chch.live the city, photographed

Christchurch, as photographed by the people who live in it.

Every time someone reports a problem to the council they usually take a photo. Nobody ever looks at them again. There are 384,000 of them, broken footpaths, dumped couches, flooded gutters, tagged fences, fallen trees. An accidental decade-long portrait of a city, one annoyance at a time.

Noise - Animal · 43 Bolton Avenue, Spreydon Noise - Animal 43 Bolton Avenue, Spreydon · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 79 MacKenzie Ave Dumped Rubbish 79 MacKenzie Ave · 2026-10-13 Street Cleaning · 323 Wainoni Road, Avondale Street Cleaning 323 Wainoni Road, Avondale · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa · 327 Wainoni Road, Avondale Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa 327 Wainoni Road, Avondale · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a fence, building or structure · 310 Wainoni Road, Avondale Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 310 Wainoni Road, Avondale · 2026-10-13 Street Light Outage · 6 Claymore Street, Woolston Street Light Outage 6 Claymore Street, Woolston · 2026-10-13 Rubbish and Bins - General · 58 Colman Ave Rubbish and Bins - General 58 Colman Ave · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 91 Matipo Street, Riccarton Dumped Rubbish 91 Matipo Street, Riccarton · 2026-10-13 Water Leak · 1 Maydell Street, Ilam Water Leak 1 Maydell Street, Ilam · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 238 Milton St Dumped Rubbish 238 Milton St · 2026-10-13 Pothole · 55 Charles Street, Waltham Pothole 55 Charles Street, Waltham · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 107 Retreat Road, Avonside Dumped Rubbish 107 Retreat Road, Avonside · 2026-10-13 Damaged Street Sign · 6 Oldwood Street, Bishopdale Damaged Street Sign 6 Oldwood Street, Bishopdale · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 53 Maxwell Street, Riccarton Dumped Rubbish 53 Maxwell Street, Riccarton · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 2R Shand Crescent, Riccarton Dumped Rubbish 2R Shand Crescent, Riccarton · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 18 Cobham St Dumped Rubbish 18 Cobham St · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 11 Reading Street, Upper Riccarton Dumped Rubbish 11 Reading Street, Upper Riccarton · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 361 Avonhead Road, Avonhead Dumped Rubbish 361 Avonhead Road, Avonhead · 2026-10-13 Pothole · 8 St Davids St, Lyttelton 8082 Pothole 8 St Davids St, Lyttelton 8082 · 2026-10-13 Litter · 185 Waimairi Rd Litter 185 Waimairi Rd · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art · 293 Wilsons Rd South Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art 293 Wilsons Rd South · 2026-10-13 Street Cleaning · 1 Maydell St Street Cleaning 1 Maydell St · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 3 Burnside Crescent, Burnside Dumped Rubbish 3 Burnside Crescent, Burnside · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa · 64 Medway St Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa 64 Medway St · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge · 357 River Rd Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge 357 River Rd · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 16 Cobham St Dumped Rubbish 16 Cobham St · 2026-10-13 Trees - General · 1 Limbrick Crescent, Wigram Trees - General 1 Limbrick Crescent, Wigram · 2026-10-13 Overgrown Vegetation · 12–15 Virginia Ln Overgrown Vegetation 12–15 Virginia Ln · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a fence, building or structure · 1 Rolleston Ave Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 1 Rolleston Ave · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a fence, building or structure · Linwood Park Linwood Avenue, Phillipstown Graffiti on a fence, building or structure Linwood Park Linwood Avenue, Phillipstown · 2026-10-13 Pavement - General · 34 Cleveland Street, Edgeware Pavement - General 34 Cleveland Street, Edgeware · 2026-10-13 Water Leak · 143 Hackthorne Rd Water Leak 143 Hackthorne Rd · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a playground or in a park · 195 Hereford St Graffiti on a playground or in a park 195 Hereford St · 2026-10-13 Water Leak · 31 Maidstone Rd Water Leak 31 Maidstone Rd · 2026-10-13 Water Leak · 9 Neill St Water Leak 9 Neill St · 2026-10-13 Public Toilet · 15R Hyde Place, Halswell Public Toilet 15R Hyde Place, Halswell · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a fence, building or structure · 2 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 2 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton · 2026-10-13 Water Leak · 81 Ascot Avenue, North New Brighton Water Leak 81 Ascot Avenue, North New Brighton · 2026-10-13 Graffiti on a fence, building or structure · 1 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 1 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton · 2026-10-13 Dumped Rubbish · 25 Melrose St Dumped Rubbish 25 Melrose St · 2026-10-13

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Photographs are published by Christchurch City Council as part of the public report record and are served from the council’s own storage. They are shown here as filed, newest first. If one of these is yours and you would rather it were not here, the council’s record is the source , but tell us and it comes off the wall.

Questions, answered briefly

What is the wall?

The city’s report photographs, hundreds of thousands of pictures of Christchurch filed by the people who live in it: broken footpaths, dumped couches, flooded gutters.

Where do the photographs come from?

Christchurch City Council publishes them as part of the public report record, they are served from the council’s own storage and shown here as filed, newest first.

Can a photo be taken down?

Yes, the council’s record is the source, but if one of these is yours and you would rather it were not here, say so and it comes off the wall.

Why show report photos at all?

Because they are what the city actually looks like between the postcards, Christchurch as its residents photographed it.