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Aurora Street

34 reports at 17 addresses in Hei Hei, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 29 separate days somebody filed something about it.

34 reports17 addresses29 days reported onfrom the air, then6 documents carry the namethe 1900th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

22 Aurora Street, 7 reports31 Aurora Street, 4 reports9 Aurora Street, 3 reports7 Aurora Street, 3 reports2A Aurora Street, 2 reports29 Aurora Street, 2 reports20 Aurora Street, 2 reports2 Aurora Street, 2 reports6 Aurora Street, 1 report36 Aurora Street, 1 report3 Aurora Street, 1 report21 Aurora Street, 1 report15 Aurora Street, 1 report12 Aurora Street, 1 report11 Aurora Street, 1 report10 Aurora Street, 1 report1 Aurora Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Aurora Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Aurora Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Aurora 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 Aurora Street in 2 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

Water Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photo more photographs
on the Hei Hei wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Aurora Street?

In Hei Hei, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Aurora Street?

34 reports at 17 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (19), rubbish & dumping (5), water & drains (4).

When was Aurora Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 29 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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