Foster Street
9 reports at 6 addresses in Addington, the first in 2022, the latest 2025. 9 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 Foster Street, 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
- 32 Foster Street, 2 reports
- 18 Foster Street, 2 reports
- 14 Foster Street, 2 reports
- 98 Foster Street, 1 report
- 28 Foster Street, 1 report
- 22 Foster Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
- Graffiti & vandalism, 1 report
Year by year
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2025, 5 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 9 on the shelf; the 3 earliest:
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 November 1868)
· Papers Past,
…yor was desired to take legal advice upon the question and act accordingly letter from dr foster stating that having read in the local journals that the council had requested the provincial solicitor…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 February 1875)
· Papers Past,
…hioh stntuto ho who going under thero could not be two poiinltl s for tho sumo offence dr foster stated that ho would proceed under tho malicious injury to property act thomas brown bain called by mr…
- West Coast Times. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1875. (West Coast Times, 03 June 1875)
· Papers Past,
…the press of june ist says at last night meeting of the council a letter was read from dr foster stating that a leading member of the committee desired that the informations taken out should be withdr…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Foster Street in 10 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 28 Foster St,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 98 Foster St,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 18 Foster St,
- Roads - General, 22 Foster Street,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 32 Foster St,
- Pavement - Damaged, 14 Foster Street,
- Accessibility, 14 Foster Street,
- Roads - General, 32 Foster Street,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 18 Foster Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.
9 reports at 6 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (4), rubbish & dumping (2), water & drains (1).
2022, the record covers 9 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.
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