Poplar Street
29 reports at 7 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 24 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 Poplar 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
- 5 Poplar Street, 10 reports
- 7 Poplar Street, 6 reports
- 6 Poplar Street, 5 reports
- 55–99 Poplar Street, 3 reports
- 5–7 Poplar Street, 2 reports
- 1–57 Poplar Street, 2 reports
- 1–53 Poplar Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 21 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 4 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
Year by year
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2023, 9 reports
- 2024, 5 reports
- 2025, 4 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- TRAGIC CAR CRASH (Evening Post, 05 November 1940)
· Papers Past,
…nd down a slight grassy slope into a deep ditch the left side of the car striking two big poplar stumps the stumps tore the side of the car completely off and the roof collapsed wreckage was scattered…
- Panorama of High and Tuam St intersection
· Canterbury Stories,
…ds Lichfield Street showing A. J. White Ltd, the High Street Post Office and Para Rubber. Poplar Street is also visible on the right. Historical Christchurch images…
- Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch central city buildings
· TAPUHI,
…emolished buildings that crosses three lots of land, the demolished sites on Poplar Lane (Poplar Street), steel supports on facade of McKenzie & Willis building 185 High Street, 209 Tuam street buildi…
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The businesses on it, 2
Premises whose address in the directory is Poplar Street, 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.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Poplar Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 1–57 Poplar St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 5 Poplar St,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 5 Poplar St,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 5 Poplar Street,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 1–57 Poplar St,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 55–99 Poplar St,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 1–53 Poplar St,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 55–99 Poplar St,
- Flooding, 55–99 Poplar St,
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 5–7 Poplar St,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 5–7 Poplar St,
- Vandalism - General, 6 Poplar Street,
- Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset, 7 Poplar Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 5 Poplar Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 5 Poplar Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.
29 reports at 7 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (21), rubbish & dumping (4), roads & footpaths (2).
2017, the record covers 24 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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