# Mafeking Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 35 reports at 16 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 33 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/mafeking-street ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5087&lon=172.7287&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5087&lon=172.7287&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5087&lon=172.7287&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5087&lon=172.7287&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 - [13 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/13-mafeking-street), 5 reports - [5 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-mafeking-street), 4 reports - [9 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/9-mafeking-street), 3 reports - [19 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/19-mafeking-street), 3 reports - [18 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/18-mafeking-street), 3 reports - [16 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/16-mafeking-street), 3 reports - [12 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/12-mafeking-street), 3 reports - [20 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/20-mafeking-street), 2 reports - [10 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/10-mafeking-street), 2 reports - [6 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/6-mafeking-street), 1 report - [4 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/4-mafeking-street), 1 report - [21 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/21-mafeking-street), 1 report - [18-20 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/18-20-mafeking-street), 1 report - [17 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/17-mafeking-street), 1 report - [15 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/15-mafeking-street), 1 report - [11 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/11-mafeking-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Vehicles & parking, 11 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 9 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 6 reports - Roads & footpaths, 5 reports - Trees & parks, 3 reports - Water & drains, 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 5 reports - 2018, 1 report - 2020, 1 report - 2021, 1 report - 2022, 1 report - 2023, 3 reports - 2024, 5 reports - 2025, 4 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.* - [Two cats with a basket, a Mafeking street parade](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/drayton-album/ccl-cs-55843), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories), 1 Jan 1900 - [Untitled (Auckland Star, 08 June 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19000608.2.39), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Jun 1900 - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 07 December 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071207.2.69.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Dec 1907 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Mafeking Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [THE FOURTH CONTINGENT (Otago Witness, 01 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19000301.2.68.8), Otago Witness · 1900-03-01T00:00:00.000Z - [HORSES ALLOTTED AND EQUIPMENT SERVED OUT. (Otago Witness, 15 March 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19000315.2.63.17), Otago Witness · 1900-03-15T00:00:00.000Z - [LETTERS FROM LITTIE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 14 June 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19000614.2.159.2), Otago Witness · 1900-06-14T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 15 June 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000615.2.34), Star · 1900-06-15T00:00:00.000Z - [BAND NOTES. (Star, 18 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000818.2.62.2), Star · 1900-08-18T00:00:00.000Z - [The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1900. (Taranaki Herald, 30 October 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19001030.2.10), Taranaki Herald · 1900-10-30T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 06 May 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010506.2.36), Star · 1901-05-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Untitled (Auckland Star, 14 October 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19011014.2.38), Auckland Star · 1901-10-14T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 16 September 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19030916.2.63.3), Evening Post · 1903-09-16T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 March 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050307.2.51.4), Star · 1905-03-07T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 09 August 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150809.2.9), Evening Post · 1915-08-09T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420102.2.91), Evening Post · 1942-01-02T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9008027), 18 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09008027/public/1_5sjb1u53trai.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8906735), 5 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08906735/public/1_q28u6okx5lgl.jpg - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8740360), 19 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08740360/public/1_ay4xhh5xzpcn.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8511010), 6 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08511010/public/1_wozpi1wql7kg.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7853328), 12 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07853328/public/1_vvux8gshohgi.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7848015), 12 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07848015/public/1_gxh6jxqu0juj.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7758882), 20 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07758882/public/1_e9sv8m0srzc7.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7758879), 19 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07758879/public/1_yjs9rswkaus9.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7734303), 19 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07734303/public/1_iuh7makho2r.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7659933), 5 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07659933/public/1_9ampc307rxk5.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7566447), 16 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07566447/public/1_fihwiksusfie.jpg - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7545957), 17 Mafeking Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07545957/public/1_w75vi2bg95i4.jpg [More photographs on the New Brighton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=new-brighton) ## Latest on record - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9008027) at [18 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/18-mafeking-street), 30 Sept 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8906735) at [5 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-mafeking-street), 12 Sept 2026 - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8740360) at [19 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/19-mafeking-street), 13 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8511010) at [6 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/6-mafeking-street), 2 Jul 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7853328) at [12 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/12-mafeking-street), 5 Mar 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7848015) at [12 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/12-mafeking-street), 4 Mar 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7758882) at [20 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/20-mafeking-street), 18 Feb 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7758879) at [19 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/19-mafeking-street), 18 Feb 2026 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7734303) at [19 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/19-mafeking-street), 13 Feb 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7659933) at [5 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-mafeking-street), 2 Feb 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7566447) at [16 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/16-mafeking-street), 17 Jan 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7545957) at [17 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/17-mafeking-street), 14 Jan 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7516990) at [5 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-mafeking-street), 9 Jan 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7507494) at [5 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-mafeking-street), 8 Jan 2026 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7107741) at [4 Mafeking Street](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/4-mafeking-street), 27 Oct 2025 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Mafeking Street?** In [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Mafeking Street?** 35 reports at 16 addresses, most often vehicles & parking (11), rubbish & dumping (9), graffiti & vandalism (6). **When was Mafeking Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 33 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=new-brighton&street=mafeking-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=New%20Brighton&street=mafeking-street