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Church Sq

19 reports at 11 addresses in Addington, the first in 2025, the latest 2026. 16 separate days somebody filed something about it.

19 reports11 addresses16 days reported on2 on the registerfrom the air, thenthe 2600th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

21A Church Sq, 3 reports18 Church Sq, 3 reports6 Church Sq, 2 reports44 Church Sq, 2 reports33 Church Sq, 2 reports31 Church Sq, 2 reports9–11 Church Sq, 1 report42 Church Sq, 1 report40 Church Sq, 1 report29 Church Sq, 1 report16–44 Church Sq, 1 reportChurch Square and Setting: registerChurch of St Mary the Virgin and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Church Sq, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Addington.

From the air, then

Church Sq from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Church Sq from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Church Sq from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Church Sq 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

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

On foot, Church, gaol and the workshops walks this street.

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Church Sq?

In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Church Sq?

19 reports at 11 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (11), water & drains (4), roads & footpaths (2).

When was Church Sq first reported on?

2025, the record covers 16 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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