# Totara Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

7 reports at 3 addresses, the first in 2022, the latest 2025. 7 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/totara-street

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.529&lon=172.5872&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.529&lon=172.5872&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.529&lon=172.5872&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
- [149 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/149-totara-street), 3 reports
- [146 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/146-totara-street), 3 reports
- [144 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/144-totara-street), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report

## Year by year
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 2 reports

## In the written record

*Leads and citations, not verified history, documents a search ties to the name (43 on the shelf; the 8 earliest listed).*
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 18 March 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540318.2.4.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 18 Mar 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 March 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540325.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 25 Mar 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 01 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540401.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 1 Apr 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 April 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540408.2.3.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 8 Apr 1854
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 27 May 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540527.2.3.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 27 May 1854
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 03 June 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540603.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 3 Jun 1854
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550331.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 31 Mar 1855
- [JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 04 April 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550404.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 4 Apr 1855

## As it was reported
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6520856), 146 Totara St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06520856/public/1_hyyr91uour8.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6359423), 146 Totara St, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06359423/public/1_rlu9odmuha8e.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5499044), 144 Totara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05499044/public/1_gal34c0cq2ts.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4729103), 149 Totara Street, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04729103/public/1_788hpiqswvmn.jpg

[More photographs on the Upper Riccarton wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Latest on record
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6520856) at [146 Totara St](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/146-totara-street), 24 Jun 2025
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/6359423) at [146 Totara St](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/146-totara-street), 19 May 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5499044) at [144 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/144-totara-street), 3 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/4729103) at [149 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/149-totara-street), 31 May 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3728160) at [149 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/149-totara-street), 24 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3551566) at [149 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/149-totara-street), 28 Jul 2023
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/2823595) at [146 Totara Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/146-totara-street), 20 Nov 2022

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=totara-street&suburb=upper-riccarton)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Totara Street?**

In [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What gets reported on Totara Street?**

7 reports at 3 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (5), water & drains (1), trees & parks (1).

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

2022, the record covers 7 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=upper-riccarton&street=totara-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=totara-street
