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Stewart Street

78 reports at 27 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 67 separate days somebody filed something about it.

78 reports27 addresses67 days reported onfrom the air, then134 documents carry the namethe 1001st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

52-60 Stewart Street, 10 reports66 Stewart Street, 7 reports64 Stewart Street, 6 reports52E Stewart Street, 6 reports48 Stewart Street, 4 reports30 Stewart Street, 4 reports19 Stewart Street, 4 reports15 Stewart Street, 4 reports66A Stewart Street, 3 reports50 Stewart Street, 3 reports42 Stewart Street, 3 reports38 Stewart Street, 3 reports54 Stewart Street, 2 reports40 Stewart Street, 2 reports34 Stewart Street, 2 reports28 Stewart Street, 2 reports20 Stewart Street, 2 reports18 Stewart Street, 2 reports60 Stewart Street, 1 report55–83 Stewart Street, 1 report52 Stewart Street, 1 report44 Stewart Street, 1 report4/50 Stewart Street, 1 report22E Stewart Street, 1 report17-19 Stewart Street, 1 report16–22 Stewart Street, 1 report15–41 Stewart Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Stewart Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Stewart Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Stewart Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Stewart Street 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. 134 on the shelf; the 1 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Stewart Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 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.

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoAccessibility, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoSign Poles, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Stewart Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Stewart Street?

78 reports at 27 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (18), rubbish & dumping (17), vehicles & parking (15).

When was Stewart Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 67 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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