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Acton Street

37 reports at 8 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it.

37 reports8 addresses30 days reported onfrom the air, then17 documents carry the namethe 1848th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

7 Acton Street, 17 reports4 Acton Street, 7 reports8 Acton Street, 3 reports6 Acton Street, 3 reports10 Acton Street, 3 reports6A Acton Street, 2 reports7A Acton Street, 1 report12 Acton Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Acton Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Acton Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Acton Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Acton 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. 17 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

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

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Acton Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Acton Street?

37 reports at 8 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (20), vehicles & parking (7), water & drains (4).

When was Acton Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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