# Wairarapa Terrace, Merivale, Christchurch

74 reports at 33 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 65 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/merivale/wairarapa-terrace

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5173&lon=172.6103&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5173&lon=172.6103&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5173&lon=172.6103&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
- [42 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/42-wairarapa-terrace), 7 reports
- [45 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/45-wairarapa-terrace), 6 reports
- [26A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/26a-wairarapa-terrace), 6 reports
- [94 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/94-wairarapa-terrace), 5 reports
- [2 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/2-wairarapa-terrace), 5 reports
- [86 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/86-wairarapa-terrace), 3 reports
- [60 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/60-wairarapa-terrace), 3 reports
- [50 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/50-wairarapa-terrace), 3 reports
- [44A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/44a-wairarapa-terrace), 3 reports
- [4 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-wairarapa-terrace), 3 reports
- [25A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/25a-wairarapa-terrace), 3 reports
- [90 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/90-wairarapa-terrace), 2 reports
- [78 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/78-wairarapa-terrace), 2 reports
- [54 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-wairarapa-terrace), 2 reports
- [34 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/34-wairarapa-terrace), 2 reports
- [125a Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/125a-wairarapa-terrace), 2 reports
- [84 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/84-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [82 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/82-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [72 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/72-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [6 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/6-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [58 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/58-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [56 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/56-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [37A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/37a-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [33 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/33-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [32 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/32-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [31D Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/31d-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [31 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/31-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [23 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/23-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [17A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17a-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [17 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [15 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/15-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [125c Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/125c-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report
- [12 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/12-wairarapa-terrace), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 18 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 15 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 13 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 11 reports
- Trees & parks, 10 reports
- Everything else, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 2 reports
- 2017, 3 reports
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 5 reports
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 16 reports
- 2024, 9 reports
- 2025, 15 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 (9 on the shelf; the 6 earliest listed).*
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 October 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061013.2.93.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Oct 1906
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070130.2.57.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Jan 1907
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 03 April 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090403.2.83.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Apr 1909
- [DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 22 September 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090922.2.17), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Sept 1909
- [T. J. C Wilkins and friends](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2022/ccl-cs-86109), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1920
- [THE WINNERS (Evening Post, 15 June 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310615.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jun 1931

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Wairarapa Terrace, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [FOOTBALL. (Evening Post, 28 August 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18850828.2.32), Evening Post · 1885-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 September 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010920.2.61.4), Star · 1901-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 March 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020313.2.70.3), Star · 1902-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 July 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020712.2.84.2), Star · 1902-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 October 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19021004.2.82.2), Star · 1902-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 November 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19021115.2.75.2), Star · 1902-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 03 July 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030703.2.51.6), Star · 1903-07-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080509.2.76.6), Star · 1908-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 April 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090422.2.71.4), Star · 1909-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 06 April 1921)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19210406.2.102), Evening Post · 1921-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 13 August 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300813.2.162.2), Evening Post · 1930-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 27 March 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330327.2.161.1), Evening Post · 1933-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 05 April 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340405.2.143.1), Evening Post · 1934-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 29 July 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350729.2.153.3), Evening Post · 1935-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [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
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 25 August 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380825.2.142.1), Evening Post · 1938-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [WELL-KNOWN. GOLFERS (Evening Post, 27 April 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390427.2.194.1), Evening Post · 1939-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 03 November 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19391103.2.137.1), Evening Post · 1939-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 30 January 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400130.2.120.2), Evening Post · 1940-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 03 August 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400803.2.160.3), Evening Post · 1940-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9078681), 90 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09078681/public/1_57orpip9f9fh.jpg
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9047914), 2 Wairarapa Terrace, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09047914/public/1_ozww7macgeab.jpg
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8906539), 17A Wairarapa Terrace, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08906539/public/1_aygy29lhrr9b.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8868977), 26A Wairarapa Terrace, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08868977/public/1_ea8snpayfrrh.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8563681), 4 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08563681/public/1_hy6mryxvkhtm.jpg
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8362652), 4 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08362652/public/1_cfk5l9byks7k.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8187137), 60 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08187137/public/1_88l98qd4l77b.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8168620), 26A Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08168620/public/1_rkb4l5g76ej3.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8070192), 50 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08070192/public/1_qz9necwcqbb.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8070053), 50 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08070053/public/1_beena7qofie.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8066308), 50 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08066308/public/1_2hhde4jt0dnl.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7836550), 60 Wairarapa Tce, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07836550/public/1_6ti2lmfce6ai.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9078681) at [90 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/90-wairarapa-terrace), 12 Oct 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9047914) at [2 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/2-wairarapa-terrace), 7 Oct 2026
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8906539) at [17A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/17a-wairarapa-terrace), 12 Sept 2026
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8868977) at [26A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/26a-wairarapa-terrace), 5 Sept 2026
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8563681) at [4 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-wairarapa-terrace), 13 Jul 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8362652) at [4 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-wairarapa-terrace), 4 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8187137) at [60 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/60-wairarapa-terrace), 2 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8168620) at [26A Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/26a-wairarapa-terrace), 29 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8070192) at [50 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/50-wairarapa-terrace), 12 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8070053) at [50 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/50-wairarapa-terrace), 12 Apr 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8066308) at [50 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/50-wairarapa-terrace), 11 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7836550) at [60 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/60-wairarapa-terrace), 3 Mar 2026
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7602178) at [45 Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/45-wairarapa-terrace), 23 Jan 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7178417) at [26A Wairarapa Terrace](https://www.chch.live/merivale/26a-wairarapa-terrace), 9 Nov 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6950147) at [4 Wairarapa Tce](https://www.chch.live/merivale/4-wairarapa-terrace), 26 Sept 2025

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Wairarapa Terrace?**

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

**What gets reported on Wairarapa Terrace?**

74 reports at 33 addresses, most often water & drains (18), roads & footpaths (15), rubbish & dumping (13).

**When was Wairarapa Terrace first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 65 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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