# Stratford Street, Merivale, Christchurch

15 reports at 12 addresses, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 15 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5176&lon=172.6027&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5176&lon=172.6027&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5176&lon=172.6027&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
- [34A Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34a-stratford-street), 2 reports
- [23 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-stratford-street), 2 reports
- [14 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-stratford-street), 2 reports
- [8A Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/8a-stratford-street), 1 report
- [7 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-stratford-street), 1 report
- [38 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-stratford-street), 1 report
- [36A Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/36a-stratford-street), 1 report
- [33 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-stratford-street), 1 report
- [30 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/30-stratford-street), 1 report
- [29 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/29-stratford-street), 1 report
- [25 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/25-stratford-street), 1 report
- [11 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-stratford-street), 1 report

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

## Year by year
- 2020, 1 report
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2024, 5 reports
- 2025, 2 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 (14 on the shelf; the 2 earliest listed).*
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Colonist, 29 August 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18820829.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Aug 1882
- [NEWS OF THE DAY. (Colonist, 18 December 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19151218.2.18), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Dec 1915

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Stratford Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 January 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940102.2.34.1), Star · 1894-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970812.2.11.4), Star · 1897-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970814.2.74.4), Star · 1897-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 May 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980510.2.64.3), Star · 1898-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 15 April 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990415.2.105.6), Star · 1899-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 May 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990518.2.65.4), Star · 1899-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOOTBALL. (Taranaki Herald, 03 July 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19000703.2.13), Taranaki Herald · 1900-07-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 18 June 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150618.2.37), Evening Post · 1915-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Hawera & Normanby Star, 28 April 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19240428.2.73.2), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1924-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 15 September 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19270915.2.38.5), NZ Truth · 1927-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [PUNTS, PASSES, PUSHES AND PRODS (NZ Truth, 17 July 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19300717.2.93), NZ Truth · 1930-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [PLAY ELSEWHERE (Evening Post, 13 June 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320613.2.113.13), Evening Post · 1932-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 18 August 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330818.2.177.1), Evening Post · 1933-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE ART UNION (Evening Post, 15 October 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351015.2.101), Evening Post · 1935-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 04 March 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360304.2.150.2), Evening Post · 1936-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 04 September 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360904.2.151.1), Evening Post · 1936-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 19 March 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400319.2.150.2), Evening Post · 1940-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 17 December 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19401217.2.118.4), Evening Post · 1940-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 April 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440415.2.90), Evening Post · 1944-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 September 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440926.2.64), Evening Post · 1944-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8351746), 25 Stratford St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08351746/public/1_4clh4oeh0ge6.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8100889), 14 Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08100889/public/1_djh2hp8zyzvc.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7799946), 34A Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07799946/public/1_3uqwo5dkogik.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6818154), 29 Stratford St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06818154/public/1_e96u6lapq3n.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6148729), 38 Stratford St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06148729/public/1_2ze4nt593t58.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5479318), 7 Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05479318/public/1_ug54k05vnrl.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5321976), 23 Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05321976/public/1_lxxg0k53btz.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5208910), 23 Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05208910/public/1_b816nykuasep.jpg
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/4856938), 34A Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04856938/public/1_lfbzip4dtclr.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/4678450), 30 Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04678450/public/1_wns0b1517cj6.jpg
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/2561747), 14 Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02561747/public/1_rx0vbuslw3o.jpg
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2441133), 36A Stratford Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02441133/public/1_Hlc7eOa.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8351746) at [25 Stratford St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/25-stratford-street), 2 Jun 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8100889) at [14 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-stratford-street), 17 Apr 2026
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7799946) at [34A Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34a-stratford-street), 24 Feb 2026
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6818154) at [29 Stratford St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/29-stratford-street), 30 Aug 2025
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6148729) at [38 Stratford St](https://www.chch.live/merivale/38-stratford-street), 6 Apr 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5479318) at [7 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/7-stratford-street), 29 Nov 2024
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5321976) at [23 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-stratford-street), 26 Oct 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5208910) at [23 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-stratford-street), 1 Oct 2024
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/4856938) at [34A Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34a-stratford-street), 6 Jul 2024
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/4678450) at [30 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/30-stratford-street), 19 May 2024
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/3826553) at [33 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-stratford-street), 22 Oct 2023
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3174334) at [11 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/11-stratford-street), 18 Mar 2023
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/2561747) at [14 Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/14-stratford-street), 21 Aug 2022
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/2441133) at [36A Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/36a-stratford-street), 25 Jun 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1137912) at [8A Stratford Street](https://www.chch.live/merivale/8a-stratford-street), 2 Jul 2020

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Stratford Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Stratford Street?**

15 reports at 12 addresses, most often water & drains (4), roads & footpaths (4), rubbish & dumping (2).

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

2020, the record covers 15 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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