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Witham Street

202 reports at 42 addresses in Hornby, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 150 separate days somebody filed something about it.

202 reports42 addresses150 days reported onfrom the air, then8 documents carry the name3 businessesthe 438th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

15 Witham Street, 31 reports18 Witham Street, 24 reports13 Witham Street, 22 reports9 Witham Street, 14 reports7A Witham Street, 7 reports7 Witham Street, 7 reports44 Witham Street, 7 reports16 Witham Street, 7 reports25 Witham Street, 6 reports22 Witham Street, 6 reports45B Witham Street, 5 reports1A Witham Street, 5 reports34 Witham Street, 4 reports27 Witham Street, 4 reports26 Witham Street, 4 reports24 Witham Street, 4 reports2 Witham Street, 4 reports14 Witham Street, 4 reports36 Witham Street, 3 reports31 Witham Street, 3 reports29 Witham Street, 3 reports20 Witham Street, 3 reports3 Witham Street, 2 reports1B Witham Street, 2 reports15-23 Witham Street, 2 reports11 Witham Street, 2 reports10 Witham Street, 2 reports8 Witham Street, 1 report7B Witham Street, 1 report7-13 Witham Street, 1 report45A Witham Street, 1 report41 Witham Street, 1 report39 Witham Street, 1 report38B Witham Street, 1 report38 Witham Street, 1 report35 Witham Street, 1 report33 Witham Street, 1 report30 Witham Street, 1 report25-29 Witham Street, 1 report1C Witham Street, 1 report15E Witham Street, 1 report12 Witham Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Witham Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Witham Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Witham 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 businesses on it, 3

Premises whose address in the directory is Witham Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Witham Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoAnimal - Domestic, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPlayground Equipment, a report photo more photographs
on the Hornby wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Witham Street?

In Hornby, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Witham Street?

202 reports at 42 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (50), graffiti & vandalism (50), water & drains (36).

When was Witham Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 150 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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