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Balcairn Street

70 reports at 42 addresses in Halswell, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 54 separate days somebody filed something about it.

70 reports42 addresses54 days reported onfrom the air, then2 documents carry the namethe 1210th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

26 Balcairn Street, 6 reports6 Balcairn Street, 5 reports5 Balcairn Street, 4 reports64 Balcairn Street, 3 reports35 Balcairn Street, 3 reports27 Balcairn Street, 3 reports9 Balcairn Street, 2 reports86 Balcairn Street, 2 reports59E Balcairn Street, 2 reports56 Balcairn Street, 2 reports54 Balcairn Street, 2 reports51 Balcairn Street, 2 reports41 Balcairn Street, 2 reports38 Balcairn Street, 2 reports21 Balcairn Street, 2 reports18 Balcairn Street, 2 reports82 Balcairn Street, 1 report78A Balcairn Street, 1 report75 Balcairn Street, 1 report70 Balcairn Street, 1 report7 Balcairn Street, 1 report69 Balcairn Street, 1 report63 Balcairn Street, 1 report62 Balcairn Street, 1 report61 Balcairn Street, 1 report55 Balcairn Street, 1 report49 Balcairn Street, 1 report48 Balcairn Street, 1 report46 Balcairn Street, 1 report4 Balcairn Street, 1 report36 Balcairn Street, 1 report34 Balcairn Street, 1 report33 Balcairn Street, 1 report31 Balcairn Street, 1 report29 Balcairn Street, 1 report22E Balcairn Street, 1 report1A Balcairn Street, 1 report17 Balcairn Street, 1 report14 Balcairn Street, 1 report13 Balcairn Street, 1 report11 Balcairn Street, 1 report1 Balcairn Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Balcairn Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Balcairn Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Balcairn 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.

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Balcairn Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Hazard, vehicle, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoLitter, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoStreet Cleaning, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Halswell wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Balcairn Street?

In Halswell, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Balcairn Street?

70 reports at 42 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (32), vehicles & parking (10), water & drains (9).

When was Balcairn Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 54 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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