# Matai Street, Riccarton, Christchurch

22 reports at 16 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2020. 20 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/matai-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5256&lon=172.6057&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5256&lon=172.6057&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5256&lon=172.6057&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
- [84 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/84-matai-street), 3 reports
- [52 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/52-matai-street), 2 reports
- [39-55 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/39-55-matai-street), 2 reports
- [35 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/35-matai-street), 2 reports
- [10 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/10-matai-street), 2 reports
- [92 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/92-matai-street), 1 report
- [85 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/85-matai-street), 1 report
- [83-85 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/83-85-matai-street), 1 report
- [83 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/83-matai-street), 1 report
- [76 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/76-matai-street), 1 report
- [64 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/64-matai-street), 1 report
- [63 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/63-matai-street), 1 report
- [56 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/56-matai-street), 1 report
- [48-76 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/48-76-matai-street), 1 report
- [47 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/47-matai-street), 1 report
- [43 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/43-matai-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 14 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 6 reports
- Water & drains, 2 reports

## Year by year
- 2016, 6 reports
- 2017, 3 reports
- 2019, 12 reports
- 2020, 1 report

## On the register
- [Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.](https://www.chch.live/place/298), 5 Matai Street East

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (51 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 October 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19041001.2.80.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Oct 1904
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 15 October 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19041015.2.66.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Oct 1904
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 May 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060512.2.60.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 May 1906
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080603.2.41.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Jun 1908
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080610.2.42.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 10 Jun 1908
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 June 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080612.2.38.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Jun 1908
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 24 October 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081024.2.63.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 24 Oct 1908
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 October 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19091030.2.100.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Oct 1909
- [A BENEFACTRESS. (Colonist, 17 June 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19140617.2.46.23), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Jun 1914
- [AN £800,000 ESTATE (Otago Daily Times 9-6-1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19140609.2.63), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 6 Sept 1914
- [THE ART UNION (Evening Post, 15 October 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351015.2.101), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Oct 1935
- [Page 26 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 04 July 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360704.2.180.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Jul 1936

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Matai Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Marlborough Express, 19 October 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18961019.2.30.3), Marlborough Express · 1896-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 November 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19091117.2.36.2), Star · 1909-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [HARD-WORKING DOCTORS (Evening Post, 13 August 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150813.2.7), Evening Post · 1915-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [SCIENCE CONGRESS (Evening Post, 30 December 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181230.2.33), Evening Post · 1918-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [INSURANCE MONEY (Evening Post, 01 July 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380701.2.30), Evening Post · 1938-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [TABLOID RECORDS OF FIELD (Evening Post, 30 July 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380730.2.156.1), Evening Post · 1938-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 22 February 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390222.2.192), Evening Post · 1939-02-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 May 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390523.2.117.1), Evening Post · 1939-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 16 April 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420416.2.5), Evening Post · 1942-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 September 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420915.2.32.1), Evening Post · 1942-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [MILITARY MEDAL (Evening Post, 08 December 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19441208.2.40), Evening Post · 1944-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOR GALLANTRY (Evening Post, 05 November 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19451105.2.142), Evening Post · 1945-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/940106), 10 Matai Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00940106/0_Ij4vmG
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/894254), 52 Matai Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00894254/0_oclY5f
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/850037), 47 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00850037/0_LMgSCU
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/834652), 84 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00834652/0_MdrMRG
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/816615), 43 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00816615/0_hsrOah
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/757742), 35 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00757742/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/742913), 76 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00742913/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/739349), 10 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00739349/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/727598), 56 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00727598/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/684692), 64 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00684692/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/616639), 92 Matai St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00616639/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/260383), 84 Matai Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00260383/0

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

## Latest on record
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/940106) at [10 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/10-matai-street), 13 Jan 2020
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/894254) at [52 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/52-matai-street), 29 Nov 2019
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/893488) at [52 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/52-matai-street), 29 Nov 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/850037) at [47 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/47-matai-street), 20 Oct 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/834652) at [84 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/84-matai-street), 4 Oct 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/816615) at [43 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/43-matai-street), 15 Sept 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/757742) at [35 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/35-matai-street), 15 Jul 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/742913) at [76 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/76-matai-street), 28 Jun 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/739349) at [10 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/10-matai-street), 24 Jun 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/727598) at [56 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/56-matai-street), 10 Jun 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/684692) at [64 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/64-matai-street), 21 Apr 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/616639) at [92 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/92-matai-street), 9 Feb 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/597773) at [85 Matai St](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/85-matai-street), 20 Jan 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/260383) at [84 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/84-matai-street), 23 May 2017
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/253003) at [84 Matai Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/84-matai-street), 2 May 2017

## Schools on it
- [Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school-te-kura-o-hine-waiora), Secondary (Year 9-15) · decile 9 · EQI 419 · roll 1,308

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 19 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=matai-street&suburb=riccarton)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Matai Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Matai Street?**

22 reports at 16 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (14), roads & footpaths (6), water & drains (2).

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

2016, the record covers 20 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2020.

**What heritage places are on Matai Street?**

[Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.](https://www.chch.live/place/298).

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=riccarton&street=matai-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=matai-street