# Cotton Street, Shirley, Christchurch 5 reports at 3 addresses, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 4 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/cotton-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4958&lon=172.6623&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4958&lon=172.6623&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4958&lon=172.6623&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4958&lon=172.6623&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 - [3 Cotton Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3-cotton-street), 3 reports - [4–6 Cotton Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/4%E2%80%936-cotton-street), 1 report - [3A Cotton Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3a-cotton-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports - Water & drains, 1 report ## Year by year - 2022, 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 (12 on the shelf; the 7 earliest listed).* - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 22 November 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18561122.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Nov 1856 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 19 June 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580619.2.23.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Jun 1858 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 23 June 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580623.2.22.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Jun 1858 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 26 June 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580626.2.18.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Jun 1858 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 30 June 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580630.2.21.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Jun 1858 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 03 July 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580703.2.26.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Jul 1858 - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 January 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590122.2.23.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jan 1859 ## As it was reported - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8828793), 3A Cotton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08828793/public/1_wezmvedszvw.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7508918), 4–6 Cotton St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07508918/public/1_tz34eo61tdfd.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2404986), 3 Cotton Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02404986/public/1_2PNbphb.jpg - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2152602), 3 Cotton Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02152602/1_jPvNFJ.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2152598), 3 Cotton Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02152598/1_2BMbV8.jpg [More photographs on the Shirley wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=shirley) ## Latest on record - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8828793) at [3A Cotton Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3a-cotton-street), 29 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7508918) at [4–6 Cotton St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/4%E2%80%936-cotton-street), 8 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2404986) at [3 Cotton Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3-cotton-street), 7 Jun 2022 - [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2152602) at [3 Cotton Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3-cotton-street), 15 Feb 2022 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2152598) at [3 Cotton Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3-cotton-street), 15 Feb 2022 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cotton-street&suburb=shirley) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Cotton Street?** In [Shirley](https://www.chch.live/shirley), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Cotton Street?** 5 reports at 3 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (2), graffiti & vandalism (2), water & drains (1). **When was Cotton Street first reported on?** 2022, the record covers 4 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=shirley&street=cotton-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Shirley&street=cotton-street