Detroit Place
17 reports at 4 addresses in Addington, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 14 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Detroit Place, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Addington.
From the air, then
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
- 6 Detroit Place, 10 reports
- 3 Detroit Place, 4 reports
- 2L Detroit Place, 2 reports
- 6E Detroit Place, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 6 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 3 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 1 report
- 2023, 6 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 4 reports
The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Detroit Place in 9 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
- Untitled (Marlborough Express, 29 November 1876) · Marlborough Express,
- Untitled (Nelson Evening Mail, 13 June 1879) · Nelson Evening Mail,
- THE EXHIBITION. (Star, 11 April 1882) · Star,
- THE §tq likr Jrps, PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4,1886. (Grey River Argus, 04 October 1886) · Grey River Argus,
- MONDAY, MAY 23, 1887. (Timaru Herald, 23 May 1887) · Timaru Herald,
- Untitled (Bruce Herald, 14 February 1888) · Bruce Herald,
- CRICKET. (Auckland Star, 23 September 1893) · Auckland Star,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 October 1908) · Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 March 1913) · Ashburton Guardian,
- SPORTING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 29 August 1917) · Hawera & Normanby Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 11 October 1917) · Ashburton Guardian,
- SPORTING. (Otago Daily Times 14-9-1918) · Otago Daily Times,
- SPORTING (Feilding Star, 22 November 1918) · Feilding Star,
- OUR FINANCES. (Grey River Argus, 25 July 1919) · Grey River Argus,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 11 March 1931) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Roads - General, 3 Detroit Pl,
- Pavement - General, 3 Detroit Place,
- Sewer General, 6 Detroit Pl,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 2L Detroit Place,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 2L Detroit Place,
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 3 Detroit Pl,
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 6 Detroit Pl,
- Hazard, vehicle, 6 Detroit Place,
- Graffiti, 6E Detroit Place,
- Damaged Road, 6 Detroit Place,
- Graffiti, 3 Detroit Place,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 6 Detroit Place,
- Graffiti, 6 Detroit Place,
- Dumped Rubbish, 6 Detroit Place,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 6 Detroit Place,
Questions, answered briefly
In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.
17 reports at 4 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (6), roads & footpaths (4), vehicles & parking (3).
2018, the record covers 14 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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