Lowe Street
88 reports at 20 addresses in Addington, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 62 separate days somebody filed something about it.
88 reports20 addresses62 days reported onfrom the air, then50 documents carry the namethe 1073rd street on the roll, by days it took to know
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Lowe 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
- 38 Lowe Street, 27 reports
- 36 Lowe Street, 9 reports
- 7A Lowe Street, 8 reports
- 7 Lowe Street, 5 reports
- 28 Lowe Street, 5 reports
- 20–38 Lowe Street, 5 reports
- 18 Lowe Street, 5 reports
- 5 Lowe Street, 4 reports
- 30E Lowe Street, 4 reports
- 3 Lowe Street, 4 reports
- 23 Lowe Street, 2 reports
- 14 Lowe Street, 2 reports
- 3B Lowe Street, 1 report
- 36B Lowe Street, 1 report
- 34 Lowe Street, 1 report
- 30 Lowe Street, 1 report
- 26 Lowe Street, 1 report
- 2/36 Lowe Street, 1 report
- 16 Lowe Street, 1 report
- 12 Lowe Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 62 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 10 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 7 reports
- Trees & parks, 5 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
Year by year
- 2018, 5 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2021, 7 reports
- 2022, 8 reports
- 2023, 22 reports
- 2024, 11 reports
- 2025, 26 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 50 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 23 November 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george trelearen corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albana henry allison manchester street john e hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 27 November 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john fj hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 04 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john e llawlcy 4 colombo street charles allison manchester stre…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 05 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john e hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 06 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo strept mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john e hiwley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 07 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albahs henry allison manchester street john e llawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 08 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john e hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 10 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…eet george treleaven corn dealer colombo j street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allisan manchesier street john e hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 12 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john e hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 13 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven coin dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john e hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 15 December 1866)
· Papers Past,
…treet george treleaven corn dealer colombo street mrs crawford port lyttelton thomas davy lowe st albans henry allison manchester street john e hawley colombo street charles allison manchester street…
- ANOTHER BIG FIRE (Poverty Bay Herald, 08 March 1887)
· Papers Past,
another big fire great damage in lowe street damage to the whole block the council chambers in peril at twent y vinutes to eleven last night th…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
Named places within 350 m of a reported pin, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Lowe Street in 2 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.
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 May 1872) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 24 January 1877) · Star,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (North Otago Times, 24 January 1879) · North Otago Times,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (North Otago Times, 25 January 1879) · North Otago Times,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (North Otago Times, 24 March 1879) · North Otago Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (North Otago Times, 31 March 1879) · North Otago Times,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (North Otago Times, 02 April 1879) · North Otago Times,
- POLICE COURT. (Star, 29 May 1889) · Star,
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. (Star, 02 July 1897) · Star,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 January 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 January 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 January 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 January 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 February 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 February 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- THE CANTERBURY TROOP. (Star, 13 February 1900) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 23 December 1902) · Ashburton Guardian,
- MAGISTERIAL. (Star, 02 April 1909) · Star,
- NOTES. CHRISTCHURCH. (Progress, 01 February 1910) · Progress,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 01 March 1918) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 20–38 Lowe St,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 20–38 Lowe St,
- Trees - General, 34 Lowe Street,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 20–38 Lowe St,
- Damaged Street Sign, 38 Lowe St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 12 Lowe St,
- Pavement - Damaged, 3 Lowe Street,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 20–38 Lowe St,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 38 Lowe Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 18 Lowe Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 14 Lowe Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 7A Lowe Street,
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 36 Lowe St,
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 36 Lowe St,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 38 Lowe Street,
Questions, answered briefly
Where is Lowe Street?
In Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand.
What gets reported on Lowe Street?
88 reports at 20 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (62), rubbish & dumping (10), roads & footpaths (7).
When was Lowe Street first reported on?
2018, the record covers 62 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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