Duke Street
26 reports at 8 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 21 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Duke Street, not the street’s surveyed line. 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 →
The addresses on it
- 31 Duke Street, 8 reports
- 33 Duke Street, 4 reports
- 12 Duke Street, 4 reports
- 13 Duke Street, 3 reports
- 32 Duke Street, 2 reports
- 29 Duke Street, 2 reports
- 26 Duke Street, 2 reports
- 29-31 Duke Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 17 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 1 report
- 2019, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 7 reports
- 2023, 4 reports
- 2025, 6 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 101 on the shelf; the 4 earliest:
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 21 November 1857)
· Papers Past,
…y nov 26th about 40 head of valuable cattle including milch cows half-bred durham bull by duke steers fit for breaking in c terms at sale postponement of sale at robert waitt cos stores ttn consequenc…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 25 November 1857)
· Papers Past,
…y nov 26ra about 40 head of valuable cattle including milch cows half-bred durham bull by duke steers fit for breaking in c terms at sale…
- News of the Week, (Otago Witness, 07 December 1872)
· Papers Past,
…s will be things of the past in 1873 the cornwall arms george street water of leith hotel duke street the royal exchange hotel and london tavern walker street lhe eagle tavern and clyde hotel stafford…
- BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 14 March 1877)
· Papers Past,
…edin the wife of alexander sligo of a son still-born on the 9th february mrs william reid duke street of a daughter on the 12th february at her residence george street airs emanuel solomon of a son on…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Duke Street in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 31 Duke Street,
- Water Leak, 12 Duke St,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 26 Duke St,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 32 Duke St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 33 Duke St,
- Water Leak, 13 Duke St,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 31 Duke Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 31 Duke Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 31 Duke Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 13 Duke Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 12 Duke Street,
- Graffiti, 29 Duke Street,
- Graffiti, 12 Duke Street,
- Graffiti, 31 Duke Street,
- Graffiti, 33 Duke Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.
26 reports at 8 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (17), roads & footpaths (4), water & drains (3).
2015, the record covers 21 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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