Rossall Street
7 reports at 3 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 7 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 Rossall 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
- 3 Rossall Street, 4 reports
- 7C Rossall Street, 2 reports
- 1F Rossall Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 3 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
- Rubbish & dumping, 1 report
- Graffiti & vandalism, 1 report
Year by year
- 2020, 1 report
- 2023, 4 reports
- 2024, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 22 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 27-6-1917)
· Papers Past,
…JOSEPH (Mrs Margaret O'Leary. Blenheim, mother). I REESE, ANDREW DALZIEL (Mr T. W. Reese, Rossall street, Merivale, Christchurch, brother) RONAN, HARRY (Mr William Ronan, Dipton, Southland). SCRIMGEOU…
- Rossall Street corner
· Canterbury Stories,
View of the corner of Rossall Street near Millbrook in 1922. Millbrook Reserve and other Christchurch landscapes…
- Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 09 April 1923)
· Papers Past,
…ndid residence te koraha situate in merivale with frontatres to hewitt road rhodes street rossall street and merivale lane together with 11 acres 2 roods 10 perches the improvements comprises splendid…
- Page 35 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 17 December 1927)
· Papers Past,
…gs wellington miss e fox co miss kay prior park private bag napier miss winifred myhre 62 rossall street christchurch miss chris r smith 439 papanui road christchurch mrs a j ewing rosalind street str…
- KILLED BY MOTOR-CAR (Evening Post, 27 December 1927)
· Papers Past,
…egraphpress association christchurch 26th dec mary eutledge single aged 53 residing at 14 rossall street fcndalton was knocked down and killed by a motor-car in bealey avenue near park terrace about 1…
- Page 14 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 29 December 1927)
· Papers Past,
…ellington miss e fox co miss kay prior park private bag napier i i miss winifred myhre 62 rossall street chriatchurch i miss chris r smith 439 papanui road christchurch i 1 mrs a j ewing rosalind stre…
- Millbrook Reserve path
· Canterbury Stories,
Bedding plants and lawn along a path in the Millbrook Reserve, Rossall Street. Millbrook Reserve and other Christchurch landscapes…
- WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 16 February 1928)
· Papers Past,
…solemnised at st mary church merivale christchurch of euth second daughter of mrs good of rossall street and the late mr e b good to charles second son of mr and mrs f bacon wellington the ceremony wa…
- Jottings About Town (NZ Truth, 07 March 1929)
· Papers Past,
…beatrice maude only daughter of the late mr charles nichols of oamaru and of mrs nichols rossall street merivale christchurch to gib son only son of mr g stott of wellington the christchurch ladies g…
- LUCKY LADIES (Evening Post, 06 August 1932)
· Papers Past,
…unedin e33246 broke shakespeare road hastings 831863 9 kowau wanganui d 45173 first trial rossall street christchurch a 33516 now started syndicate avhaka lane c 88203 g webster durham street christch…
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 January 1936)
· Papers Past,
…d pinney xc8 lord of thejvtanor of broadwindsor dorset is the guest of mrs norton francis rossall street christchurch mrs t wilkinson and family wellingon are spending the holidays in auckland miss da…
- Wedding of Mr. John J. Busch and Miss Saidee Manchester, Upper Riccarton
· Kura Heritage Collections Online,
…ay. The bride was Miss Saidee Manchester, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Manchester, Rossall Street Auckland Weekly News; Photographs / He Whakaahua…
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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.
As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.
7 reports at 3 addresses, most often trees & parks (3), water & drains (1), vehicles & parking (1).
2020, the record covers 7 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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