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Hay Street

157 reports at 81 addresses in Bromley, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 123 separate days somebody filed something about it.

157 reports81 addresses123 days reported onfrom the air, then59 documents carry the namethe 558th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

67 Hay Street, 10 reports82 Hay Street, 6 reports47 Hay Street, 6 reports146 Hay Street, 6 reports128 Hay Street, 6 reports51A Hay Street, 5 reports2 Hay Street, 5 reports84 Hay Street, 4 reports115 Hay Street, 4 reports92 Hay Street, 3 reports76 Hay Street, 3 reports52 Hay Street, 3 reports46 Hay Street, 3 reports3 Hay Street, 3 reports27 Hay Street, 3 reports123 Hay Street, 3 reports120B Hay Street, 3 reports102 Hay Street, 3 reports99 Hay Street, 2 reports96 Hay Street, 2 reports95 Hay Street, 2 reports86 Hay Street, 2 reports83B Hay Street, 2 reports61 Hay Street, 2 reports51 Hay Street, 2 reports49 Hay Street, 2 reports47A Hay Street, 2 reports32 Hay Street, 2 reports16 Hay Street, 2 reports148 Hay Street, 2 reports126 Hay Street, 2 reports122A Hay Street, 2 reports106 Hay Street, 2 reports99B Hay Street, 1 report98 Hay Street, 1 report94 Hay Street, 1 report91 Hay Street, 1 report90–96 Hay Street, 1 report90 Hay Street, 1 report89 Hay Street, 1 report88 Hay Street, 1 report87 Hay Street, 1 report85 Hay Street, 1 report79B Hay Street, 1 report73-75 Hay Street, 1 report71 Hay Street, 1 report70 Hay Street, 1 report66 Hay Street, 1 report62 Hay Street, 1 report58 Hay Street, 1 report57 Hay Street, 1 report56 Hay Street, 1 report52A Hay Street, 1 report50 Hay Street, 1 report49A Hay Street, 1 report44 Hay Street, 1 report42 Hay Street, 1 report40 Hay Street, 1 report37 Hay Street, 1 report36 Hay Street, 1 report33A Hay Street, 1 report25 Hay Street, 1 report21 Hay Street, 1 report17 Hay Street, 1 report144 Hay Street, 1 report142 Hay Street, 1 report138 Hay Street, 1 report134 Hay Street, 1 report132 Hay Street, 1 report130B Hay Street, 1 report130 Hay Street, 1 report124 Hay Street, 1 report121 Hay Street, 1 report120 Hay Street, 1 report118 Hay Street, 1 report117A Hay Street, 1 report110 Hay Street, 1 report108 Hay Street, 1 report104 Hay Street, 1 report100 Hay Street, 1 report10 Hay Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

and the other 21 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 59 on the shelf; the 2 earliest:

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.

Linwood Cemetery set of steps · 10 m away Linwood Cemetery set of steps · 135 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Hay Street in 19 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 3 seriously hurt.

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 photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater General, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDamaged Street Light, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoStreet Light Outage, a report photo more photographs
on the Bromley wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Hay Street?

In Bromley, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Hay Street?

157 reports at 81 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (60), roads & footpaths (34), trees & parks (20).

When was Hay Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 123 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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