Brook Street
12 reports at 6 addresses in Bexley, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 9 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 Brook Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Bexley.
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
- 2 Brook Street, 4 reports
- 21 Brook Street, 3 reports
- 84 Brook Street, 2 reports
- 85 Brook Street, 1 report
- 77 Brook Street, 1 report
- 17-19 Brook Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 6 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- Everything else, 1 report
- Graffiti & vandalism, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 3 reports
- 2020, 4 reports
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 80 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 13 February 1861)
· Papers Past,
…e marked to each upon conditions and terms of sale to be then and there declared fronting brook street 81 containing 010 12 10 0 82 0 1 0 12 10 0 83 0 1 0 12 10 0 84 0 1 0 12 10 0 85 0 1 0 12 10 0 bri…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 December 1868)
· Papers Past,
…s d algety co christ church 1821 wanted a respectable person as housekeeper apply at gris brook store colombo bridge 1818 anted a boy or lad able to milk and take care of cows and to make himself usef…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 December 1868)
· Papers Past,
wanted a respectable person as housekeeper apply at gris brook store colombo bridge c 1835 notice impounded at lyttelton on the 24th november from governor bay one bla…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 December 1868)
· Papers Past,
1550 copies 9s ee3h utigj-elt wanted a respectable person as housekeeper apply at gris brook store colombo bridge c 1835 wanted a strong lad who has some knowledge of the butchering business and to…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 February 1876)
· Papers Past,
…toofced a mile off and ovontually tho boiling dpwn had to bo moved olsowhoro he had hoard brook stato at a mooting of tho sohool oommitteo that ho would boil down in spito of anybody whothor or not ho…
- Local & General. (Star, 22 April 1882)
· Papers Past,
…inest stag that has been killed tbis season although one that was shot nea mr newports in brook street valley about three weeks ago ran it very close for the firat plac during the season fourteen fiae…
- Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Colonist, 24 April 1886)
· Papers Past,
…dysonmarch 28 at nile street east the j wife of e weston dyson of a son houltmarch 28 at brook street mrs s hoult of a daughter c phillipsapril hth at holborn cottage collingwood street the wife of h…
- LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 29 October 1886)
· Papers Past,
…nelson that on the 18th inst some children of very tender years were playing together in brook street when one little fellow became greatly enraged with his playmate and in the heat of passion raised…
- Commercial. (Star, 04 February 1893)
· Papers Past,
…john stevens harewood road 5 acres 1 rood 27f perches land to mr biohard hart opawa horn brook street small section to mr broadhurst templeton 220 acres land with crops farm imritement�� c to mr t pa…
- Nelson: SIXTY YEARS OF HISTORY. (Nelson Evening Mail, 07 September 1901)
· Papers Past,
…e several drives to be made in the day or less to 1 the reservoir through the town up the brook street valley and among fern clad bush between high ranges of hills up the maitai valley along tixe cour…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Nelson Evening Mail, 02 June 1902)
· Papers Past,
…m mrs e levastam to messrs watson gay and haggitt trustees for mrs ward house and land in brook street from mr leatham to mr m couglan land in washington valley from mr henry to mr john warnock house…
- MESSRS W. ROUT & SONS' REPORT. (Colonist, 14 August 1902)
· Papers Past,
…of nile and alton streets with grocery business from victor granville to mr d stewart of brook street 14 building site on waimer road adjoining nalder property 15 part of section 346 milton street to…
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.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Damaged Road, 2 Brook Street,
- Flooding, 2 Brook Street,
- General Request, 84 Brook St,
- Pavement - Damaged, 2 Brook Street,
- Pavement - General, 2 Brook Street,
- Water Leak, 21 Brook Street,
- Water Leak, 21 Brook Street,
- Water Leak, 21 Brook Street,
- Flooding, 77 Brook Street,
- Graffiti, 85 Brook Street,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 84 Brook Street,
- Water Supply, 17-19 Brook St,
Questions, answered briefly
In Bexley, Christchurch, New Zealand.
12 reports at 6 addresses, most often water & drains (6), roads & footpaths (3), rubbish & dumping (1).
2016, the record covers 9 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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