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The Lagoon

37 reports at 13 addresses in Brooklands, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 34 separate days somebody filed something about it.

37 reports13 addresses34 days reported onfrom the air, then40 documents carry the namethe 1703rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

12 The Lagoon, 7 reports3 The Lagoon, 6 reports18 The Lagoon, 4 reports5 The Lagoon, 3 reports1E The Lagoon, 3 reports19 The Lagoon, 3 reports16 The Lagoon, 3 reports27 The Lagoon, 2 reports17 The Lagoon, 2 reports9 The Lagoon, 1 report8 The Lagoon, 1 report2 The Lagoon, 1 report11 The Lagoon, 1 report

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

From the air, then

The Lagoon from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
The Lagoon from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
The Lagoon from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
The Lagoon 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. 40 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

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

Pavement - Damaged, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset, a report photo more photographs
on the Brooklands wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is The Lagoon?

In Brooklands, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on The Lagoon?

37 reports at 13 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (14), vehicles & parking (6), roads & footpaths (5).

When was The Lagoon first reported on?

2020, the record covers 34 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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