# Lowther Street, Sockburn, Christchurch 19 reports at 6 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 15 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/sockburn/lowther-street ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5393&lon=172.5507&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5393&lon=172.5507&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5393&lon=172.5507&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5393&lon=172.5507&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 - [1 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 7 reports - [22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/22-lowther-street), 5 reports - [8/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/8-22-lowther-street), 3 reports - [3 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/3-lowther-street), 2 reports - [2/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-22-lowther-street), 1 report - [1/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-22-lowther-street), 1 report ## What got reported - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 16 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports - Roads & footpaths, 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 1 report - 2017, 3 reports - 2018, 1 report - 2021, 2 reports - 2023, 3 reports - 2025, 7 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 (57 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 15 April 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570415.2.24.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Apr 1857 - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 18 April 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570418.2.16.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Apr 1857 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 16 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591116.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Nov 1859 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 19 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591119.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Nov 1859 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 26 November 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591126.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 26 Nov 1859 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 18 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610518.2.19.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 May 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 22 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610522.2.21.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 May 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 25 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610525.2.21.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 May 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 01 June 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610601.2.27.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Jun 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 05 June 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610605.2.22.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Jun 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 12 June 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610612.2.20.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Jun 1861 - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 15 June 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610615.2.19.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 15 Jun 1861 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Lowther Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [IE A NUTSHELL. (Otago Witness, 11 January 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19000111.2.108.13), Otago Witness · 1900-01-11T00:00:00.000Z - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 24 April 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19190424.2.14), Ashburton Guardian · 1919-04-24T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8129840), 22 Lowther St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08129840/public/1_s6a7b9rm6b.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7544920), 8/22 Lowther Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07544920/public/1_n5qdc6zv3of.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7303886), 1 Lowther St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07303886/public/1_8ykt9xdyzo37.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7303859), 1 Lowther St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07303859/public/1_bdall6gbr4k.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7303844), 1 Lowther St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07303844/public/1_rnv3syjza9s.jpg - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7281463), 1 Lowther St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07281463/public/1_6ocrw6fni32f.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7021993), 8/22 Lowther Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07021993/public/1_40g41bd4g5w.jpg - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6889444), 1/22 Lowther Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06889444/public/1_zzv9puxuui9.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5676699), 1 Lowther Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05676699/public/1_0ear49fuyl767.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1927112), 3 Lowther Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01927112/1_v4NGAD.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1927101), 1 Lowther Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01927101/1_hqQ3DV.jpg - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/452505), 1 Lowther St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00452505/0 [More photographs on the Sockburn wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sockburn) ## Latest on record - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8129840) at [22 Lowther St](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/22-lowther-street), 22 Apr 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7544920) at [8/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/8-22-lowther-street), 14 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7303886) at [1 Lowther St](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 1 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7303859) at [1 Lowther St](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 1 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7303844) at [1 Lowther St](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 1 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7281463) at [1 Lowther St](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 27 Nov 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7021993) at [8/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/8-22-lowther-street), 10 Oct 2025 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6889444) at [1/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-22-lowther-street), 13 Sept 2025 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5676699) at [1 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 10 Jan 2025 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/3879245) at [2/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/2-22-lowther-street), 5 Nov 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3256200) at [22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/22-lowther-street), 16 Apr 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3256192) at [8/22 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/8-22-lowther-street), 16 Apr 2023 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1927112) at [3 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/3-lowther-street), 8 Nov 2021 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1927101) at [1 Lowther Street](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 8 Nov 2021 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/452505) at [1 Lowther St](https://www.chch.live/sockburn/1-lowther-street), 24 Jun 2018 ## The businesses on it (4) *Premises whose address in the directory is Lowther Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.* - [Flemings Cylinder Head Repairs](https://www.chch.live/business/flemings-cylinder-head-repairs-sockburn), Car repair · 2/22 Lowther Street - [Morrison Group](https://www.chch.live/business/morrison-group-sockburn), Car dealers · 1-3 Lowther Street - [Tech Auto](https://www.chch.live/business/tech-auto-sockburn), Car repair · 4/22 Lowther Street - [Whitehouse Builders](https://www.chch.live/business/whitehouse-builders-sockburn), Company · 8/22 Lowther Street ## The crash record on it NZTA’s record names the street in 13 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed. - [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lowther-street&suburb=sockburn) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Lowther Street?** In [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Lowther Street?** 19 reports at 6 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (16), rubbish & dumping (2), roads & footpaths (1). **When was Lowther Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 15 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sockburn&street=lowther-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sockburn&street=lowther-street