Columbia Avenue
13 reports at 10 addresses in Hornby South, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 13 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Columbia Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Hornby South.
From the air, then
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
- 49–83 Columbia Avenue, 2 reports
- 48 Columbia Avenue, 2 reports
- 1 Columbia Avenue, 2 reports
- 83 Columbia Avenue, 1 report
- 70 Columbia Avenue, 1 report
- 69 Columbia Avenue, 1 report
- 62E Columbia Avenue, 1 report
- 62 Columbia Avenue, 1 report
- 23 Columbia Avenue, 1 report
- 19 Columbia Avenue, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 4 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Trees & parks, 1 report
Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 2 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- Robert (Bob) Samuel Laurie (1921-2004) during WWII
· Tauranga City Libraries Photograph Collection,
…r Wellington. Vaughan B Mountjoy 78 Quadrant Road, Onehunga, Auckland, NZ, James M Cox, 8 Columbia Avenue, Montgomery 5, Alabama John B Reed, PO Box 95, North east, Maryland Vic J Franchina, 1772 E.…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Columbia Avenue in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Pothole, 70 Columbia Avenue,
- Hazard, vehicle, 48 Columbia Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 49–83 Columbia Ave,
- Hazard, vehicle, 49–83 Columbia Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 69 Columbia Ave,
- Water Leak, 23 Columbia Avenue,
- Roads - General, 62E Columbia Avenue,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 1 Columbia Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 83 Columbia Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 1 Columbia Avenue,
- Roading/Streets, 48 Columbia Avenue,
- Water Leak, 19 Columbia Avenue,
- Water Supply, 62 Columbia Ave,
Questions, answered briefly
In Hornby South, Christchurch, New Zealand.
13 reports at 10 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (4), water & drains (3), roads & footpaths (3).
2018, the record covers 13 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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