# Joy Street, Shirley, Christchurch 235 reports at 73 addresses, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 206 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/joy-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4994&lon=172.6646&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4994&lon=172.6646&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4994&lon=172.6646&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.4994&lon=172.6646&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 - [23A Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/23a-joy-street), 17 reports - [21A Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/21a-joy-street), 17 reports - [96 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/96-joy-street), 12 reports - [33 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/33-joy-street), 9 reports - [46 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/46-joy-street), 8 reports - [44 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/44-joy-street), 8 reports - [50 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/50-joy-street), 7 reports - [48 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/48-joy-street), 7 reports - [83 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/83-joy-street), 6 reports - [67 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/67-joy-street), 6 reports - [45 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/45-joy-street), 5 reports - [43 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/43-joy-street), 5 reports - [121 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/121-joy-street), 5 reports - [94 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/94-joy-street), 4 reports - [75 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/75-joy-street), 4 reports - [68 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/68-joy-street), 4 reports - [55 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/55-joy-street), 4 reports - [40 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/40-joy-street), 4 reports - [25 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/25-joy-street), 4 reports - [123 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/123-joy-street), 4 reports - [116 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/116-joy-street), 4 reports - [115 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/115-joy-street), 4 reports - [103 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/103-joy-street), 4 reports - [71 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/71-joy-street), 3 reports - [7 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/7-joy-street), 3 reports - [56 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/56-joy-street), 3 reports - [53 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/53-joy-street), 3 reports - [5 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/5-joy-street), 3 reports - [35 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/35-joy-street), 3 reports - [111 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/111-joy-street), 3 reports - [9A Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/9a-joy-street), 2 reports - [98 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/98-joy-street), 2 reports - [92 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/92-joy-street), 2 reports - [88 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/88-joy-street), 2 reports - [8 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/8-joy-street), 2 reports - [74 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/74-joy-street), 2 reports - [73 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/73-joy-street), 2 reports - [62 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/62-joy-street), 2 reports - [31 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/31-joy-street), 2 reports - [30 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/30-joy-street), 2 reports - [3 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/3-joy-street), 2 reports - [23 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/23-joy-street), 2 reports - [2 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/2-joy-street), 2 reports - [14 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/14-joy-street), 2 reports - [124 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/124-joy-street), 2 reports - [122 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/122-joy-street), 2 reports - [114 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/114-joy-street), 2 reports - [110 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/110-joy-street), 2 reports - [10 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/10-joy-street), 2 reports - [9B Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/9b-joy-street), 1 report - [95 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/95-joy-street), 1 report - [90 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/90-joy-street), 1 report - [9 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/9-joy-street), 1 report - [89 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/89-joy-street), 1 report - [85-99 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/85-99-joy-street), 1 report - [79 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/79-joy-street), 1 report - [76 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/76-joy-street), 1 report - [69 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/69-joy-street), 1 report - [66 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/66-joy-street), 1 report - [63 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/63-joy-street), 1 report - [57 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/57-joy-street), 1 report - [29 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/29-joy-street), 1 report - [25-27 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/25-27-joy-street), 1 report - [21C Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/21c-joy-street), 1 report - [19A Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/19a-joy-street), 1 report - [16 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/16-joy-street), 1 report - [12 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/12-joy-street), 1 report - [11B Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/11b-joy-street), 1 report - [11A Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/11a-joy-street), 1 report - [119 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/119-joy-street), 1 report - [118 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/118-joy-street), 1 report - [102 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/102-joy-street), 1 report - [100 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/100-joy-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Rubbish & dumping, 77 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 64 reports - Water & drains, 59 reports - Roads & footpaths, 22 reports - [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 4 reports - Vehicles & parking, 3 reports - Everything else, 3 reports - Trees & parks, 3 reports ## Year by year - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 9 reports - 2019, 26 reports - 2020, 8 reports - 2021, 18 reports - 2022, 52 reports - 2023, 41 reports - 2024, 37 reports - 2025, 22 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 (8 on the shelf; the 2 earliest listed).* - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 07 August 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19160807.2.22), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 7 Aug 1916 - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 January 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360109.2.152.