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Harper Avenue

36 reports at 1 address in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 33 separate days somebody filed something about it.

36 reports1 address33 days reported onfrom the air, then8 documents carry the namethe 1740th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

1 Harper Avenue, 36 reports

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

From the air, then

Harper Avenue from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Harper Avenue from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Harper Avenue 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. 8 on the shelf; the 6 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 · 77 m away Little Hagley Park footbridge · 95 m away Carlton Mill Riverbank set of steps · 138 m away Carlton Mill Riverbank footbridge · 140 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Harper Avenue in 32 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 4 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Harper Avenue & Park Terrace, 28 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 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 traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoSign Poles, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoLitter, a report photoPest / Vermin, a report photoPest / Vermin, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Harper Avenue?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Harper Avenue?

36 reports at 1 address, most often trees & parks (14), graffiti & vandalism (12), animals & pests (4).

When was Harper Avenue first reported on?

2020, the record covers 33 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Harper Avenue?

Harper Avenue and Park Terrace, 28 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.

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