Ajax Street
61 reports at 15 addresses in Burwood, the first in 2021, the latest 2026. 53 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 Ajax Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Burwood.
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
- 18 Ajax Street, 12 reports
- 15 Ajax Street, 12 reports
- 20 Ajax Street, 8 reports
- 14 Ajax Street, 5 reports
- 10 Ajax Street, 4 reports
- 1/20 Ajax Street, 4 reports
- 19 Ajax Street, 3 reports
- 1 Ajax Street, 3 reports
- 4 Ajax Street, 2 reports
- 3 Ajax Street, 2 reports
- 11 Ajax Street, 2 reports
- 8 Ajax Street, 1 report
- 7 Ajax Street, 1 report
- 3A Ajax Street, 1 report
- 14A Ajax Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 18 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 17 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 9 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 7 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 5 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- Animals & pests, 1 report
Year by year
- 2021, 2 reports
- 2022, 9 reports
- 2023, 18 reports
- 2024, 12 reports
- 2025, 10 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 17 February 1877)
· Papers Past,
…lerk should write to the contractors as recommended and also that the other slips and the ajax street drain be referred to the inspector of works with power to ast a letter was read from the rev loren…
- MISCELLANEOUS. (Otago Daily Times, 24 September 1889)
· Papers Past,
…ticulars wilson bros grocers king street 24s to let or sell six-roomed house fruit garden ajax street miltonapply on the premises 24s to let furnished six-roomed house central-mr smith butcher corner…
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 November 1907)
· Papers Past,
…stchurch 164-y wanted sell edison home phonograph and 50 records records sold separ ately ajax star offioe 1642 anted girls apply to the atlas con fectionery company dundas street 1643 anted by young…
- NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 27 May 1941)
· Papers Past,
…ke lawrence r gnr airs l r bourke 20 smith street dunedin w boyle thomas p pte airs boyle ajax street alilton otago m bradley albert l tbdr air a j bradley 304 broadway avenue palmerston north f bradl…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…wllkins verdun owen pte mrs m a wil kins rd te puke m wilson thomas hush w 01 mr u wilson ajax street milton f wood allan campbell w 01 mr e a wood 4 scotland street nelson f young leslie pte mrs g yo…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 09 July 1941)
· Papers Past,
…tratford m boyd william james lcpl mr w p boyd rlniu f boyle thomas patrick pte mrs boyle ajax street milton m bracken richard henry pte mrs s i bracken 85 douglas street timaru ffti bh adding edward…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 29 January 1942)
· Papers Past,
…vr mrs f r baker 29 york street timaru m died body douglas alexander w 011 mrs l m body 3 ajax street devonport wh missing agnew allan edward manus sgt mrs n e agnew 337 malvern street leith valley du…
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 28 July 1942)
· Papers Past,
…ck g r gnr mrs m rowe 10 gloucester street templeton m budge robert a sgt mrs s v rudge 2 ajax street devonport w rumble roy f drr mrs m m r rumble care maniototo hospital ranfurly w sheppard cyril r…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 April 1944)
· Papers Past,
…a barko pte mrs a rameka taupo m died on active service coombe hugliio e sgt mrs g coombe ajax street milton m west john n pte mr a w west turret road tauranga prisoner of warpreviously reported missi…
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…Tothill Street,New Plymouth, at 12.35 p.m.Shaw, Roderick Moran, occupation unknown, of 77 Ajax Street, Milton, at 10.10 a.m.Tooley, Marie Anne, machinist, of 52 Aylesford Street,St Albans, Christchurc…
- In Bankruptcy
· New Zealand Gazette,
…ara Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, at 10.28 a.m.Fitzgerald, Anthony Mark, painter, of 42 Ajax Street, Milton.Hope, Allan, beneficiary, of 9 Arran Street, Mosgiel, at 2.45 p.m.Jolly, Norman John, fish…
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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.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 14 Ajax Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 18 Ajax Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 4 Ajax Street,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 18 Ajax Street,
- General Request, 4 Ajax Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 18 Ajax Street,
- Water Leak, 18 Ajax Street,
- Water Leak, 18 Ajax Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 10 Ajax St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 18 Ajax Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 18 Ajax Street,
- Water Leak, 14 Ajax Street,
- Water Leak, 14 Ajax Street,
- Hazard, vehicle, 11 Ajax St,
- Water Leak, 18 Ajax Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.
61 reports at 15 addresses, most often water & drains (18), rubbish & dumping (17), vehicles & parking (9).
2021, the record covers 53 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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