# Wattle Drive, New Brighton, Christchurch

76 reports at 38 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 69 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/new-brighton/wattle-drive

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4981&lon=172.7069&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4981&lon=172.7069&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4981&lon=172.7069&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4981&lon=172.7069&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4981&lon=172.7069&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
- [74 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/74-wattle-drive), 8 reports
- [1 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/1-wattle-drive), 8 reports
- [78D Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/78d-wattle-drive), 7 reports
- [2 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-wattle-drive), 5 reports
- [8 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/8-wattle-drive), 4 reports
- [9 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/9-wattle-drive), 3 reports
- [89 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/89-wattle-drive), 3 reports
- [54 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/54-wattle-drive), 3 reports
- [99 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/99-wattle-drive), 2 reports
- [8A Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/8a-wattle-drive), 2 reports
- [72 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/72-wattle-drive), 2 reports
- [64 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/64-wattle-drive), 2 reports
- [29 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/29-wattle-drive), 2 reports
- [93 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/93-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [83 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/83-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [78B Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/78b-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [78A Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/78a-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [76 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/76-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [75 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/75-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [67 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/67-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [65 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/65-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [63 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/63-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [62 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/62-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [59 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/59-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [56 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/56-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [55 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/55-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [52 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/52-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [5 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/5-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [42 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/42-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [4 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/4-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [39 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/39-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [36 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/36-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [27 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/27-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [22 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/22-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [17 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/17-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [15 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/15-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [103 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/103-wattle-drive), 1 report
- [101 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/101-wattle-drive), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 23 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 19 reports
- Water & drains, 10 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 10 reports
- Trees & parks, 8 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Everything else, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2015, 5 reports
- 2016, 4 reports
- 2017, 5 reports
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2020, 9 reports
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 8 reports
- 2024, 19 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.*
- [No Asset Procedures](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2008-ba4657), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 3 Jul 2008
- [Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of Christchurch City CBD and suburbs](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32200106), [TAPUHI](https://www.chch.live/collection/tapuhi), 1 Jan 2013
- [Bankruptcies](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2014-ba3428), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 5 Jun 2014

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Wattle Drive, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [BY MAZEPPA. (Otago Witness, 23 June 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18920623.2.83.1), Otago Witness · 1892-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [ARTHUR STREET SCHOOL. (Otago Daily Times, 05 August 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18920805.2.27), Otago Daily Times · 1892-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Biographical Sketches OF THE COLONISTS OF THE FIRST DECADE, (Otago Witness, 17 March 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18980317.2.207), Otago Witness · 1898-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [POULTRY NOTES. (Otago Witness, 14 September 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18990914.2.120), Otago Witness · 1899-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. Motto:—We write.for the benefit of others, not for ourselves. (Otago Witness, 18 March 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19030318.2.224), Otago Witness · 1903-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [DOT'S LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 25 November 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19031125.2.193), Otago Witness · 1903-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 02 March 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19040302.2.165.5), Otago Witness · 1904-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 23 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19050823.2.191.4), Otago Witness · 1905-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 21 March 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19060321.2.230), Otago Witness · 1906-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 02 May 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19060502.2.283), Otago Witness · 1906-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19060825.2.7), Ellesmere Guardian · 1906-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 October 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071026.2.85.3), Star · 1907-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [AT NEW BRIGHTON (Evening Post, 09 September 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19290909.2.26.6), Evening Post · 1929-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9016774), 2 Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09016774/public/1_0vz9o0i38saq8.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8940378), 52 Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08940378/public/1_5tc28wpjhmwu.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8856070), 78D Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08856070/public/1_4lb4reae8wni.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8849473), 55 Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08849473/public/1_7ph17z3kvvsq.jpg
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8768180), 64 Wattle Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08768180/public/1_hfcnbo1eyve.jpg
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8394965), 89 Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08394965/public/1_9nme05oygdsc.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8222470), 99 Wattle Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08222470/public/1_jutd2budl83.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8056836), 2 Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08056836/public/1_ocgduzdisod.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7895492), 59 Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07895492/public/1_fgd0yf5kfoc8.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7680912), 2 Wattle Dr, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07680912/public/1_bbosa808fanp.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7624604), 74 Wattle Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07624604/public/1_k9g9167e4lhr.jpg
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7271808), 42 Wattle Drive, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07271808/public/1_kex6ws3nok8.jpg

[More photographs on the New Brighton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=new-brighton)

## Latest on record
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9016774) at [2 Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-wattle-drive), 2 Oct 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8940378) at [52 Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/52-wattle-drive), 18 Sept 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8856070) at [78D Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/78d-wattle-drive), 3 Sept 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8849473) at [55 Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/55-wattle-drive), 2 Sept 2026
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/8768180) at [64 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/64-wattle-drive), 18 Aug 2026
- [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8394965) at [89 Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/89-wattle-drive), 11 Jun 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8222470) at [99 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/99-wattle-drive), 9 May 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8056836) at [2 Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-wattle-drive), 9 Apr 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7895492) at [59 Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/59-wattle-drive), 12 Mar 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7680912) at [2 Wattle Dr](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/2-wattle-drive), 5 Feb 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7624604) at [74 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/74-wattle-drive), 27 Jan 2026
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7271808) at [42 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/42-wattle-drive), 25 Nov 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7156680) at [99 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/99-wattle-drive), 5 Nov 2025
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6850502) at [8A Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/8a-wattle-drive), 5 Sept 2025
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6843930) at [74 Wattle Drive](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton/74-wattle-drive), 4 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=wattle-drive&suburb=new-brighton)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Wattle Drive?**

In [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Wattle Drive?**

76 reports at 38 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (23), graffiti & vandalism (19), water & drains (10).

**When was Wattle Drive first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 69 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=new-brighton&street=wattle-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=New%20Brighton&street=wattle-drive