# Tainui Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 32 reports at 18 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/tainui-street ## From the air, then - [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5636&lon=172.6288&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5636&lon=172.6288&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5636&lon=172.6288&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5636&lon=172.6288&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ *Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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 - [14 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-tainui-street), 6 reports - [20 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20-tainui-street), 4 reports - [16 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/16-tainui-street), 3 reports - [53 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/53-tainui-street), 2 reports - [28 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/28-tainui-street), 2 reports - [18 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/18-tainui-street), 2 reports - [17 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/17-tainui-street), 2 reports - [43 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/43-tainui-street), 1 report - [40-30 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/40-30-tainui-street), 1 report - [35A Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/35a-tainui-street), 1 report - [35 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/35-tainui-street), 1 report - [34 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/34-tainui-street), 1 report - [33B Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/33b-tainui-street), 1 report - [33 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/33-tainui-street), 1 report - [3 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/3-tainui-street), 1 report - [28A Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/28a-tainui-street), 1 report - [25 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/25-tainui-street), 1 report - [20A Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20a-tainui-street), 1 report ## What got reported - Roads & footpaths, 12 reports - Water & drains, 10 reports - Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports - [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports - Vehicles & parking, 1 report - Trees & parks, 1 report ## Year by year - 2016, 2 reports - 2017, 1 report - 2018, 2 reports - 2020, 1 report - 2022, 6 reports - 2023, 4 reports - 2024, 5 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 (65 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 13 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660413.2.10.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Apr 1866 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 17 April 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660417.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 17 Apr 1866 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 21 August 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18660821.2.27.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 21 Aug 1866 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 29 September 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18660929.2.16.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 29 Sept 1866 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 01 November 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18661101.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Nov 1866 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 13 December 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18661213.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 13 Dec 1866 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 05 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18670305.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Mar 1867 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 12 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18670312.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 12 Mar 1867 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 14 March 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18670314.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Mar 1867 - [Local and General. (Star, 01 March 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700301.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Mar 1870 - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Grey River Argus, 19 July 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18700719.2.11.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 19 Jul 1870 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 08 March 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18790308.2.14.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Mar 1879 ## Its file in the papers *Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Tainui Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.* - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050829.2.24.1), Star · 1905-08-29T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050830.2.29.1), Star · 1905-08-30T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 September 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050905.2.24.2), Star · 1905-09-05T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 September 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050906.2.25.2), Star · 1905-09-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 September 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050907.2.21.2), Star · 1905-09-07T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 September 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050911.2.26.2), Star · 1905-09-11T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 September 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050913.2.33.2), Star · 1905-09-13T00:00:00.000Z ## As it was reported - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8861399), 20A Tainui St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08861399/public/1_hermti5w2fwt.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8753131), 20 Tainui Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08753131/public/1_yoqznz54f7b4.jpg - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8753091), 20 Tainui Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08753091/public/1_exuywbksraf3.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8736545), 18 Tainui St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08736545/public/1_v3mbqhz4bar7.jpg - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8024939), 53 Tainui St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08024939/public/1_un2pd1fila8g.jpg - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7615741), 14 Tainui Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07615741/public/1_b016tlu03rmn.jpg - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7581999), 20 Tainui Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07581999/public/1_hmlbl17cc3ne.jpg - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6798052), 25 Tainui St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06798052/public/1_xcbbk9b7nbp.jpg - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6398394), 14 Tainui St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06398394/public/1_cb2ef228virl.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5641065), 14 Tainui Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05641065/public/1_yw9eja1p5aj9.jpg - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5586294), 20 Tainui Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05586294/public/1_wb138taq3fs.jpg - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5044504), 14 Tainui Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05044504/public/1_usk6cn17tqj.jpg [More photographs on the Somerfield wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=somerfield) ## Latest on record - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8948564) at [35A Tainui St](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/35a-tainui-street), 19 Sept 2026 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8861399) at [20A Tainui St](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20a-tainui-street), 4 Sept 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8753131) at [20 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20-tainui-street), 16 Aug 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8753091) at [20 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20-tainui-street), 16 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8736545) at [18 Tainui St](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/18-tainui-street), 13 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8024939) at [53 Tainui St](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/53-tainui-street), 3 Apr 2026 - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7615741) at [14 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-tainui-street), 25 Jan 2026 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7581999) at [20 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20-tainui-street), 20 Jan 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6798052) at [25 Tainui St](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/25-tainui-street), 26 Aug 2025 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6398394) at [14 Tainui St](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-tainui-street), 27 May 2025 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5641065) at [14 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-tainui-street), 4 Jan 2025 - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/5586294) at [20 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20-tainui-street), 21 Dec 2024 - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5044504) at [14 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-tainui-street), 24 Aug 2024 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4879919) at [34 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/34-tainui-street), 13 Jul 2024 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4879915) at [40-30 Tainui Street](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/40-30-tainui-street), 13 Jul 2024 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Tainui Street?** In [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Tainui Street?** 32 reports at 18 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (12), water & drains (10), rubbish & dumping (6). **When was Tainui Street first reported on?** 2016, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=somerfield&street=tainui-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Somerfield&street=tainui-street