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Glenelg Spur

37 reports at 13 addresses in Hillsborough, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 32 separate days somebody filed something about it.

37 reports13 addresses32 days reported onfrom the air, then1 document carry the namethe 1767th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

2 Glenelg Spur, 9 reports12 Glenelg Spur, 6 reports9 Glenelg Spur, 4 reports11A Glenelg Spur, 4 reports29A Glenelg Spur, 2 reports21 Glenelg Spur, 2 reports14 Glenelg Spur, 2 reports11 Glenelg Spur, 2 reports1 Glenelg Spur, 2 reports37 Glenelg Spur, 1 report34 Glenelg Spur, 1 report31 Glenelg Spur, 1 report26 Glenelg Spur, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Glenelg Spur from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Glenelg Spur from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Glenelg Spur from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Glenelg Spur from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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 Glenelg Spur in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Glenelg Spur?

In Hillsborough, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Glenelg Spur?

37 reports at 13 addresses, most often water & drains (18), trees & parks (6), roads & footpaths (4).

When was Glenelg Spur first reported on?

2018, the record covers 32 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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