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Jan 1936 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Joy Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Auckland Star, 09 January 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18920109.2.21.3), Auckland Star · 1892-01-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 June 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990623.2.15.2), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1899-06-23T00:00:00.000Z - [CHILDREN'S COMPETITION (Evening Post, 12 January 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270112.2.139), Evening Post · 1927-01-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 12 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19271212.2.9.4), Evening Post · 1927-12-12T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 26 March 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310326.2.157.1), Evening Post · 1931-03-26T00:00:00.000Z - [N.Z. EISTEDDFOD (Evening Post, 12 May 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360512.2.28), Evening Post · 1936-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 26 August 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360826.2.8.5), Evening Post · 1936-08-26T00:00:00.000Z - [THE COMPETITIONS (Evening Post, 03 September 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360903.2.205), Evening Post · 1936-09-03T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 November 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19361117.2.2.2), Ellesmere Guardian · 1936-11-17T00:00:00.000Z - [TOWN CLERK MARRIED (Evening Post, 15 November 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19371115.2.182.2), Evening Post · 1937-11-15T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 December 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19371223.2.155.8), Evening Post · 1937-12-23T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 24 December 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19371224.2.146.2), Evening Post · 1937-12-24T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 19 January 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380119.2.9.3), Evening Post · 1938-01-19T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 07 March 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390307.2.8.5), Evening Post · 1939-03-07T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 December 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19391212.2.4.2), Ellesmere Guardian · 1939-12-12T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 27 December 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19391227.2.14.1), Evening Post · 1939-12-27T00:00:00.000Z - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 07 February 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400207.2.104.2), Evening Post · 1940-02-07T00:00:00.000Z - [ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 15 March 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410315.2.133.6), Evening Post · 1941-03-15T00:00:00.000Z - [ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 22 August 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420822.2.128.6), Evening Post · 1942-08-22T00:00:00.000Z - [WOMEN'S TOPICS (Evening Post, 29 May 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430529.2.116), Evening Post · 1943-05-29T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9093417), 9 Joy Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09093417/public/1_bcpqwo1aheov.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8852084), 88 Joy St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08852084/public/1_zs9fk63wq1i.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8767304), 121 Joy Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08767304/public/1_muz400u3bfu.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8596774), 46 Joy St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08596774/public/1_g47vdunie6vl.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8523024), 74 Joy Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08523024/public/1_615h99h4cubf.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8481097), 50 Joy St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08481097/public/1_jsrl5n5pcir.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8380199), 33 Joy St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08380199/public/1_ckk7z7djglk9.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8344296), 45 Joy St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08344296/public/1_i5ddg31q7h9o.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8228186), 45 Joy St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08228186/public/1_n15ozbf9bgnh.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8157843), 21A Joy Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08157843/public/1_j4618csn3eg.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8055031), 69 Joy Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08055031/public/1_oefxny8uy0hc.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7984563), 21A Joy St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07984563/public/1_rm3du6i0zmjb.jpg [More photographs on the Shirley wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=shirley) ## Latest on record - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9093417) at [9 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/9-joy-street), 14 Oct 2026 - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8909271) at [10 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/10-joy-street), 12 Sept 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8852084) at [88 Joy St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/88-joy-street), 2 Sept 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8767304) at [121 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/121-joy-street), 18 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8596774) at [46 Joy St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/46-joy-street), 19 Jul 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8523024) at [74 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/74-joy-street), 5 Jul 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8481097) at [50 Joy St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/50-joy-street), 26 Jun 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8380199) at [33 Joy St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/33-joy-street), 8 Jun 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8344296) at [45 Joy St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/45-joy-street), 1 Jun 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8228186) at [45 Joy St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/45-joy-street), 10 May 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8157843) at [21A Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/21a-joy-street), 27 Apr 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8055031) at [69 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/69-joy-street), 9 Apr 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7984563) at [21A Joy St](https://www.chch.live/shirley/21a-joy-street), 27 Mar 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7967984) at [23 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/23-joy-street), 24 Mar 2026 - [Noise - Animal](https://www.chch.live/report/7866782) at [116 Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/shirley/116-joy-street), 8 Mar 2026 ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 13 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=joy-street&suburb=shirley) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Joy Street?** In [Shirley](https://www.chch.live/shirley), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Joy Street?** 235 reports at 73 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (77), graffiti & vandalism (64), water & drains (59). **When was Joy Street first reported on?** 2017, the record covers 206 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=shirley&street=joy-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Shirley&street=joy-street