# Bower Avenue, New Brighton, Christchurch 185 reports at 86 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 164 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/bower-avenue ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5001&lon=172.7102&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5001&lon=172.7102&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5001&lon=172.7102&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5001&lon=172.7102&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5001&lon=172.7102&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 - [2 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-bower-avenue), 16 reports - [6 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/6-bower-avenue), 7 reports - [204 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/204-bower-avenue), 7 reports - [112 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/112-bower-avenue), 7 reports - [154 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/154-bower-avenue), 6 reports - [10 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10-bower-avenue), 6 reports - [67A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/67a-bower-avenue), 5 reports - [55 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/55-bower-avenue), 5 reports - [59 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/59-bower-avenue), 4 reports - [190 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/190-bower-avenue), 4 reports - [186 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/186-bower-avenue), 4 reports - [8A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/8a-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [8 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/8-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [73 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/73-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [69A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/69a-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [65 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/65-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [182 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/182-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [146 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/146-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [132 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/132-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [116 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/116-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [10b Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10b-bower-avenue), 3 reports - [86 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/86-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [85 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/85-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [81 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/81-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [63 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/63-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [26 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/26-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [215C Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/215c-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [20E Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/20e-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [194 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/194-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [175 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/175-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [174 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/174-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [14b Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/14b-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [14A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/14a-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [143 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/143-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [112A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/112a-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [10D Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10d-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [10C Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10c-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [108 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/108-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [106 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/106-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [105 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/105-bower-avenue), 2 reports - [99 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/99-bower-avenue), 1 report - [93 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/93-bower-avenue), 1 report - [8B Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/8b-bower-avenue), 1 report - [89 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/89-bower-avenue), 1 report - [88 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/88-bower-avenue), 1 report - [87 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/87-bower-avenue), 1 report - [83 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/83-bower-avenue), 1 report - [81A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/81a-bower-avenue), 1 report - [80 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/80-bower-avenue), 1 report - [79 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/79-bower-avenue), 1 report - [78 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/78-bower-avenue), 1 report - [77 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/77-bower-avenue), 1 report - [75 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/75-bower-avenue), 1 report - [66 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/66-bower-avenue), 1 report - [57 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/57-bower-avenue), 1 report - [56 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/56-bower-avenue), 1 report - [5 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-bower-avenue), 1 report - [46 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/46-bower-avenue), 1 report - [40 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/40-bower-avenue), 1 report - [32 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/32-bower-avenue), 1 report - [201-203 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/201-203-bower-avenue), 1 report - [201 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/201-bower-avenue), 1 report - [200 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/200-bower-avenue), 1 report - [198A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/198a-bower-avenue), 1 report - [185-189 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/185-189-bower-avenue), 1 report - [177B Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/177b-bower-avenue), 1 report - [173 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/173-bower-avenue), 1 report - [172 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/172-bower-avenue), 1 report - [167 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/167-bower-avenue), 1 report - [159 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/159-bower-avenue), 1 report - [151A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/151a-bower-avenue), 1 report - [151 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/151-bower-avenue), 1 report - [150 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/150-bower-avenue), 1 report - [14 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/14-bower-avenue), 1 report - [135 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/135-bower-avenue), 1 report - [130 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/130-bower-avenue), 1 report - [127 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/127-bower-avenue), 1 report - [124 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/124-bower-avenue), 1 report - [122 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/122-bower-avenue), 1 report - [12 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/12-bower-avenue), 1 report - [115 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/115-bower-avenue), 1 report - [114 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/114-bower-avenue), 1 report - [112B Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/112b-bower-avenue), 1 report - [110 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/110-bower-avenue), 1 report - [10B Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10b-bower-avenue), 1 report - [10A Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10a-bower-avenue), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 82 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 32 reports - Roads & footpaths, 22 reports - Water & drains, 20 reports - Trees & parks, 17 reports - Vehicles & parking, 7 reports - [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 3 reports - Everything else, 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 10 reports - 2017, 8 reports - 2018, 2 reports - 2019, 9 reports - 2020, 14 reports - 2021, 10 reports - 2022, 14 reports - 2023, 37 reports - 2024, 26 reports - 2025, 30 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 (6 on the shelf; the 5 earliest listed).