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Burke Street

343 reports at 67 addresses in Addington, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 247 separate days somebody filed something about it.

343 reports67 addresses247 days reported onfrom the air, then59 documents carry the namethe 224th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

91 Burke Street, 39 reports46 Burke Street, 32 reports72 Burke Street, 25 reports77 Burke Street, 18 reports42A Burke Street, 13 reports83 Burke Street, 12 reports61 Burke Street, 10 reports88 Burke Street, 9 reports81 Burke Street, 8 reports66 Burke Street, 8 reports53 Burke Street, 8 reports52D Burke Street, 8 reports52A Burke Street, 8 reports93 Burke Street, 7 reports62 Burke Street, 7 reports51 Burke Street, 7 reports49 Burke Street, 7 reports34 Burke Street, 7 reports67 Burke Street, 6 reports10 Burke Street, 6 reports83E Burke Street, 5 reports71 Burke Street, 5 reports11 Burke Street, 5 reports70 Burke Street, 4 reports43 Burke Street, 4 reports27 Burke Street, 4 reports87 Burke Street, 3 reports80 Burke Street, 3 reports63 Burke Street, 3 reports52C Burke Street, 3 reports42C Burke Street, 3 reports38 Burke Street, 3 reports36 Burke Street, 3 reports28 Burke Street, 3 reports23 Burke Street, 3 reports85 Burke Street, 2 reports75A Burke Street, 2 reports75 Burke Street, 2 reports56 Burke Street, 2 reports52B Burke Street, 2 reports52 Burke Street, 2 reports48 Burke Street, 2 reports35D Burke Street, 2 reports35C Burke Street, 2 reports31 Burke Street, 2 reports18 Burke Street, 2 reports101B Burke Street, 2 reports98 Burke Street, 1 report96 Burke Street, 1 report89 Burke Street, 1 report84 Burke Street, 1 report72B Burke Street, 1 report61B Burke Street, 1 report59 Burke Street, 1 report55 Burke Street, 1 report50 Burke Street, 1 report42 Burke Street, 1 report35A Burke Street, 1 report35 Burke Street, 1 report25 Burke Street, 1 report22 Burke Street, 1 report19 Burke Street, 1 report17B Burke Street, 1 report17A Burke Street, 1 report12 Burke Street, 1 report116 Burke Street, 1 report105 Burke Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Burke Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Addington.

From the air, then

Burke Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Burke Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Burke Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Burke Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

and the other 7 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 59 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Jacksons Creek stream · 107 m away Ruskin Reserve set of steps · 11 m away Ruskin Reserve set of steps · 18 m away Baxters Drain set of steps · 20 m away Ruskin Reserve set of steps · 26 m away Baxters Drain set of steps · 45 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Burke Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Addington wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Burke Street?

In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Burke Street?

343 reports at 67 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (183), graffiti & vandalism (49), trees & parks (36).

When was Burke Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 247 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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