Puriri Street
14 reports at 8 addresses in Fendalton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 14 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 Puriri Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Fendalton.
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
- 100–126 Puriri Street, 4 reports
- 157 Puriri Street, 3 reports
- 126 Puriri Street, 2 reports
- 20 Puriri Street, 1 report
- 18 Puriri Street, 1 report
- 155 Puriri Street, 1 report
- 151 Puriri Street, 1 report
- 137 Puriri Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 4 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 3 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 1 report
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2021, 2 reports
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 57 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 23 October 1907)
· Papers Past,
…uncil recently opened a new ferro-concrcte bridge over tho waiwakaiho river replacing the puriri structure erected over 50 years ago the new bridge is claimed to be the largest reinforcedconcrete traf…
- RICCARTON'S FUTURE. (Star, 29 January 1909)
· Papers Past,
…er by mr j deans to construct a road through the board property to connect clyde rad with puriri street if the board would give the necessary land mr deans addressed the meeting and explained that whi…
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Wanganui Chronicle, 27 June 1911)
· Papers Past,
…received by the undersigned up to friday june 30th 1911 at 5 pm for cutting down part of puriri street plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the board engineer by order of the board j…
- Military Service Ballot. (Wanganui Chronicle, 04 September 1917)
· Papers Past,
…nanai road kakahi foster philip school teachor ruatiti via ohakune francis harry labourer puriri street castleclifr fvaser william john contractor care of t hutchinson raurimu freeman frederick george…
- NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 24 March 1931)
· Papers Past,
…utt borough council last night a deputation of residonts adjoining a right of way between puriri street and maire avenue waited on the council to proteat against the erection of an electric power boar…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 19 May 1933)
· Papers Past,
…home 3 gordon streetl newtown turnished 5-rd house or let part t 3 mins woburn station 53 puriri street lower hutt ona bay3-rd furnished bach handy position low rent good ten-1 ant inspect sunday tel…
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 May 1934)
· Papers Past,
…g pearce of spreydon christehureh are visiting lower hutt and are the guests of mr j list puriri street j miss maida clark of the staff of the auckland girls grammar school accompanied by her niece mi…
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 April 1937)
· Papers Past,
…amer tonight mrs arthur-jamieson sydney is the guest of her sister mrs w a morris milburn puriri street lower hutt mrs j a bell wellington is visiting auckland mrs morton bullen palmerston north arriv…
- MAN KILLED (Evening Post, 17 May 1939)
· Papers Past,
…the road travelling with the wheels in a channel till it struck a post between konini and puriri streets the injured men were taken to the christchurch public hospital by the st john ambulance mr cald…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 13 May 1941)
· Papers Past,
…tfield mrs if whitfield palmerston south m corporal norman winsladc mrs g 1 n winsiade 15 puriri street lower hutt m captain william ayto mr joseph ayto 14 centre street invercargill f lieutenant vcrn…
- TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 05 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…l nyairoa relationship not stated wounded jefcoate harold oliver capt mrs v a jefcoate 42 puriri street riccarton christchurch w sinclair robert scott capt mrs d sinclair co mrs e c adams mutu street…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 October 1941)
· Papers Past,
…y lcpl mrs m bezer 48 lot hindmarsh street johnsonvilie m black robert pte mrs l black 84 puriri street wanganul m blackbourn henry m pte mr h blackbourn inglewood f blackmore cyril r f gnr mrs d e bl…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
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.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Puriri Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Water Leak, 100–126 Puriri St,
- Water Leak, 100–126 Puriri St,
- Road Signage, 100–126 Puriri St,
- Water Leak, 100–126 Puriri St,
- Water Leak, 157 Puriri St,
- Damaged Road, 155 Puriri Street,
- Road Signage, 20 Puriri Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 137 Puriri Street,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 18 Puriri Street,
- Trees - General, 157 Puriri Street,
- General - Abandoned Trolley, 126 Puriri Street,
- Parks, 151 Puriri Street,
- Graffiti, 157 Puriri Street,
- Roading/Streets, 126 Puriri Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
14 reports at 8 addresses, most often water & drains (4), roads & footpaths (4), rubbish & dumping (3).
2015, the record covers 14 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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