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Vivian Street

44 reports at 32 addresses in Burwood, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 43 separate days somebody filed something about it.

44 reports32 addresses43 days reported onfrom the air, then185 documents carry the namethe 1439th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

11 Vivian Street, 6 reports89 Vivian Street, 3 reports98 Vivian Street, 2 reports91 Vivian Street, 2 reports9 Vivian Street, 2 reports5 Vivian Street, 2 reports22 Vivian Street, 2 reports99 Vivian Street, 1 report93 Vivian Street, 1 report90–98 Vivian Street, 1 report86 Vivian Street, 1 report82 Vivian Street, 1 report78B Vivian Street, 1 report71 Vivian Street, 1 report7 Vivian Street, 1 report69 Vivian Street, 1 report68 Vivian Street, 1 report67 Vivian Street, 1 report66 Vivian Street, 1 report65 Vivian Street, 1 report64 Vivian Street, 1 report63 Vivian Street, 1 report58 Vivian Street, 1 report55 Vivian Street, 1 report48 Vivian Street, 1 report40 Vivian Street, 1 report38 Vivian Street, 1 report31 Vivian Street, 1 report28 Vivian Street, 1 report24 Vivian Street, 1 report15 Vivian Street, 1 report10 Vivian Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Vivian Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Vivian Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Vivian Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Vivian 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. 185 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Vivian Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

Rubbish and Bins - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoAnimal - Domestic, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoDamaged Street Light, a report photo more photographs
on the Burwood wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Vivian Street?

In Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Vivian Street?

44 reports at 32 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (12), graffiti & vandalism (10), water & drains (6).

When was Vivian Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 43 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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