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Colombo Street

51 reports at 13 addresses in Beckenham, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 41 separate days somebody filed something about it.

51 reports13 addresses41 days reported onfrom the air, then5,416 documents carry the namethe 1503rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

80 Colombo Street, 11 reports92 Colombo Street, 9 reports86 Colombo Street, 7 reports101 Colombo Street, 7 reports78 Colombo Street, 5 reports81 Colombo Street, 3 reports70 Colombo Street, 2 reports103 Colombo Street, 2 reports88 Colombo Street, 1 report71 Colombo Street, 1 report69 Colombo Street, 1 report130 Colombo Street, 1 report109 Colombo Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Colombo Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Colombo Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Colombo 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. 5,416 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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 open map’s record.

Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River stream · 9 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Colombo Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Brougham Street & Colombo Street, 53 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDamaged Road, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRoads - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Beckenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Colombo Street?

In Beckenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Colombo Street?

51 reports at 13 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (17), roads & footpaths (15), water & drains (11).

When was Colombo Street first reported on?

2018, the record covers 41 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Colombo Street?

Brougham Street and Colombo Street, 53 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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