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Torlesse Street

170 reports at 41 addresses in Avonside, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 151 separate days somebody filed something about it.

170 reports41 addresses151 days reported onfrom the air, then12 documents carry the namethe 433rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

40 Torlesse Street, 21 reports41 Torlesse Street, 14 reports39 Torlesse Street, 13 reports38 Torlesse Street, 13 reports16 Torlesse Street, 8 reports50 Torlesse Street, 7 reports56 Torlesse Street, 6 reports33 Torlesse Street, 6 reports6 Torlesse Street, 5 reports15 Torlesse Street, 5 reports43 Torlesse Street, 4 reports37 Torlesse Street, 4 reports25 Torlesse Street, 4 reports24 Torlesse Street, 4 reports20 Torlesse Street, 4 reports19–45 Torlesse Street, 4 reports14 Torlesse Street, 4 reports9 Torlesse Street, 3 reports8 Torlesse Street, 3 reports45 Torlesse Street, 3 reports17 Torlesse Street, 3 reports11 Torlesse Street, 3 reports47–51 Torlesse Street, 2 reports42 Torlesse Street, 2 reports34 Torlesse Street, 2 reports32 Torlesse Street, 2 reports29 Torlesse Street, 2 reports22 Torlesse Street, 2 reports21 Torlesse Street, 2 reports19 Torlesse Street, 2 reports18 Torlesse Street, 2 reports12 Torlesse Street, 2 reports54 Torlesse Street, 1 report52 Torlesse Street, 1 report46A Torlesse Street, 1 report39–45 Torlesse Street, 1 report39B Torlesse Street, 1 report36 Torlesse Street, 1 report35 Torlesse Street, 1 report27 Torlesse Street, 1 report23 Torlesse Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Torlesse Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Avonside.

From the air, then

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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.

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

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 66 m away Avon Park boardwalk · 127 m away Avon Corridor 6 Rrz Land set of steps · 146 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Torlesse Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoPlayground Equipment, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoStreet Light Outage, a report photoStreet Light Outage, a report photo more photographs
on the Avonside wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Torlesse Street?

In Avonside, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Torlesse Street?

170 reports at 41 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (84), trees & parks (29), roads & footpaths (20).

When was Torlesse Street first reported on?

2018, the record covers 151 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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