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Ranui Street

17 reports at 7 addresses in Hei Hei, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 16 separate days somebody filed something about it.

17 reports7 addresses16 days reported onfrom the air, then13 documents carry the namethe 2630th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

27 Ranui Street, 4 reports21 Ranui Street, 4 reports25 Ranui Street, 3 reports1 Ranui Street, 3 reports29 Ranui Street, 1 report23 Ranui Street, 1 report15 Ranui Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Ranui Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Ranui Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Ranui 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. 13 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

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 photoWater General, a report photoDamaged Road, a report photoWater General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoParks, a report photoParks, a report photo more photographs
on the Hei Hei wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Ranui Street?

In Hei Hei, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Ranui Street?

17 reports at 7 addresses, most often water & drains (12), rubbish & dumping (2), trees & parks (2).

When was Ranui Street first reported on?

2020, the record covers 16 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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