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Ely Street

77 reports at 30 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 64 separate days somebody filed something about it.

77 reports30 addresses64 days reported onfrom the air, then6 documents carry the namethe 1046th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

52A Ely Street, 7 reports46C Ely Street, 6 reports45 Ely Street, 6 reports21 Ely Street, 6 reports41 Ely Street, 5 reports35 Ely Street, 5 reports58B Ely Street, 4 reports33 Ely Street, 4 reports60 Ely Street, 3 reports58 Ely Street, 3 reports20 Ely Street, 3 reports10 Ely Street, 3 reports7 Ely Street, 2 reports47 ELY STREET, 2 reports18 Ely Street, 2 reports17 Ely Street, 2 reports8 Ely Street, 1 report58C Ely Street, 1 report53 Ely Street, 1 report50 Ely Street, 1 report46A Ely Street, 1 report44-46 Ely Street, 1 report40 Ely Street, 1 report36 Ely Street, 1 report31 Ely Street, 1 report27-34 Ely Street, 1 report26 Ely Street, 1 report24 Ely Street, 1 report22 Ely Street, 1 report16 Ely Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Ely Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Ely Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Ely Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Ely 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. 6 on the shelf; the 4 earliest:

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

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.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 114 m away Moa Reserve shelter · 16 m away Cambridge Green set of steps · 110 m away Cambridge Green set of steps · 122 m away Avon Corridor 1 Rrz Land boardwalk · 138 m away Barbadoes Cemetery shelter · 139 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Ely Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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

Rubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoLitter, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater General, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Ely Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Ely Street?

77 reports at 30 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (21), vehicles & parking (14), water & drains (11).

When was Ely Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 64 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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