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Sapphire Street

57 reports at 36 addresses in Casebrook, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 51 separate days somebody filed something about it.

57 reports36 addresses51 days reported onfrom the air, then1 document carry the namethe 1271st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

69 Sapphire Street, 5 reports55 Sapphire Street, 5 reports43 Sapphire Street, 5 reports23 Sapphire Street, 3 reports78 Sapphire Street, 2 reports64B Sapphire Street, 2 reports61 Sapphire Street, 2 reports53 Sapphire Street, 2 reports47F Sapphire Street, 2 reports41 Sapphire Street, 2 reports17 Sapphire Street, 2 reports9A Sapphire Street, 1 report75 Sapphire Street, 1 report74 Sapphire Street, 1 report73 Sapphire Street, 1 report72 Sapphire Street, 1 report71B Sapphire Street, 1 report63 Sapphire Street, 1 report59 Sapphire Street, 1 report58 Sapphire Street, 1 report57 Sapphire Street, 1 report56 Sapphire Street, 1 report54 Sapphire Street, 1 report51A Sapphire Street, 1 report49A Sapphire Street, 1 report48B Sapphire Street, 1 report48 Sapphire Street, 1 report46 Sapphire Street, 1 report44 Sapphire Street, 1 report40F Sapphire Street, 1 report36 Sapphire Street, 1 report27B Sapphire Street, 1 report25 Sapphire Street, 1 report21 Sapphire Street, 1 report20 Sapphire Street, 1 report1/56 Sapphire Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Sapphire Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Sapphire Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Sapphire Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Sapphire 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.

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Sapphire Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photo more photographs
on the Casebrook wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Sapphire Street?

In Casebrook, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Sapphire Street?

57 reports at 36 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (17), water & drains (14), rubbish & dumping (9).

When was Sapphire Street first reported on?

2019, the record covers 51 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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