# Stirling Street, Merivale, Christchurch

19 reports at 9 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2025. 19 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5148&lon=172.6154&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5148&lon=172.6154&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5148&lon=172.6154&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
- [7 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-stirling-street), 4 reports
- [19 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-stirling-street), 4 reports
- [11 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-stirling-street), 3 reports
- [9 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/9-stirling-street), 2 reports
- [10 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/10-stirling-street), 2 reports
- [4 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-stirling-street), 1 report
- [3 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-stirling-street), 1 report
- [17 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-stirling-street), 1 report
- [15 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-stirling-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 5 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 4 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Everything else, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 3 reports
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 4 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 4 reports

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (75 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 03 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830403.2.12.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Apr 1883
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 13 October 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841013.2.11.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Oct 1884
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 April 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850416.2.15.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Apr 1885
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 08 January 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870108.2.6.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Jan 1887
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 26 March 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870326.2.8.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Mar 1887
- [Sydenham Borough Council. (Star, 19 April 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870419.2.47), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Apr 1887
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 28 July 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870728.2.14.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Jul 1887
- [MEETING OF CREDITORS. (Otago Witness, 02 September 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18870902.2.92), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Sept 1887
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 12 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950112.2.84.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Jan 1895
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 June 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960601.2.58.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Jun 1896
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 12 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990912.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Sept 1899
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990915.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Sept 1899

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Stirling Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 March 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940322.2.42.1), Star · 1894-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990909.2.2.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990913.2.2.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990916.2.6.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990920.2.3.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 22 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990922.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 October 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991010.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 October 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991013.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 October 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991017.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 October 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991031.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 November 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991103.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 November 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991117.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 November 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991121.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 November 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991124.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 November 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991128.2.2.4), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [MARRIAGES. (Otago Witness, 13 September 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19050913.2.168), Otago Witness · 1905-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 February 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090220.2.69.3), Star · 1909-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 27-6-1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19170627.2.36), Otago Daily Times · 1917-06-27T12:00:00Z
- [MISSING—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED. (Evening Post, 30 June 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410630.2.94.2), Evening Post · 1941-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6756303), 7 Stirling St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06756303/public/1_u4jvjvyexni.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6390459), 7 Stirling Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06390459/public/1_vvn7b18mi98m.jpg
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6311621), 7 Stirling St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06311621/public/1_zmcksjxidjkd.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6136129), 7 Stirling St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06136129/public/1_tji8eryb5me.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4647280), 19 Stirling Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04647280/public/1_3u2ihp8shmop.jpg
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/2138298), 11 Stirling Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02138298/1_Fzl7w5.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1922953), 15 Stirling Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01922953/1_w5nRVd.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/1159105), 11 Stirling Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01159105/1_JydYgu.jpg
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/571358), 9 Stirling St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00571358/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/384278), 4 Stirling St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00384278/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/235867), 10 Stirling Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00235867/0

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

## Latest on record
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6756303) at [7 Stirling St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-stirling-street), 17 Aug 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6390459) at [7 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-stirling-street), 26 May 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6311621) at [7 Stirling St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-stirling-street), 9 May 2025
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/6136129) at [7 Stirling St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-stirling-street), 4 Apr 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4647280) at [19 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-stirling-street), 11 May 2024
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4312962) at [19 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-stirling-street), 20 Feb 2024
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/3757526) at [3 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/3-stirling-street), 3 Oct 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3580462) at [19 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-stirling-street), 7 Aug 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3443588) at [17 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-stirling-street), 22 Jun 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3018907) at [19 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/19-stirling-street), 28 Jan 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2773455) at [10 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/10-stirling-street), 4 Nov 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2559408) at [11 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-stirling-street), 19 Aug 2022
- [Wastewater/Stormwater](https://www.chch.live/report/2138298) at [11 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-stirling-street), 10 Feb 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1922953) at [15 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-stirling-street), 6 Nov 2021
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/1159105) at [11 Stirling Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-stirling-street), 21 Jul 2020

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Stirling Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Stirling Street?**

19 reports at 9 addresses, most often water & drains (5), rubbish & dumping (4), roads & footpaths (4).

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

2017, the record covers 19 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

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