* - [Aerial photomosaic of North Beach](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/aerial-photomosaics/1926/ccl-cs-47120), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1926 - [Bankruptcies](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2008-ba9585), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 18 Dec 2008 - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2009-ds5187), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 18 Jun 2009 - [Bankruptcies](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2010-ba286), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 14 Jan 2010 - [List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-go7521), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 12 Dec 2014 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Bower Avenue, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Wellington Independent, 25 January 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18680125.2.15), Wellington Independent · 1868-01-25T00:00:00.000Z - [CHRISTCHURCH. (New Zealand Tablet, 14 December 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18831214.2.26), New Zealand Tablet · 1883-12-14T00:00:00.000Z - [DEATHS. (Auckland Star, 10 May 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19000510.2.85.7), Auckland Star · 1900-05-10T00:00:00.000Z - [A CHILD ACCUSED OF ��� MURDER. BIRTHS. DEATHS. LATEST SHIPPING. LATEST SHIPPING. LYTTELTON. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. EXPRESS PASSENGER LIST. LOCAL AND GENERAL. CITY EDITION. IMPURE BEER. COMMERCIAL. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. WRECK OF A STEAMER. ACCIDENTS AND SEA. A BOATING ACCIDENT. DROWNING FATALITY AT NEW BRIGHTON. MINING. LAWN TENNIS. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA IN PURSUIT OF DE WEST. THE REPULSE OF A BEER ATTACK. OPPERATION IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL. THE AMEER ON BRITISH SUCCESSES. ' THE NETHERLAND AND ARBITRATION. RETURNING TROOPS. GALLANT NEW ZEALANDERS. DEATH OF TROOPER SMITH. FIRES. THE CRISIS CHINA. A WARNING. AMERICA'S LATEST DECISION. WELLINGTION MANSLAUGHTER CASE. CONFERENCE OF MAORI STUDENTS. THE POSTEL DEPARTMENT. LAND SETTLEMENT. THE JUBILEE EXIBITION. BOWLING. PERSONAL SPORTING. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. AUSTRALIA. A SERIES OF CHARGES. SUPREME COURT.. DUNEDIN NEWS. SCHOOL COMMITTEES. OPERA HOUSE. CYCLING. (Star, 07 December 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19001207.2.18), Star · 1900-12-07T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 10 November 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19041110.2.11), Wanganui Chronicle · 1904-11-10T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 May 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080530.2.56.3), Star · 1908-05-30T00:00:00.000Z - [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 21 July 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19110721.2.138), Evening Post · 1911-07-21T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 August 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150828.2.51), Evening Post · 1915-08-28T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 June 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170622.2.95), Evening Post · 1917-06-22T00:00:00.000Z - [15000 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 03 September 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170903.2.93.1), Evening Post · 1917-09-03T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 29 April 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180429.2.61), Evening Post · 1918-04-29T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 32 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 06 July 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350706.2.251.2), Evening Post · 1935-07-06T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 May 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410531.2.132), Evening Post · 1941-05-31T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 13 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420113.2.95), Evening Post · 1942-01-13T00:00:00.000Z - [RESCUED NEW ZEALAND TROOPS (Evening Post, 19 May 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450519.2.86), Evening Post · 1945-05-19T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8925935), 10D Bower Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08925935/public/1_hd2fd8ec8pd5.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8896039), 10C Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08896039/public/1_ftwio03q82jh.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8896038), 10C Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08896038/public/1_uujzu4qqpzk.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8858623), 215C Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08858623/public/1_3es5lqar2k6i.jpg - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8737839), 63 Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08737839/public/1_p4wyy2e2qodg.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8694408), 124 Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08694408/public/1_51ciusevc7yn.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8658458), 143 Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08658458/public/1_p37k6p4e6wq.jpg - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8523298), 85 Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08523298/public/1_u4kgn0g10qdg.jpg - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8396723), 79 Bower Ave, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08396723/public/1_cmrlg508kqrx.jpg - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8388876), 143 Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08388876/public/1_vmudhwxqcfda.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8384340), 46 Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08384340/public/1_i6uomgha3r7s.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8371096), 12 Bower Avenue, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08371096/public/1_ol7mh9ods5av.jpg [More photographs on the New Brighton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=new-brighton) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8925935) at [10D Bower Ave](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10d-bower-avenue), 15 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8896039) at [10C Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10c-bower-avenue), 10 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8896038) at [10C Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10c-bower-avenue), 10 Sept 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8858623) at [215C Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/215c-bower-avenue), 3 Sept 2026 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8737839) at [63 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/63-bower-avenue), 13 Aug 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8694408) at [124 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/124-bower-avenue), 5 Aug 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8658458) at [143 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/143-bower-avenue), 30 Jul 2026 - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8523298) at [85 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/85-bower-avenue), 5 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8400570) at [65 Bower Ave](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/65-bower-avenue), 12 Jun 2026 - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8396723) at [79 Bower Ave](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/79-bower-avenue), 11 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8388876) at [143 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/143-bower-avenue), 10 Jun 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8384340) at [46 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/46-bower-avenue), 9 Jun 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8371096) at [12 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/12-bower-avenue), 6 Jun 2026 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8174392) at [204 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/204-bower-avenue), 30 Apr 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8038442) at [190 Bower Avenue](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/190-bower-avenue), 6 Apr 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 36 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The corner the record returns to: [Bower Avenue & Travis Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bower-avenue-and-travis-road), 48 crashes pinned to the pairing. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=bower-avenue&suburb=new-brighton) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Bower Avenue?** In [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Bower Avenue?** 185 reports at 86 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (82), rubbish & dumping (32), roads & footpaths (22). **When was Bower Avenue first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 164 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. **What is the busiest corner on Bower Avenue?** [Bower Avenue and Travis Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/bower-avenue-and-travis-road), 48 police-reported crashes at the pairing. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=new-brighton&street=bower-avenue · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=New%20Brighton&street=bower-avenue