Derwent Street
17 reports at 7 addresses in Bryndwr, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 16 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 Derwent Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Bryndwr.
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
- 21 Derwent Street, 9 reports
- 17 Derwent Street, 3 reports
- 3 Derwent Street, 1 report
- 26 Derwent Street, 1 report
- 20 Derwent Street, 1 report
- 19 Derwent Street, 1 report
- 15 Derwent Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 10 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 4 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
- Everything else, 1 report
Year by year
- 2019, 1 report
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 1 report
- 2025, 8 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 31 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 October 1885)
· Papers Past,
…y road be abberley streot spring��eld read be springfield street barker estate e and w be derwent street holly road be houy street barker road be baudon street clare road he claro street berry street…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 09 October 1899)
· Papers Past,
…those seeking change of air can beobtained at mrs smith 3 private boarding establishment derwent street naseby cential otago 30s public notices e w season boots and shoes two direct shipments just op…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 16 September 1903)
· Papers Past,
…ituated on land having a front age of 118 feet to dee-street and a frontage of 50 feet to derwent street lots 4 5 and 6 three magnificent building sections having front ages of 40 feet each to dee-str…
- NEWS OF THE DAY. (Colonist, 10 July 1918)
· Papers Past,
…ibly the real reason thatj it was not regarded as being valuable was a desire to keep the derwent strain pure it is understood that the kirwee farmer kept one of these wild roots and cultivated it as…
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 27 September 1924)
· Papers Past,
…nt and a cloche hat of blue brocadu with n long drooping blue feather mrs j a campbell of derwent street island bay recently gavo a most enjoyable afternoon for tho benefit of ljiu berhaniporo branch…
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 23 February 1926)
· Papers Past,
…tion was held at island bay last saturday the 22nd instant at the home of mr and mrs kene derwent street this was a garden party arranged by the south wellington wctu for the purpose of augmenting the…
- DEATHS. (Evening Post, 04 September 1939)
· Papers Past,
…ptember 3 1939 at blenheim margaret dearly loved mother of mrs king edenstreet mia byford derwent street bryant luxford street so loved so mourned funeral hiotices andrewsiho friends ot the kite holla…
- TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 May 1941)
· Papers Past,
…ir w hunt 20 karaka street newton auckland f jackson george finlay lcpl mrs k jacksou 17m derwent street island bay m johnson eric pte mrs a johnson 15 wapiti avenue epsom m johnston william frederick…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…gt mrs f w jackman 41 mothuen road avondale m jackson garth harold lgpl mrs k jackson 173 derwent street island bay m johnson percival deacon cpl mrs j m e a johnson moana 18 oriental terrace wellingt…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…r mrs h sellars 114 caledonian road st albans shalders albert fulford dvr mr a l shalders derwent street oamaru it shand angus james cpl mrs jm shand shaw otdougias herbert dvr mrs e shaw cambridge ro…
- LUCK FOR ALL" (Evening Post, 06 August 1941)
· Papers Past,
…day feilding 91723 silver lining masterton butt 28338 dad and mum brooklyn 195195 no luck derwent street island bay 143752 wanted a cheer up khandallah 5 prizes 69103 another mug 131 elizabeth street…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 December 1941)
· Papers Past,
…yer 33 southftmptoa street christchureh m good all thomfts arnold tsjjt mrs p goodill 161 derwent street island bay w harris john samuel lcpl mrs a harris 75 frame street north bast valley m jepsek mo…
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The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Derwent Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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
The latest on it
- Trees - General, 17 Derwent Street,
- Pavement - Damaged, 3 Derwent St,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 21 Derwent St,
- Fallen Tree, 21 Derwent St,
- Fallen Tree, 21 Derwent St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 21 Derwent Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 26 Derwent Street,
- Water Leak, 15 Derwent Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 21 Derwent Street,
- Park - General Request, 21 Derwent Street,
- Park - General Request, 20 Derwent Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 17 Derwent Street,
- Facility - General Request, 17 Derwent Street,
- Fallen Tree, 21 Derwent Street,
- Parks, 21 Derwent Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Bryndwr, Christchurch, New Zealand.
17 reports at 7 addresses, most often trees & parks (10), rubbish & dumping (4), water & drains (1).
2019, the record covers 16 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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