Gladstone Quay

20 reports at 8 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 18 separate days somebody filed something about it.

20 reports 8 addresses18 days reported onfrom the air, then 5 documents carry the namethe 2483rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

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

From the air, then

Gladstone Quay from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

Gladstone Quay 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

1 Gladstone Quay, 6 reports
17 Gladstone Quay, 3 reports
14 Gladstone Quay, 3 reports
39 Gladstone Quay, 2 reports
20 Gladstone Quay, 2 reports
1–31 Gladstone Quay, 2 reports
35 Gladstone Quay, 1 report
31 Gladstone Quay, 1 report

What got reported

Water & drains, 7 reports
Roads & footpaths, 5 reports
Trees & parks, 3 reports
Graffiti & vandalism, 3 reports
Everything else, 2 reports

Year by year

2016, 1 report
2019, 2 reports
2022, 7 reports
2023, 4 reports
2024, 1 report
2025, 2 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.

Views of Lyttelton and Harbour · Canterbury Stories, 1 Jan 1900
…and wharves. Handwritten annotation reads: “Lyttelton. The warves.” Top right: View from Gladstone Quay of an excursion steamer ship on Lyttelton Harbour sailing away from the wharf where crowds are…
Lyttelton at night · Canterbury Stories, 1 Jan 2000
A view of Lyttelton at night from above Gladstone Quay. Christchurch views, pre 2010 earthquakes…
Digital Photograph: Earthquake Damage to Lyttelton Historical Museum, Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton · Canterbury Museum, 1 Jan 2011
…on 25 September 2011 showing the site of the Lyttelton Historical Museum on the corner of Gladstone Quay and Donald Street. The photograph shows the temporary fencing around the levelled site. The bu…
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of damage and rebuild efforts in Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs and Ferrymead · TAPUHI, 1 Jan 2013
…station on Sumner Road, damaged wharf and ships at Lyttelton Port area, resealing work on Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton Seafoods in portacom building, new buildings and site of demolished Shadbolt House o…
Lyttelton from Gladstone Quay · Canterbury Stories
View of Norwich Quay and Lyttelton from above Gladstone Quay. Christchurch views, pre 2010 earthquakes…

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

The named ground

Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Cruise Ship Berth pier · 14 m away Site of the Signalman's Hut ruin · 101 m away Timeball-Keepers Foundations ruin · 117 m away Baden Norris Reserve set of steps · 70 m away Sumner Road Gardens set of steps · 114 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.