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Waiau Street

38 reports at 20 addresses in Cracroft, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 35 separate days somebody filed something about it.

38 reports20 addresses35 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 1674th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

6 Waiau Street, 7 reports51 Waiau Street, 3 reports49 Waiau Street, 3 reports47 Waiau Street, 3 reports26 Waiau Street, 3 reports43 Waiau Street, 2 reports40 Waiau Street, 2 reports24 Waiau Street, 2 reports18 Waiau Street, 2 reports9 Waiau Street, 1 report7 Waiau Street, 1 report6E Waiau Street, 1 report4 Waiau Street, 1 report38 Waiau Street, 1 report36 Waiau Street, 1 report35 Waiau Street, 1 report33 Waiau Street, 1 report25 Waiau Street, 1 report16 Waiau Street, 1 report11B Waiau Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Waiau Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Waiau Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Waiau Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Waiau Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

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

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Waiau Street?

In Cracroft, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Waiau Street?

38 reports at 20 addresses, most often water & drains (22), trees & parks (10), roads & footpaths (6).

When was Waiau Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 35 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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