# Butler Street, Opawa, Christchurch

165 reports at 41 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 139 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/butler-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5595&lon=172.6636&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5595&lon=172.6636&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5595&lon=172.6636&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
- [50 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/50-butler-street), 18 reports
- [48 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/48-butler-street), 15 reports
- [8 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/8-butler-street), 12 reports
- [16A Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/16a-butler-street), 11 reports
- [40 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/40-butler-street), 10 reports
- [74 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/74-butler-street), 7 reports
- [62 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/62-butler-street), 7 reports
- [20 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/20-butler-street), 7 reports
- [70 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/70-butler-street), 6 reports
- [64 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/64-butler-street), 6 reports
- [44 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/44-butler-street), 6 reports
- [68 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/68-butler-street), 5 reports
- [58 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/58-butler-street), 5 reports
- [10A Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/10a-butler-street), 5 reports
- [54 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/54-butler-street), 4 reports
- [33 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/33-butler-street), 4 reports
- [41E Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/41e-butler-street), 3 reports
- [23 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/23-butler-street), 3 reports
- [72 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/72-butler-street), 2 reports
- [66 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/66-butler-street), 2 reports
- [56 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/56-butler-street), 2 reports
- [42 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/42-butler-street), 2 reports
- [34 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/34-butler-street), 2 reports
- [31 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/31-butler-street), 2 reports
- [21 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/21-butler-street), 2 reports
- [15 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/15-butler-street), 2 reports
- [84 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/84-butler-street), 1 report
- [82 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/82-butler-street), 1 report
- [80 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/80-butler-street), 1 report
- [6 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/6-butler-street), 1 report
- [43 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/43-butler-street), 1 report
- [41 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/41-butler-street), 1 report
- [35 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/35-butler-street), 1 report
- [30–40 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/30%E2%80%9340-butler-street), 1 report
- [29 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/29-butler-street), 1 report
- [26 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/26-butler-street), 1 report
- [25 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/25-butler-street), 1 report
- [19 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/19-butler-street), 1 report
- [18 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/18-butler-street), 1 report
- [16 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/16-butler-street), 1 report
- [13 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/13-butler-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Trees & parks, 75 reports
- Water & drains, 45 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 16 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 14 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 10 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports

## Year by year
- 2016, 3 reports
- 2018, 7 reports
- 2019, 15 reports
- 2020, 15 reports
- 2021, 22 reports
- 2022, 13 reports
- 2023, 29 reports
- 2024, 32 reports
- 2025, 18 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 (14 on the shelf; the 2 earliest listed).*
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 14 February 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790214.2.12.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Feb 1879
- [TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 17 April 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18790417.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Apr 1879

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Butler Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 13 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18660413.2.16.1), Timaru Herald · 1866-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Timaru Herald, 14 May 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18780514.2.3.7), Timaru Herald · 1878-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 15 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790115.2.2.2), Auckland Star · 1879-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 16 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790116.2.2.2), Auckland Star · 1879-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 March 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790311.2.13.3), Star · 1879-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 November 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18791125.2.15.3), Star · 1879-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 02 February 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18800202.2.2.4), Timaru Herald · 1880-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 16 March 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18800316.2.2.4), Timaru Herald · 1880-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Timaru Herald, 15 April 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18800415.2.2.4), Timaru Herald · 1880-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990325.2.5.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 March 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990329.2.6.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 April 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990401.2.6.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 April 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18990405.2.5.1), Ellesmere Guardian · 1899-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE CANTERBURY TROOP. (Star, 13 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000213.2.40), Star · 1900-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE CANTERBURY MEN. (Star, 08 May 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010508.2.45.1), Star · 1901-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTH. (Star, 31 March 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050331.2.21), Star · 1905-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE COMING ELECTIONS. (Star, 22 June 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060622.2.41.6), Star · 1906-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [TRAMWAY BOARD ELECTIONS. (Star, 26 June 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060626.2.37), Star · 1906-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [NOTES. (Progress, 01 July 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/P19070701.2.24), Progress · 1907-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 21 June 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19160621.2.16), Evening Post · 1916-06-21T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8986374), 40 Butler Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08986374/public/1_onwitbhacvrf.jpg
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8903477), 48 Butler Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08903477/public/1_v7uqt5mi01b8.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8491988), 42 Butler Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08491988/public/1_v5i6lmpoq9er.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8407582), 16A Butler Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08407582/public/1_lpeqty6h5kh5.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8216107), 30–40 Butler St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08216107/public/1_42ve0wzb9l29.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8208973), 20 Butler St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08208973/public/1_g5qq9nllgfj.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7914628), 8 Butler St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07914628/public/1_isynn9vjljm7.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7905128), 48 Butler St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07905128/public/1_nolf2q9lgn.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7696873), 10A Butler Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07696873/public/1_pxgw5upr4gg6.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7672230), 33 Butler St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07672230/public/1_03jqrixuypxaa.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7232257), 10A Butler Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07232257/public/1_2qg61f18vvuc.jpg
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/7215370), 21 Butler Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07215370/public/1_iq6dimui4aa.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8986374) at [40 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/40-butler-street), 26 Sept 2026
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8903477) at [48 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/48-butler-street), 11 Sept 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8491988) at [42 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/42-butler-street), 29 Jun 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8407582) at [16A Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/16a-butler-street), 13 Jun 2026
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8216107) at [30–40 Butler St](https://www.chch.live/opawa/30%E2%80%9340-butler-street), 8 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8208973) at [20 Butler St](https://www.chch.live/opawa/20-butler-street), 6 May 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7914628) at [8 Butler St](https://www.chch.live/opawa/8-butler-street), 16 Mar 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7905128) at [48 Butler St](https://www.chch.live/opawa/48-butler-street), 14 Mar 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7696873) at [10A Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/10a-butler-street), 7 Feb 2026
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7672230) at [33 Butler St](https://www.chch.live/opawa/33-butler-street), 3 Feb 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7571144) at [16A Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/16a-butler-street), 18 Jan 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7232257) at [10A Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/10a-butler-street), 18 Nov 2025
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/7215370) at [21 Butler Street](https://www.chch.live/opawa/21-butler-street), 15 Nov 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7052589) at [20 Butler St](https://www.chch.live/opawa/20-butler-street), 16 Oct 2025
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/6960804) at [58 Butler St](https://www.chch.live/opawa/58-butler-street), 28 Sept 2025

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Butler Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Butler Street?**

165 reports at 41 addresses, most often trees & parks (75), water & drains (45), graffiti & vandalism (16).

**When was Butler Street first reported on?**

2016, the record covers 139 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=opawa&street=butler-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Opawa&street=butler-street