# Tara Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 29 reports at 5 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 25 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/riccarton/tara-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5318&lon=172.5896&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5318&lon=172.5896&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5318&lon=172.5896&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 - [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 12 reports - [5 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5-tara-street), 8 reports - [4 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/4-tara-street), 4 reports - [1 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/1-tara-street), 4 reports - [2-4 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/2-4-tara-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 10 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 9 reports - Water & drains, 6 reports - Roads & footpaths, 2 reports - Everything else, 1 report - Trees & parks, 1 report ## Year by year - 2015, 5 reports - 2016, 1 report - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 2 reports - 2021, 1 report - 2022, 5 reports - 2023, 5 reports - 2024, 3 reports - 2025, 5 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 (9 on the shelf; the 8 earliest listed).* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 October 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081002.2.46.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Oct 1908 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 05 December 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19311205.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Dec 1931 - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2008-ds6672), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 11 Sept 2008 - [List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2013-go8151), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 18 Dec 2013 - [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 - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2015-ds3538), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 18 Jun 2015 - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2016-ds4007), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 14 Jul 2016 - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2026-ds4410), [New Zealand Gazette](https://www.chch.live/collection/new-zealand-gazette), 13 Aug 2026 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Tara Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 23 March 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610323.2.2.5), Lyttelton Times · 1861-03-23T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 03 December 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18791203.2.8), Star · 1879-12-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 03 November 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18831103.2.26.3), Otago Daily Times · 1883-11-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 April 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040422.2.56.5), Star · 1904-04-22T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051230.2.88.1), Star · 1905-12-30T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 16 November 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19071116.2.22), Evening Post · 1907-11-16T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 December 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19071214.2.54.4), Star · 1907-12-14T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 February 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080201.2.73.5), Star · 1908-02-01T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 November 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19081126.2.40.1), Star · 1908-11-26T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 12 March 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19140312.2.16), Marlborough Express · 1914-03-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 16 September 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19160916.2.55.4), Evening Post · 1916-09-16T00:00:00.000Z - [NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 21 September 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19160921.2.77.1), Evening Post · 1916-09-21T00:00:00.000Z - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 01 May 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170501.2.60), Evening Post · 1917-05-01T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 02 June 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19240602.2.11), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1924-06-02T00:00:00.000Z - [HAPPY-GO-LUCKY" (Evening Post, 12 June 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340612.2.100), Evening Post · 1934-06-12T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 13 August 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360813.2.160.2), Evening Post · 1936-08-13T00:00:00.000Z - [C.J.C. ACCEPTORS (Evening Post, 23 November 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19431123.2.94.1), Evening Post · 1943-11-23T00:00:00.000Z - [C.J.C. REHANDICAPS (Evening Post, 19 March 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450319.2.94), Evening Post · 1945-03-19T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9047242), 4 Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09047242/public/1_f0xndq7pofb.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6269321), 5A Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06269321/public/1_azpol3km30cq.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6232395), 1 Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06232395/public/1_w2wqxvjqzpjw.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5894591), 5A Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05894591/public/1_xj59zjoa27l8.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5686111), 5A Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05686111/public/1_837nh4wphloi.jpg - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5686110), 5A Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05686110/public/1_332gvd6w8oxo.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5458984), 5A Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05458984/public/1_8uldig68m9hm.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5254587), 1 Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05254587/public/1_0uvfhr255huap.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4254047), 5A Tara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04254047/public/1_laee201mcyir.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/559610), 5A Tara St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00559610/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/396081), 5A Tara St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00396081/0 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/216301), 4 Tara Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00216301/0 [More photographs on the Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=riccarton) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9047242) at [4 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/4-tara-street), 7 Oct 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6269321) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 1 May 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6232395) at [1 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/1-tara-street), 23 Apr 2025 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5894591) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 18 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5686111) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 13 Jan 2025 - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/5686110) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 13 Jan 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5458984) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 25 Nov 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5254587) at [1 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/1-tara-street), 11 Oct 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4254047) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 7 Feb 2024 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3970279) at [1 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/1-tara-street), 30 Nov 2023 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3950978) at [1 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/1-tara-street), 24 Nov 2023 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/3192548) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 24 Mar 2023 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3092246) at [5 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5-tara-street), 20 Feb 2023 - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/3073605) at [5A Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5a-tara-street), 14 Feb 2023 - [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/2891106) at [5 Tara Street](https://www.chch.live/riccarton/5-tara-street), 13 Dec 2022 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Tara Street?** In [Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Tara Street?** 29 reports at 5 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (10), rubbish & dumping (9), water & drains (6). **When was Tara Street first reported on?** 2015, the record covers 25 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=riccarton&street=tara-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Riccarton&street=tara-street