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No council reports on record for a, Christchurch Central City, but the street isn’t unknown to the archive: 20 places on the heritage register carry the name.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on a, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Christchurch Central City.
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 →
On the register here
- Antigua Boatsheds and Setting, 2 Cambridge Terrace
- Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting, 280A Durham Street North
- Bridge of Remembrance and Setting, 88 Cambridge Terrace
- Canterbury Club and Setting, 129 Cambridge Terrace
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, 280 Durham Street North
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds, 280 Durham Street North
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Former Land Transfer Office, 86 Armagh Street
- Captain James Cook Statue and Setting, 89 Armagh Street
- Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting, 153 Oxford Terrace
- Christ's College Administration Building and Setting, 33Q Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Chapel and Setting, 33G Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Dining Hall Tower and Hospital and Setting, 33 Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Former Big School and Setting, 33R Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Former Condell's House and Setting, 33U Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Former Hare Memorial Library and Classrooms and Setting, 33H Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Former New Classrooms and Setting, 33 Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Jacobs House and Setting, 33K Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Memorial Dining Hall and Setting, 33J Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College Open Air Classrooms and Setting, 33I Rolleston Avenue
- Christ's College School House and Setting, 33A Rolleston Avenue
On foot, The river bend · The boulevard · The city’s stones · The school’s own register walk this street.
Documents that name it
Records on the shelf that name a, 69,771 in total; the 12 earliest:
- LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING. (New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 15 December 1841) · Papers Past ·
last night meeting a public meeting was held in tlje exchang 1 last night wguyton esq in the chair and was very…
- METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 13 June 1843) · Papers Past ·
metropolitan anti-corn law association we are glad to find that the anti corn-law association of the metropolis has at l…
- Original deeds in favour of the brothers Deans of their property at Dean's Bush, Riccarton, near Christchurch · Hocken Digital Collections ·
Reference Number: P1910-008-050b Description: This is a the second of two photographs of the deeds in favour of the brothers Deans of their property at Dean's Bush,…
- Original deeds in favour of the brothers Deans of their property at Dean's Bush, Riccarton, near Christchurch · Hocken Digital Collections ·
Reference Number: P1910-008-050a Description: This is a the first of two photographs of the deeds in favour of the brothers Deans of their pr…
- THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. (New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, 26 April 1848) · Papers Past ·
the queen speech the new parliament was opened oa 16th november by commission on the 21st the commons were summoned to the bar of the ho…
- THE "Wellington Independent." Wednesday, August 22, 1849. (Wellington Independent, 22 August 1849) · Papers Past ·
the wellington independent wednesday august 22 1849 the barque pilgrim captain francis 113 days from london came into port on monday last furnis…
- Untitled (Daily Southern Cross, 28 September 1849) · Papers Past ·
the southern province wellington the acheron arrived off kapiti on wednesday evening having completed her i3urvey of the line of coast from banks p…
- Christchurch NZ, 1852-1921 · Kura Heritage Collections Online ·
A large photograph album titled 'Christchurch, N.Z. 1852-1921', comprising 49 black and white prints of Christ…
- Avon River, Christchurch, 1852 · Kura Heritage Collections Online ·
Illustration looking south east along the Avon River, Christchurch, with flax buses in the foreground, Oxford Terrace…
- Family portrait · Canterbury Stories ·
Studio portrait of a man, a woman and five children (two girls and three boys), taken by Armstrong Photo in Dunedin. Smyt…
- Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton · Kura Heritage Collections Online ·
Exterior view of the original Holy Trinity Church at Lyttelton, built of wood and brick in 1852. The green timber shrank, making the chur…
- A Good Deed · Canterbury Stories ·
A black and white photograph of a group of people in front of a wharenui. 2010 Photo Hunt…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The businesses on it, 1
Premises whose address in the directory is a, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.
- Workshop - Annual Plan/Long-Term Plan — 9.30 am, 23 Oct 2026, The council · Christchurch City Council,
- Ticketholders could be making their way to Electric Avenue in Christchurch from a nearby festival campsite in 2028, with dedicated bus services possibly happening at the upcoming 2027 event., The Press · Victoria Meakin,
- A Rolleston dialysis patient has welcomed Selwyn Water’s commitment to help medically vulnerable residents manage high water bills, calling it a win for those relying on water for life-saving…, The Press · Luisa Girao,
- The trustees of LineTrust South Canterbury will not say whether they support the sale of the community-held shares in Alpine Energy, preferring to gauge community sentiment before they divulge their…, The Press · Yashas Srinivasa,
- An early season pitch and a supposedly potent NZ pace attack couldn’t stop the tourists from winning a run-fest in Christchurch., The Press · Ian Anderson,
Questions, answered briefly
In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.
No council reports, but 20 heritage-register places carry the name.
Antigua Boatsheds and Setting, Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting, Bridge of Remembrance and Setting, 17 more on the register.
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