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Clarence Street

34 reports at 9 addresses in Addington, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 31 separate days somebody filed something about it.

34 reports9 addresses31 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then40 documents carry the name22 businessesthe 1787th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

75 Clarence Street, 9 reports81 Clarence Street, 6 reports32 Clarence Street, 5 reports66 Clarence Street, 4 reports62 Clarence Street, 3 reports83 Clarence Street, 2 reports64 Clarence Street, 2 reports55 Clarence Street, 2 reports66H Clarence Street, 1 reportFormer Addington Railway Workshops Water Tower and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Clarence Street, 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

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

What got reported

Year by year

On the register

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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 40 on the shelf; the 4 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 22

Premises whose address in the directory is Clarence Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

…and 10 more whose address names it.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Clarence Street in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 6 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Blenheim Road & Clarence Street, 36 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

Water Leak, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Addington wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Clarence Street?

In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Clarence Street?

34 reports at 9 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (18), roads & footpaths (8), water & drains (5).

When was Clarence Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 31 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Clarence Street?

Blenheim Road and Clarence Street, 36 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Clarence Street?

Former Addington Railway Workshops Water Tower and Setting.

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