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Coventry Street

27 reports at 2 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 18 separate days somebody filed something about it.

27 reports2 addresses18 days reported onfrom the air, then7 documents carry the namethe 2472nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

4 Coventry Street, 25 reports6 Coventry Street, 2 reports

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

From the air, then

Coventry Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Coventry Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Coventry Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Coventry 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. 7 on the shelf; the 6 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Coventry Street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 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

Graffiti 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 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 photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Coventry Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Coventry Street?

27 reports at 2 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (23), roads & footpaths (5), water & drains (1).

When was Coventry Street first reported on?

2018, the record covers 18 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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