# 9 Bowen Street, Upper Riccarton

12 reports on record since August 2022 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/9-bowen-street

## What gets reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish) — 11
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling) — 1

## Reported here
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8424688) — 16 Jun 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7760133) — 18 Feb 2026
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6770198) — 20 Aug 2025
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5469107) — 27 Nov 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4854115) — 5 Jul 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4699492) — 24 May 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3598947) — 13 Aug 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3430852) — 17 Jun 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3387845) — 1 Jun 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3378686) — 29 May 2023

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8424688) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08424688/public/1_045shpyimpgni.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7760133) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07760133/public/1_6oty5tnxh2w.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6770198) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06770198/public/1_4sflls3119hk.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5469107) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05469107/public/1_opgdwophvqd.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4854115) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04854115/public/1_pqunyncgdj6.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4699492) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04699492/public/1_vwkqvbwkhzel.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/2571228) — https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02571228/public/1_ttyMjXy.jpg

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

## Also reported on Bowen Street
- [8 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/8-bowen-street) — 5 reports
- [28 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/28-bowen-street) — 4 reports
- [15 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/15-bowen-street) — 4 reports
- [33 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/33-bowen-street) — 3 reports
- [25 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/25-bowen-street) — 3 reports
- [13 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/13-bowen-street) — 3 reports
- [7 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/7-bowen-street) — 2 reports
- [38 Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton/38-bowen-street) — 2 reports
- [Bowen Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/bowen-street)

## On the doorstep
- [Riccarton Clinic](https://www.chch.live/business/riccarton-clinic-upper-riccarton-2) — 87 m away · Clinic
- [Teasme Specialty Tea Shop - Church Corner](https://www.chch.live/business/teasme-specialty-tea-shop-church-corner-upper-riccarton) — 121 m away · Delis
- [Coriander's Indian Restaurant - Bush Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/coriander-s-indian-restaurant-bush-inn-upper-riccarton) — 122 m away · Restaurants
- [V-Mart](https://www.chch.live/business/v-mart-upper-riccarton-2) — 126 m away · Supermarkets

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Waimairi Rd near Bowen St — 88 m away · [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc)
- Waimairi Rd near Bowen St — 119 m away · [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/25956-war-memorial-library-plunket) — 202 m away — “THIS STONE WAS LAID BY LADY BOWEN 15TH MARCH 1919 TRUSTEES J.E. HANSON, GEO. FORSYTH, T. C…” · 2025
- [Upper Riccarton War Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311019-upper-riccarton-war-memorial-p) — 219 m away · 2025

*The plaque pins come from the register — a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Bowen Street in 13 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Riccarton ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/riccarton) — the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here — Bush Inn Hotel and Setting
*244 m away · 350 Riccarton Road · located to ±16 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/195)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve) — 351 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground — 23 pieces
- [Siska Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1191-siska-reserve) — 361 m to the edge
- [Hansons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1284-hansons-reserve) — 433 m to the edge · playground — 42 pieces

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-270-upper-riccarton) — 94 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-258-upper-riccarton) — 230 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-284-upper-riccarton) — 248 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 9 Bowen Street?**

12 council reports on record since August 2022 — most often dumped rubbish (11), rubbish and bins - general (1).

**Which suburb is 9 Bowen Street in?**

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch — on [Bowen Street](https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/bowen-street).

**What stood at 9 Bowen Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it — [Bush Inn Hotel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/195).

**What is the nearest park to 9 Bowen Street?**

[Auburn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1771-auburn-reserve) — 351 m to its edge, 1 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=upper-riccarton&address=9-bowen-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Upper%20Riccarton&street=bowen-street
