# Tai Tapu, Tai Tapu, Christchurch 2 reports at 2 addresses, the first in 2024, the latest 2024. 2 separate days somebody filed something about it. https://www.chch.live/street/tai-tapu/tai-tapu ## From the air, then - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6605&lon=172.62&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6605&lon=172.62&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.6605&lon=172.62&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 - [8JVF+R8 Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/tai-tapu/8jvf%2Br8-tai-tapu), 1 report - [8JM8+RM Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/tai-tapu/8jm8%2Brm-tai-tapu), 1 report ## What got reported - Everything else, 2 reports ## Year by year - 2024, 2 reports ## In the written record *Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (595 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).* - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 January 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590122.2.23.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Jan 1859 - [Magisterial. (Star, 04 May 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690504.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 May 1869 - [EDUCATIONAL. (Star, 20 June 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18700620.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 20 Jun 1870 - [POSTAL NOTICE. (Star, 30 December 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18701230.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Dec 1870 - [POSTAL NOTICES. (Star, 09 January 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710109.2.18), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Jan 1871 - [BOARD OF EDUCATION. (Star, 03 July 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710703.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Jul 1871 - [Local and General. (Star, 11 January 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720111.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Jan 1872 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 April 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720427.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 Apr 1872 - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 April 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18730405.2.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Apr 1873 - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 14 July 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18730714.2.6.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 14 Jul 1873 - [Local and General. (Star, 03 December 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18731203.2.7.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Dec 1873 - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 December 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18731208.2.15.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Dec 1873 ## As it was reported - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5359869), 8JVF+R8 Tai Tapu, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05358442/public/1_5fm1onu6l0xh.jpg - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5176581), 8JM8+RM Tai Tapu, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05172369/public/1_t0oxkhpklyk.jpg [More photographs on the Tai Tapu wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=tai-tapu) ## Latest on record - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5359869) at [8JVF+R8 Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/tai-tapu/8jvf%2Br8-tai-tapu), 4 Nov 2024 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5176581) at [8JM8+RM Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/tai-tapu/8jm8%2Brm-tai-tapu), 23 Sept 2024 ## Heard on the wire *Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.* - [California Quail seen — South Island, Tai Tapu, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407984181), iNaturalist · joshd222, 13 Oct 2026 - [New Zealand Bellbird seen — South Island, Tai Tapu, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407756362), iNaturalist · joshd222, 12 Oct 2026 - [Something seen — South Island, Tai Tapu, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407703054), iNaturalist · putaweta, 12 Oct 2026 - [Tupaia seen — South Island, Tai Tapu, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407404034), iNaturalist · sarah_richardson, 11 Oct 2026 - [bristly oxtongue seen — Old Tai Tapu Rd, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406002844), iNaturalist · wellsg, 5 Oct 2026 ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Tai Tapu?** In [Tai Tapu](https://www.chch.live/tai-tapu), Christchurch, New Zealand. **What gets reported on Tai Tapu?** 2 reports at 2 addresses, most often everything else (2). **When was Tai Tapu first reported on?** 2024, the record covers 2 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2024. Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=tai-tapu&street=tai-tapu · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Tai%20Tapu&street=tai-tapu