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Donald Street

34 reports at 4 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 23 separate days somebody filed something about it.

34 reports4 addresses23 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then101 documents carry the namethe 2166th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

3 Donald Street, 13 reports2–4 Donald Street, 13 reports4 Donald Street, 5 reports2 Donald Street, 3 reportsFormer Lyttelton Borough Council Stables and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Donald Street, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Lyttelton.

From the air, then

Donald Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Donald Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · 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

On the register

On foot, The port’s own town walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 101 on the shelf; the 5 earliest:

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

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Baden Norris Reserve set of steps · 33 m away Sumner Road Gardens set of steps · 62 m away

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

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Lyttelton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Donald Street?

In Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Donald Street?

34 reports at 4 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (20), roads & footpaths (6), everything else (3).

When was Donald Street first reported on?

2019, the record covers 23 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Donald Street?

Former Lyttelton Borough Council Stables and Setting.

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