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Wilmer Street

172 reports at 18 addresses in Christchurch Central City, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 109 separate days somebody filed something about it.

172 reports18 addresses109 days reported onfrom the air, then31 documents carry the namethe 645th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

19 Wilmer Street, 45 reports4 Wilmer Street, 24 reports9 Wilmer Street, 20 reports25 Wilmer Street, 18 reports11 Wilmer Street, 12 reports18 Wilmer Street, 9 reports27 Wilmer Street, 7 reports21 Wilmer Street, 6 reports2 Wilmer Street, 6 reports11/13 Wilmer Street, 6 reports8 Wilmer Street, 5 reports12 Wilmer Street, 4 reports17 Wilmer Street, 3 reports13 Wilmer Street, 2 reports10-12 Wilmer Street, 2 reports9-21 Wilmer Street, 1 report29 Wilmer Street, 1 report10 Wilmer Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Wilmer Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wilmer Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wilmer Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wilmer 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. 31 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Wilmer Street in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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

Pavement - Damaged, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoPothole, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photo more photographs
on the Christchurch Central City wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Wilmer Street?

In Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Wilmer Street?

172 reports at 18 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (133), roads & footpaths (17), vehicles & parking (12).

When was Wilmer Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 109 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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