# Forth Street, Richmond, Christchurch

50 reports at 18 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 44 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/richmond/forth-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5192&lon=172.6578&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5192&lon=172.6578&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5192&lon=172.6578&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
- [43 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/43-forth-street), 13 reports
- [3 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/3-forth-street), 6 reports
- [40 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/40-forth-street), 4 reports
- [12 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/12-forth-street), 4 reports
- [25 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/25-forth-street), 3 reports
- [18 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/18-forth-street), 3 reports
- [11 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/11-forth-street), 3 reports
- [10 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/10-forth-street), 3 reports
- [20 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/20-forth-street), 2 reports
- [9 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/9-forth-street), 1 report
- [39 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/39-forth-street), 1 report
- [36 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/36-forth-street), 1 report
- [28A Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/28a-forth-street), 1 report
- [27 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/27-forth-street), 1 report
- [24 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/24-forth-street), 1 report
- [21 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/21-forth-street), 1 report
- [2/14 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/2-14-forth-street), 1 report
- [15 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/15-forth-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 22 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 8 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 6 reports
- Trees & parks, 6 reports
- Water & drains, 5 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Everything else, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2018, 8 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 4 reports
- 2022, 9 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 16 reports
- 2025, 3 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 (72 on the shelf; the 7 earliest listed).*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 04 December 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18711204.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Dec 1871
- [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 07 August 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18750807.2.69), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Aug 1875
- [BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 27 October 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18751027.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Oct 1875
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 18 June 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18790618.2.24.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Jun 1879
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Southland Times, 03 November 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18801103.2.18.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Nov 1880
- [BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 25 February 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18810225.2.22), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Feb 1881
- [SOCIAL AND GENERAL. (Otago Daily Times, 04 December 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18851204.2.41), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Dec 1885

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Forth Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 02 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18670302.2.2.5), Grey River Argus · 1867-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 05 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18670305.2.2.5), Grey River Argus · 1867-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 12 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18670312.2.2.5), Grey River Argus · 1867-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 14 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18670314.2.2.5), Grey River Argus · 1867-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Nelson Evening Mail, 19 October 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18811019.2.14.3), Nelson Evening Mail · 1881-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 01 December 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18841201.2.19.5), Grey River Argus · 1884-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Telegraphic News. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 December 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18901209.2.7), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1890-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 July 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910702.2.32.1), Star · 1891-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [SWIMMING. (Star, 09 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951209.2.4), Star · 1895-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Southland Times, 24 April 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18960424.2.14.3), Southland Times · 1896-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [WESLEYAN CONFERENCE (West Coast Times, 26 February 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18980226.2.14), West Coast Times · 1898-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 05 March 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19020305.2.12.2), Colonist · 1902-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [GREATER CHRISTCHURCH AND THE TRAMWAY BOARD. (Star, 21 January 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030121.2.33.1), Star · 1903-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 January 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050130.2.46.1), Star · 1905-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 16 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060816.2.71.6), Star · 1906-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATHS. (Star, 01 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080801.2.47), Star · 1908-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times 11-10-1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19091011.2.125), Otago Daily Times · 1909-11-10T12:00:00Z
- [RICHMOND BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Colonist, 15 March 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19120315.2.8), Colonist · 1912-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 12 September 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19120912.2.61.3), Grey River Argus · 1912-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [POORER BUT WISER (Evening Post, 19 November 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19361119.2.90), Evening Post · 1936-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8661925), 3 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08661925/public/1_76j9j59fzjmn.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8491018), 25 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08491018/public/1_q7c1i7apzan.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8490031), 18 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08490031/public/1_se91kk20tbda.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8490025), 25 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08490025/public/1_6hdblvxrngm8.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7296698), 27 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07296698/public/1_aa72h17taap3.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6813480), 43 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06813480/public/1_72y1m0gm68vm.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6527303), 43 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06527303/public/1_6qogza83umh7.jpg
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5596897), 24 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05596897/public/1_cpvz6r87lxh8.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5559329), 10 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05559329/public/1_ampw9l1hxelb.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5264188), 18 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05264188/public/1_c692o44zo04k.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5237991), 18 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05237991/public/1_bji3ltbcwzpq.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5191705), 40 Forth Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05191705/public/1_4va0pi1l7oud.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8661925) at [3 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/3-forth-street), 30 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8491018) at [25 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/25-forth-street), 29 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8490031) at [18 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/18-forth-street), 29 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8490025) at [25 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/25-forth-street), 29 Jun 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7296698) at [27 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/27-forth-street), 29 Nov 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6813480) at [43 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/43-forth-street), 29 Aug 2025
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6527303) at [43 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/43-forth-street), 26 Jun 2025
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5596897) at [24 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/24-forth-street), 24 Dec 2024
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5559329) at [10 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/10-forth-street), 16 Dec 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5264188) at [18 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/18-forth-street), 14 Oct 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5237991) at [18 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/18-forth-street), 8 Oct 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5191705) at [40 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/40-forth-street), 27 Sept 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5095542) at [28A Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/28a-forth-street), 4 Sept 2024
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/4940488) at [43 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/43-forth-street), 29 Jul 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4837076) at [21 Forth Street](https://www.chch.live/richmond/21-forth-street), 1 Jul 2024

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Forth Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Forth Street?**

50 reports at 18 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (22), graffiti & vandalism (8), roads & footpaths (6).

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

2016, the record covers 44 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=richmond&street=forth-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Richmond&street=forth-street