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Russell Street

41 reports at 18 addresses in Linwood, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 32 separate days somebody filed something about it.

41 reports18 addresses32 days reported onfrom the air, then133 documents carry the namethe 1770th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

48A Russell Street, 6 reports43 Russell Street, 6 reports37 Russell Street, 3 reports19A Russell Street, 3 reports19 Russell Street, 3 reports9 Russell Street, 2 reports45 Russell Street, 2 reports39 Russell Street, 2 reports27A Russell Street, 2 reports15A Russell Street, 2 reports15 Russell Street, 2 reports13 Russell Street, 2 reports44 Russell Street, 1 report36 Russell Street, 1 report32 Russell Street, 1 report31 Russell Street, 1 report21 Russell Street, 1 report19B Russell Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Russell Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Russell Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Russell 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. 133 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Russell Street in 19 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 4 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Water Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photo more photographs
on the Linwood wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Russell Street?

In Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Russell Street?

41 reports at 18 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (24), water & drains (7), rubbish & dumping (6).

When was Russell Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 32 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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