# Whitfield Street, Sumner, Christchurch

38 reports at 16 addresses, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 37 separate days somebody filed something about it.

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

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5761&lon=172.7597&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5761&lon=172.7597&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5761&lon=172.7597&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
- [19 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street), 12 reports
- [7 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7-whitfield-street), 6 reports
- [26 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/26-whitfield-street), 4 reports
- [52 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/52-whitfield-street), 3 reports
- [7A Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7a-whitfield-street), 2 reports
- [8 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/8-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [48 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/48-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [47 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/47-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [44 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/44-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [36 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/36-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [34 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/34-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [32 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/32-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [3 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/3-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [22 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/22-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [17 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/17-whitfield-street), 1 report
- [14 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/14-whitfield-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- Water & drains, 19 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 8 reports
- Trees & parks, 6 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 1 report

## Year by year
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 3 reports
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 5 reports
- 2024, 9 reports
- 2025, 11 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.*
- [REPORTED SAFE (Evening Post, 23 April 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450423.2.48), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 23 Apr 1945

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Whitfield Street, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Local and General. (Star, 09 February 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710209.2.5), Star · 1871-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 26 March 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780326.2.9), Star · 1878-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local & General. (Star, 01 August 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18810801.2.8), Star · 1881-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 03 April 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830403.2.12.7), Star · 1883-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1885. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 June 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18850630.2.7), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1885-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 17 January 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880117.2.14.6), Star · 1888-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local & General. (Star, 11 January 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890111.2.25), Star · 1889-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local & General. (Star, 24 May 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890524.2.19), Star · 1889-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local &.General. (Star, 20 September 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890920.2.30), Star · 1889-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local & General. (Star, 02 September 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930902.2.53), Star · 1893-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 14 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18950114.2.7), Poverty Bay Herald · 1895-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 September 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18980923.2.11), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1898-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE THIRD NEW ZEALAND (Star, 16 February 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000216.2.37), Star · 1900-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080118.2.74.2), Star · 1908-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 October 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181025.2.19), Evening Post · 1918-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 December 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19191219.2.12.1), Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · 1919-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 November 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19331120.2.175.1), Evening Post · 1933-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 14 December 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351214.2.7.3), Evening Post · 1935-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 July 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410702.2.96), Evening Post · 1941-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8985775), 36 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08985775/public/1_gaf9i0oc2woj.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8334576), 7 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08334576/public/1_eh73eiyye9hg.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8306946), 7 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08306946/public/1_po6gfgekxnr5.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8221912), 7 Whitfield Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08221912/public/1_am2uab65semv.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8096624), 7 Whitfield Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08096624/public/1_397m5r2bbkvf.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8043764), 7A Whitfield Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08043764/public/1_ca1op305tv6u.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7973171), 19 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07973171/public/1_7nu5ftvxga6g.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7859221), 3 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07859221/public/1_y2gly2iyd4c.jpg
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7130996), 19 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07130996/public/1_v3q0cvhojg8.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7000807), 7A Whitfield Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07000807/public/1_dh65siuo0ef.jpg
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6878680), 19 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06878680/public/1_wbntppgeqdd.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6871944), 34 Whitfield St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06871944/public/1_xa8lg0y0qa8.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8985775) at [36 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/36-whitfield-street), 26 Sept 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8334576) at [7 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7-whitfield-street), 30 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8306946) at [7 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7-whitfield-street), 25 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8221912) at [7 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7-whitfield-street), 9 May 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8096624) at [7 Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7-whitfield-street), 16 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8043764) at [7A Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7a-whitfield-street), 7 Apr 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7973171) at [19 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street), 25 Mar 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7859221) at [3 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/3-whitfield-street), 6 Mar 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7130996) at [19 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street), 31 Oct 2025
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7000807) at [7A Whitfield Street](https://www.chch.live/sumner/7a-whitfield-street), 7 Oct 2025
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6878680) at [19 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street), 11 Sept 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/6871944) at [34 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/34-whitfield-street), 10 Sept 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6841746) at [14 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/14-whitfield-street), 3 Sept 2025
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6762981) at [19 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street), 18 Aug 2025
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6503446) at [19 Whitfield St](https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street), 20 Jun 2025

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Whitfield Street?**

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

**What gets reported on Whitfield Street?**

38 reports at 16 addresses, most often water & drains (19), roads & footpaths (8), trees & parks (6).

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

2019, the record covers 37 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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