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Achilles Street

131 reports at 44 addresses in Burwood, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 112 separate days somebody filed something about it.

131 reports44 addresses112 days reported onfrom the air, then7 documents carry the namethe 620th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

61 Achilles Street, 20 reports9 Achilles Street, 9 reports10 Achilles Street, 8 reports2 Achilles Street, 7 reports7 Achilles Street, 6 reports32 Achilles Street, 5 reports1E Achilles Street, 5 reports63 Achilles Street, 4 reports42 Achilles Street, 4 reports40 Achilles Street, 4 reports11A Achilles Street, 4 reports6 Achilles Street, 3 reports46 Achilles Street, 3 reports37 Achilles Street, 3 reports11 Achilles Street, 3 reports1 Achilles Street, 3 reports62A Achilles Street, 2 reports59 Achilles Street, 2 reports57 Achilles Street, 2 reports47 Achilles Street, 2 reports33A Achilles Street, 2 reports31 Achilles Street, 2 reports30 Achilles Street, 2 reports29 Achilles Street, 2 reports28 Achilles Street, 2 reports27A Achilles Street, 2 reports25 Achilles Street, 2 reports14 Achilles Street, 2 reports64 Achilles Street, 1 report58A Achilles Street, 1 report58 Achilles Street, 1 report56 Achilles Street, 1 report55 Achilles Street, 1 report50A Achilles Street, 1 report5 Achilles Street, 1 report45 Achilles Street, 1 report4 Achilles Street, 1 report34 Achilles Street, 1 report27 Achilles Street, 1 report24C Achilles Street, 1 report23 Achilles Street, 1 report20 Achilles Street, 1 report18 Achilles Street, 1 report16A Achilles Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 7 on the shelf; the 6 earliest:

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.

Dudley Creek stream · 19 m away Burwood Park set of steps · 143 m away Burwood Park ramp · 144 m away

As it was reported

Water Leak, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Burwood wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Achilles Street?

In Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Achilles Street?

131 reports at 44 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (38), rubbish & dumping (37), water & drains (20).

When was Achilles Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 112 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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