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Paradise Way

5 reports at 4 addresses in Halswell, the first in 2024, the latest 2026. 5 separate days somebody filed something about it.

5 reports4 addresses5 days reported onfrom the air, then4 documents carry the namethe 4081st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

4 Paradise Way, 2 reports8 Paradise Way, 1 report6 Paradise Way, 1 report21 Paradise Way, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Paradise Way from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Paradise Way from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Paradise Way from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Paradise Way 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 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.

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Paradise Way?

In Halswell, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Paradise Way?

5 reports at 4 addresses, most often trees & parks (2), water & drains (1), roads & footpaths (1).

When was Paradise Way first reported on?

2024, the record covers 5 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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