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Colombo Street

393 reports at 77 addresses in Cashmere, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 279 separate days somebody filed something about it.

393 reports77 addresses279 days reported onfrom the air, then5,416 documents carry the name18 businessesthe 174th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

66 Colombo Street, 56 reports70 Colombo Street, 27 reports50 Colombo Street, 21 reports27 Colombo Street, 16 reports20 Colombo Street, 16 reports52 Colombo Street, 13 reports2 Colombo Street, 13 reports62 Colombo Street, 11 reports22 Colombo Street, 11 reports22A Colombo Street, 10 reports21 Colombo Street, 10 reports1 Colombo Street, 9 reports54 Colombo Street, 8 reports47 Colombo Street, 8 reports69 Colombo Street, 7 reports52E Colombo Street, 7 reports51 Colombo Street, 7 reports30A Colombo Street, 7 reports28 Colombo Street, 7 reports30 Colombo Street, 6 reports3 Colombo Street, 6 reports15 Colombo Street, 6 reports39 Colombo Street, 5 reports24 Colombo Street, 5 reports18 Colombo Street, 5 reports13A Colombo Street, 5 reports11 Colombo Street, 5 reports7 Colombo Street, 4 reports43 Colombo Street, 4 reports31 Colombo Street, 4 reports29 Colombo Street, 4 reports26 Colombo Street, 4 reports11-19 Colombo Street, 4 reports36 Colombo Street, 3 reports32 Colombo Street, 3 reports10 Colombo Street, 3 reports9 Colombo Street, 2 reports64–70 Colombo Street, 2 reports6 Colombo Street, 2 reports5A Colombo Street, 2 reports59 Colombo Street, 2 reports4 Colombo Street, 2 reports3A Colombo Street, 2 reports35 Colombo Street, 2 reports29a Colombo Street, 2 reports29B Colombo Street, 2 reports16 Colombo Street, 2 reports14 Colombo Street, 2 reports9/131 Colombo Street, 1 report74 Colombo Street, 1 report63-67 Colombo Street, 1 report61 Colombo Street, 1 report60 Colombo Street, 1 report58 Colombo Street, 1 report57 Colombo Street, 1 report56 Colombo Street, 1 report52A Colombo Street, 1 report45 Colombo Street, 1 report42 Colombo Street, 1 report41 Colombo Street, 1 report40 Colombo Street, 1 report38 Colombo Street, 1 report37A Colombo Street, 1 report36B Colombo Street, 1 report31B Colombo Street, 1 report2A Colombo Street, 1 report29b Colombo Street, 1 report29-31 Colombo Street, 1 report24B Colombo Street, 1 report23-25 Colombo Street, 1 report23 Colombo Street, 1 report1–3 Colombo Street, 1 report17 Colombo Street, 1 report12 Colombo Street, 1 report11B Colombo Street, 1 report11-15 Colombo Street, 1 report100 Colombo Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Colombo Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Colombo Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Colombo Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Colombo Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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

and the other 17 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 5,416 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

Schools on it

The Ministry’s directory gives the street as a school’s address, the rating describes the community each draws from, not how well it teaches.

The civic shelf on it

Libraries, halls and the rest whose council open-data address is the street.

The businesses on it, 18

Premises whose address in the directory is Colombo Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

…and 6 more whose address names it.

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.

Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River stream · 5 m away unnamed jetty · 81 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Colombo Street in 30 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 11 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Brougham Street & Colombo Street, 53 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Water Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoFlooding, a report photoLitter, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Cashmere wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Colombo Street?

In Cashmere, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Colombo Street?

393 reports at 77 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (158), roads & footpaths (77), water & drains (73).

When was Colombo Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 279 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Colombo Street?

Brougham Street and Colombo Street, 53 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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