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Lava Lane

25 reports at 2 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2024, the latest 2026. 23 separate days somebody filed something about it.

25 reports2 addresses23 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 2154th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

5 Lava Lane, 22 reports3 Lava Lane, 3 reports

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

From the air, then

Lava Lane from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lava Lane from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lava Lane from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lava Lane 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

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 112 m away Rhododendron Island island · 162 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 104 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 104 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 106 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 107 m away Avon Riverbank Central City set of steps · 137 m away

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 sign, mural or public art, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Lava Lane?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Lava Lane?

25 reports at 2 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (17), vehicles & parking (3), roads & footpaths (3).

When was Lava Lane first reported on?

2024, the record covers 23 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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