# Blake Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 82 reports at 34 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 71 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/blake-street ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5224&lon=172.7294&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5224&lon=172.7294&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5224&lon=172.7294&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5224&lon=172.7294&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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 - [82 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/82-blake-street), 11 reports - [81 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/81-blake-street), 7 reports - [80 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/80-blake-street), 7 reports - [31 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/31-blake-street), 6 reports - [2 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-blake-street), 4 reports - [76 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/76-blake-street), 3 reports - [74 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/74-blake-street), 3 reports - [61 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/61-blake-street), 3 reports - [52 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/52-blake-street), 3 reports - [33 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/33-blake-street), 3 reports - [11 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/11-blake-street), 3 reports - [51 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/51-blake-street), 2 reports - [46 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/46-blake-street), 2 reports - [45 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/45-blake-street), 2 reports - [27 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/27-blake-street), 2 reports - [19 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/19-blake-street), 2 reports - [17 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/17-blake-street), 2 reports - [89 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/89-blake-street), 1 report - [82-80 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/82-80-blake-street), 1 report - [78 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/78-blake-street), 1 report - [72 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/72-blake-street), 1 report - [68 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/68-blake-street), 1 report - [63 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/63-blake-street), 1 report - [5 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-blake-street), 1 report - [38 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/38-blake-street), 1 report - [37 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/37-blake-street), 1 report - [34 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/34-blake-street), 1 report - [32 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/32-blake-street), 1 report - [3 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/3-blake-street), 1 report - [2–24 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2%E2%80%9324-blake-street), 1 report - [26 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/26-blake-street), 1 report - [25 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/25-blake-street), 1 report - [24a Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/24a-blake-street), 1 report - [24A Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/24a-blake-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 19 reports - Roads & footpaths, 18 reports - Water & drains, 14 reports - Trees & parks, 13 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 9 reports - Vehicles & parking, 6 reports - Everything else, 2 reports - [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 2 reports - 2017, 5 reports - 2018, 7 reports - 2019, 4 reports - 2020, 9 reports - 2021, 13 reports - 2022, 7 reports - 2023, 10 reports - 2024, 4 reports - 2025, 8 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 (33 on the shelf; the 2 earliest listed).* - [Christchurch. (Star, 28 November 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18931128.2.24.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 28 Nov 1893 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 September 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090911.2.64.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Sept 1909 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Blake Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 June 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18810608.2.20.1), Star · 1881-06-08T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW BRIGHTON IMPROVEMENTS. (Star, 12 July 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900712.2.31), Star · 1890-07-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Looal & General. (Star, 26 November 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18901126.2.55), Star · 1890-11-26T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW BRIGHTON IMPROVEMENTS. (Star, 03 April 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910403.2.43), Star · 1891-04-03T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW BRIGHTON JOTTINGS. (Star, 19 June 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940619.2.48), Star · 1894-06-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 07 December 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011207.2.84.5), Star · 1901-12-07T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS. (Star, 13 February 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020213.2.17), Star · 1902-02-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 12 October 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071012.2.72.6), Star · 1907-10-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 October 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071019.2.70.6), Star · 1907-10-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 November 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071102.2.78.5), Star · 1907-11-02T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080118.2.74.5), Star · 1908-01-18T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 11 December 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19091211.2.6.2), Evening Post · 1909-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 13 December 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19091213.2.15.2), Evening Post · 1909-12-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 29 December 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19091229.2.17.2), Evening Post · 1909-12-29T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 08 January 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19100108.2.3.2), Evening Post · 1910-01-08T00:00:00.000Z - [DOOR FALLS ON HIS HEAD (Ashburton Guardian, 30 June 1921)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19210630.2.11.1), Ashburton Guardian · 1921-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - [BACCHUS AND THE "BACH" (NZ Truth, 13 December 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19241213.2.50), NZ Truth · 1924-12-13T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 December 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19301202.2.2.6), Ellesmere Guardian · 1930-12-02T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 November 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411119.2.99), Evening Post · 1941-11-19T00:00:00.000Z - [AIR CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 07 January 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430107.2.22.2), Evening Post · 1943-01-07T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8823964), 25 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08823964/public/1_if1bxdr5fzmp.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8771085), 68 Blake St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08771085/public/1_wg4ad66m24gj.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8437050), 81 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08437050/public/1_5v0zbk1tda86.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8315849), 31 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08315849/public/1_jr45wbmctgon.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8176986), 31 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08176986/public/1_z283oex7taaj.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8041529), 61 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08041529/public/1_dc6xwo8bvmv5.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7998476), 31 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07998476/public/1_sgyi9wu43df.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7920566), 51 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07920566/public/1_6xce33inuwuh.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7818128), 80 Blake St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07818128/public/1_9tsc9hsvc27p.jpg - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7625671), 82 Blake St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07625671/public/1_vfvhzirurise.jpg - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7225176), 80 Blake St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07225176/public/1_7mkg38l930pp.jpg - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7161522), 11 Blake Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07161522/public/1_57r7ku7aqj7d.jpg [More photographs on the New Brighton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=new-brighton) ## Latest on record - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8823964) at [25 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/25-blake-street), 28 Aug 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8771085) at [68 Blake St](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/68-blake-street), 19 Aug 2026 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8488804) at [61 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/61-blake-street), 28 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8437050) at [81 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/81-blake-street), 18 Jun 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8315849) at [31 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/31-blake-street), 27 May 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8176986) at [31 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/31-blake-street), 30 Apr 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8041529) at [61 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/61-blake-street), 7 Apr 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7998476) at [31 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/31-blake-street), 30 Mar 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7984399) at [27 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/27-blake-street), 27 Mar 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7920566) at [51 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/51-blake-street), 17 Mar 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7818128) at [80 Blake St](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/80-blake-street), 27 Feb 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7818110) at [80 Blake St](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/80-blake-street), 27 Feb 2026 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7625671) at [82 Blake St](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/82-blake-street), 27 Jan 2026 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7225176) at [80 Blake St](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/80-blake-street), 17 Nov 2025 - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7161522) at [11 Blake Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/11-blake-street), 6 Nov 2025 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=blake-street&suburb=new-brighton) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Blake Street?** In [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Blake Street?** 82 reports at 34 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (19), roads & footpaths (18), water & drains (14). **When was Blake Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 71 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=new-brighton&street=blake-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=New%20Brighton&street=blake-street