# Burgess Street, Sumner, Christchurch

15 reports at 6 addresses, the first in 2016, the latest 2025. 14 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/burgess-street

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.568&lon=172.7596&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.568&lon=172.7596&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.568&lon=172.7596&decade=1970_1974), 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
- [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 8 reports
- [6 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/6-burgess-street), 2 reports
- [3 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/3-burgess-street), 2 reports
- [8 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/8-burgess-street), 1 report
- [2 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-burgess-street), 1 report
- [1–9 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/1%E2%80%939-burgess-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 10 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 6 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 2 reports

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (5 on the shelf; the 1 earliest listed).*
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 June 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170630.2.89), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Jun 1917

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Burgess Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), Lyttelton Times · 1860-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 06 June 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600606.2.17.3), Lyttelton Times · 1860-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620416.2.20.1), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620419.2.24.3.1), Lyttelton Times · 1862-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 August 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700830.2.12.1), Star · 1870-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 16 January 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830116.2.9.7), Star · 1883-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 February 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850225.2.10.1), Star · 1885-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Latest Locals. (Star, 15 October 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18871015.2.23), Star · 1887-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Christchurch Notes (Clutha Leader, 02 March 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CL18940302.2.25), Clutha Leader · 1894-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE FIRE BRIGADE. (Star, 01 November 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951101.2.33), Star · 1895-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 22 October 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18971022.2.45), Star · 1897-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [BURGESSES ASSOCIATION. (Star, 10 April 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010410.2.3), Star · 1901-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [A CANAL TO CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 February 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020206.2.46), Star · 1902-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 12 March 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020312.2.3), Star · 1902-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 15 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19051215.2.5), Ashburton Guardian · 1905-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [SUMNER SALONS. (NZ Truth, 07 September 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19070907.2.29), NZ Truth · 1907-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 10 June 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19160610.2.2.3), Ashburton Guardian · 1916-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 13 June 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19160613.2.49.1), Evening Post · 1916-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 December 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19381202.2.2.5), Ellesmere Guardian · 1938-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [SECOND N.Z.E.F. (Evening Post, 23 October 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411023.2.104.1), Evening Post · 1941-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6313860), 1–9 Burgess St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06313860/public/1_j1suqrityiao.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5779058), 2 Burgess Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05779058/public/1_p2hw3c7jbnn.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5430824), 5 Burgess Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05430824/public/1_3ey8bw9utlc3.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5428735), 6 Burgess Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05428735/public/1_85umxkwf76hf.jpg
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/3981291), 5 Burgess Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/03981291/public/1_re2652qxnqss.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2306646), 3 Burgess Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02306646/1_P8bXt8.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2265478), 8 Burgess Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/02265478/1_0DAdJx.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1768724), 3 Burgess Street, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01768724/1_v4PyEn.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/123185), 5 Burgess St, https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00123185/0

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

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6313860) at [1–9 Burgess St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/1%E2%80%939-burgess-street), 10 May 2025
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5779058) at [2 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-burgess-street), 29 Jan 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5430824) at [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 19 Nov 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5428735) at [6 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/6-burgess-street), 18 Nov 2024
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/3981291) at [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 3 Dec 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3584868) at [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 8 Aug 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3576664) at [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 5 Aug 2023
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2837786) at [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 24 Nov 2022
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/2836344) at [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 24 Nov 2022
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/2798532) at [6 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/6-burgess-street), 12 Nov 2022
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/2778961) at [5 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 6 Nov 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/2306646) at [3 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/3-burgess-street), 22 Apr 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/2265478) at [8 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/8-burgess-street), 4 Apr 2022
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/1768724) at [3 Burgess Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/3-burgess-street), 3 Sept 2021
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/123185) at [5 Burgess St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/5-burgess-street), 26 Feb 2016

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Burgess Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Burgess Street?**

15 reports at 6 addresses, most often water & drains (10), roads & footpaths (2), graffiti & vandalism (2).

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

2016, the record covers 14 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=sumner&street=burgess-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=burgess-street