Watson Street
33 reports at 25 addresses in Akaroa, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 30 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 Watson Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Akaroa.
The addresses on it
- 34 Watson Street, 5 reports
- 61 Watson Street, 2 reports
- 48 Watson Street, 2 reports
- 33 Watson Street, 2 reports
- 23 Watson Street, 2 reports
- 68 Watson Street, 1 report
- 67 Watson Street, 1 report
- 65E Watson Street, 1 report
- 65 Watson Street, 1 report
- 57 Watson Street, 1 report
- 52 Watson Street, 1 report
- 49 Watson Street, 1 report
- 45 Watson Street, 1 report
- 44 Watson Street, 1 report
- 39 Watson Street, 1 report
- 31 Watson Street, 1 report
- 30 Watson Street, 1 report
- 26-28 Watson Street, 1 report
- 26 Watson Street, 1 report
- 25 Watson Street, 1 report
- 24 Watson Street, 1 report
- 21C Watson Street, 1 report
- 20 Watson Street, 1 report
- 14 Watson Street, 1 report
- 13 Watson Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 20 reports
- Trees & parks, 8 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 2 reports
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 6 reports
- 2025, 6 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 22 on the shelf; the 1 earliest:
- LYTTELTON. (Colonist, 04 November 1859)
· Papers Past,
…the north the sea at high water on the east the henui river on the south lemon street to watson street along watson street and the north boundary of native reserve no 14 to hobson-street along hobson…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
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 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1858) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 12 January 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 February 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 23 February 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 09 March 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 May 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 15 May 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 10 July 1861) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 April 1862) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 May 1862) · Lyttelton Times,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 November 1897) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 26 November 1897) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 February 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 February 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 March 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 March 1899) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 April 1908) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 June 1908) · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Overgrown Vegetation, 20 Watson Street,
- Water Leak, 34 Watson St,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 45 Watson St,
- Park - General Request, 34 Watson Street,
- Water Leak, 25 Watson Street,
- Fallen Tree, 33 Watson Street,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 68 Watson Street,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 65E Watson Street,
- General Request, 39 Watson Street,
- Pit and Equipment - General, 30 Watson Street,
- Pit and Equipment - General, 31 Watson Street,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 33 Watson Street,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 23 Watson Street,
- Water Leak, 61 Watson Street,
- Water Leak, 61 Watson Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Akaroa, Christchurch, New Zealand.
33 reports at 25 addresses, most often water & drains (20), trees & parks (8), roads & footpaths (4).
2016, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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