# Waltham Road, Waltham, Christchurch

250 reports at 25 addresses, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 200 separate days somebody filed something about it.

https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/waltham-road

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5488&lon=172.6481&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5488&lon=172.6481&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5488&lon=172.6481&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
- [30 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-waltham-road), 154 reports
- [28 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/28-waltham-road), 20 reports
- [3509395/30 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/3509395-30-waltham-road), 17 reports
- [44 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/44-waltham-road), 11 reports
- [228 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/228-waltham-road), 9 reports
- [29 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/29-waltham-road), 4 reports
- [219 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/219-waltham-road), 4 reports
- [27 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/27-waltham-road), 3 reports
- [240A Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/240a-waltham-road), 3 reports
- [206 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/206-waltham-road), 3 reports
- [180 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/180-waltham-road), 3 reports
- [130 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/130-waltham-road), 3 reports
- [110 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/110-waltham-road), 3 reports
- [240 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/240-waltham-road), 2 reports
- [58 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/58-waltham-road), 1 report
- [32 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/32-waltham-road), 1 report
- [30-40 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-40-waltham-road), 1 report
- [239 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/239-waltham-road), 1 report
- [237 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/237-waltham-road), 1 report
- [230 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/230-waltham-road), 1 report
- [21 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/21-waltham-road), 1 report
- [19 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/19-waltham-road), 1 report
- [14/30 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/14-30-waltham-road), 1 report
- [135 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/135-waltham-road), 1 report
- [109–123 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/109%E2%80%93123-waltham-road), 1 report

## What got reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 99 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 69 reports
- Trees & parks, 55 reports
- Water & drains, 11 reports
- Everything else, 10 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
- [Noise](https://www.chch.live/problems/noise), 2 reports

## Year by year
- 2015, 2 reports
- 2017, 4 reports
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 9 reports
- 2020, 8 reports
- 2021, 18 reports
- 2022, 30 reports
- 2023, 33 reports
- 2024, 54 reports
- 2025, 46 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 (179 on the shelf; the 12 earliest listed).*
- [Local and General. (Star, 22 November 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18721122.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 22 Nov 1872
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 December 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18731211.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Dec 1873
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 December 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18751202.2.7.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Dec 1875
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 November 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18811130.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Nov 1881
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 December 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18811202.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 2 Dec 1881
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 November 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18821111.2.5.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Nov 1882
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 05 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830305.2.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Mar 1883
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 16 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830316.2.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 16 Mar 1883
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 June 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830630.2.9.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 30 Jun 1883
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850905.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 5 Sept 1885
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 September 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850909.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 9 Sept 1885
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 September 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850911.2.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past), 11 Sept 1885

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Waltham Road, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 April 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18750428.2.22.1), Star · 1875-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Star, 18 March 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870318.2.42), Star · 1887-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [SENIOR MATCHES. (Star, 28 May 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880528.2.24.1), Star · 1888-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Miscellaneous. (Star, 16 July 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880716.2.37.4), Star · 1888-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOOTBALL. (Star, 04 July 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920704.2.11), Star · 1892-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOOTBALL. (Star, 21 July 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920721.2.38), Star · 1892-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [FOOTBALL. (Star, 28 July 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920728.2.23), Star · 1892-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 March 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930318.2.43.2.1), Star · 1893-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION. (Star, 10 February 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960210.2.23), Star · 1896-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [PUPIL TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. (Star, 27 January 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970127.2.49), Star · 1897-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 October 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18981026.2.44.1), Star · 1898-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [DROWNING FATALITY AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 March 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010306.2.39), Star · 1901-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENTS. (Star, 17 July 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020717.2.42), Star · 1902-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [TO-DAY'S ELECTIONS. (Star, 06 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051206.2.18), Star · 1905-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [COLLIDED WITH A TRAIN. (Mataura Ensign 10-4-1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19130410.2.34), Mataura Ensign · 1913-10-04T12:00:00Z
- [KILLED BY A TRAIN (Hawera & Normanby Star, 29 May 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19190529.2.30.3), Hawera & Normanby Star · 1919-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [CROSSING FATALITY. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 May 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19190529.2.33), Wairarapa Daily Times · 1919-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 26 July 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19190726.2.22.2), NZ Truth · 1919-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 16 December 1921)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19211216.2.3), Evening Post · 1921-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [BITUMINOUS CONCRETE (Evening Post, 17 July 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19260717.2.67), Evening Post · 1926-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

## As it was reported
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9081505), 3509395/30 Waltham Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09081505/public/1_kl9ilfpduc8.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9066792), 30 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09066792/public/1_j1nzqekcvolr.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9040814), 19 Waltham Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09040814/public/1_6g1qg8sid4t9.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9024043), 30 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09024043/public/1_m3d0q2k26as7.jpg
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8820389), 30 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08820389/public/1_ehzr9bgl8ccj.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8801103), 30 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08801103/public/1_br3dzhb2gl4i.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8782148), 28 Waltham Road, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08782148/public/1_0kqdlt05tkgo.jpg
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8780400), 30 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08780400/public/1_33tyk5vq0xce.jpg
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8714576), 28 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08714576/public/1_9aed5jkchy5i.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8614787), 240A Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08614787/public/1_1ordeseymiky.jpg
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8587783), 28 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08587783/public/1_u3ao7iva3rq.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8556142), 109–123 Waltham Rd, https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08556142/public/1_htdqolzvrxkw.jpg

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

## Latest on record
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9081505) at [3509395/30 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/3509395-30-waltham-road), 13 Oct 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9066792) at [30 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-waltham-road), 10 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9040814) at [19 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/19-waltham-road), 6 Oct 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9024043) at [30 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-waltham-road), 3 Oct 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8820389) at [30 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-waltham-road), 28 Aug 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8808003) at [30 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-waltham-road), 26 Aug 2026
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8801103) at [30 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-waltham-road), 24 Aug 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8782148) at [28 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/28-waltham-road), 21 Aug 2026
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8780400) at [30 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/30-waltham-road), 21 Aug 2026
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8714576) at [28 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/28-waltham-road), 9 Aug 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8614787) at [240A Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/240a-waltham-road), 22 Jul 2026
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8587783) at [28 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/28-waltham-road), 17 Jul 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8556142) at [109–123 Waltham Rd](https://www.chch.live/waltham/109%E2%80%93123-waltham-road), 11 Jul 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8545317) at [3509395/30 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/3509395-30-waltham-road), 9 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8539195) at [3509395/30 Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/waltham/3509395-30-waltham-road), 8 Jul 2026

## The businesses on it (1)

*Premises whose address in the directory is Waltham Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.*
- [Waltham Summer Pool](https://www.chch.live/business/waltham-summer-pool-waltham), Sports centres · 30 Waltham Road

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: [State Highway 76 & Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-76-and-waltham-road), 46 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Waltham Road?**

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

**What gets reported on Waltham Road?**

250 reports at 25 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (99), rubbish & dumping (69), trees & parks (55).

**When was Waltham Road first reported on?**

2015, the record covers 200 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

**What is the busiest corner on Waltham Road?**

[State Highway 76 and Waltham Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-76-and-waltham-road), 46 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=waltham&street=waltham-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Waltham&street=waltham-road