Martin Avenue
77 reports at 35 addresses in Beckenham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 61 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 Martin Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Beckenham.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- 96 Martin Avenue, 7 reports
- 38 Martin Avenue, 5 reports
- 21 Martin Avenue, 5 reports
- 60 Martin Avenue, 4 reports
- 36 Martin Avenue, 4 reports
- 17 Martin Avenue, 4 reports
- 9 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 80 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 71 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 57 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 30 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 28 Martin Avenue, 3 reports
- 84 Martin Avenue, 2 reports
- 65 Martin Avenue, 2 reports
- 63 Martin Avenue, 2 reports
- 53 Martin Avenue, 2 reports
- 33 Martin Avenue, 2 reports
- 20 Martin Avenue, 2 reports
- 15 Martin Avenue, 2 reports
- 9–33 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 92 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 83 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 77 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 73 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 68 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 66B Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 64 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 50 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 49 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 41 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 24 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 19 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 12-14 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 12 Martin Avenue, 1 report
- 11 Martin Avenue, 1 report
What got reported
- Roads & footpaths, 34 reports
- Water & drains, 25 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports
- Trees & parks, 4 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 3 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 3 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 5 reports
- 2021, 4 reports
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 29 reports
- 2024, 8 reports
- 2025, 5 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 8 on the shelf; the 3 earliest:
- CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 10 September 1907)
· Papers Past,
…accept the de dication of chanter street st albans fisher street beckenham norwood avenue martin avenue corson avenue and malcolm avenue fn-herton the report was adopted miscellaneous the kaiapoi wool…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…s e g mc kevith 3ir madras street chrlstriiurch w moleen hector hugh lsgt mr 11 mclean 70 martin avenue beekcnharn christ church f manning wlllliam eric pto mr e f manning 10 constable street wellingt…
- SECOND LIST (Evening Post, 08 December 1941)
· Papers Past,
…ewis pte mrs f e chemis steyne avenuo plimmertou w clislanu duncan pte mrs c e cleland 12 martin avenue remuera m clotworthy donald leslie pte mrs m clotworthy 1 grove road papafcura ni dotchix bernar…
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.
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 5 (Star, 26 December 1906) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 January 1907) · Star,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 February 1907) · Star,
- SECOND N.Z.E.F. (Evening Post, 08 May 1941) · Evening Post,
- NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 27 May 1941) · Evening Post,
- TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 03 June 1941) · Evening Post,
- MISSING—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED. (Evening Post, 30 June 1941) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 13 September 1941) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 December 1941) · Evening Post,
- lOLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 16 February 1942) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 16 July 1942) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 28 July 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 20 November 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 October 1943) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 January 1944) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 June 1944) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 October 1944) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 October 1944) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 24 April 1945) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Hazard, vehicle, 12 Martin Ave,
- Water Leak, 84 Martin Avenue,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 38 Martin Avenue,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 96 Martin Ave,
- Trees - General, 57 Martin Ave,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 96 Martin Ave,
- Water Leak, 77 Martin Ave,
- Water Pollution - Sediment, 9–33 Martin Ave,
- Fallen Tree, 96 Martin Ave,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 96 Martin Ave,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 96 Martin Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 73 Martin Avenue,
- General Request, 57 Martin Ave,
- Poles and Signage - General, 83 Martin Ave,
- Trees - General, 92 Martin Ave,
Questions, answered briefly
In Beckenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.
77 reports at 35 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (34), water & drains (25), vehicles & parking (5).
2015, the record covers 61 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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