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Latimer Square

216 reports at 22 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 154 separate days somebody filed something about it.

216 reports22 addresses154 days reported onfrom the air, then378 documents carry the name1 businessesthe 426th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

1 Latimer Square, 38 reports39 Latimer Square, 28 reports44 Latimer Square, 25 reports2 Latimer Square, 25 reports22 Latimer Square, 16 reports30 Latimer Square, 15 reports23 Latimer Square, 10 reports21 Latimer Square, 9 reports25 Latimer Square, 8 reports20 Latimer Square, 8 reports29 Latimer Square, 7 reports181 Latimer Square, 7 reports37 Latimer Square, 5 reports3 Latimer Square, 4 reports6 Latimer Square, 3 reports8 Latimer Square, 2 reports8/25 Latimer Square, 1 report40-32 Latimer Square, 1 report30A Latimer Square, 1 report29-35 Latimer Square, 1 report197 Latimer Square, 1 report12 Latimer Square, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Latimer Square from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Latimer Square from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Latimer Square 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. 378 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 1

Premises whose address in the directory is Latimer Square, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Rauora Park boardwalk · 86 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 89 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 89 m away Rauora Park boardwalk · 91 m away Ctv Site set of steps · 96 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Latimer Square in 17 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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Latimer Square?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Latimer Square?

216 reports at 22 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (133), roads & footpaths (26), vehicles & parking (20).

When was Latimer Square first reported on?

2015, the record covers 154 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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