 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street), 30 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8653001) at [188A Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/188a-rossall-street), 29 Jul 2026 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8644298) at [3 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-rossall-street), 27 Jul 2026 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8634538) at [93 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/93-rossall-street), 25 Jul 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8525678) at [33 Rossall Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-rossall-street), 5 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8507358) at [140 Rossall St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/140-rossall-street), 2 Jul 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 36 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 10 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=rossall-street&suburb=merivale) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Rossall Street?** In [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Rossall Street?** 204 reports at 78 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (48), roads & footpaths (47), water & drains (41). **When was Rossall Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 180 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=merivale&street=rossall-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Merivale&street=rossall-street