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Park Terrace

155 reports at 17 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 118 separate days somebody filed something about it.

155 reports17 addresses118 days reported onfrom the air, then193 documents carry the namethe 593rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

32 Park Terrace, 97 reports7 Park Terrace, 10 reports1 Park Terrace, 8 reports9–33 Park Terrace, 6 reports19-32 Park Terrace, 6 reports17 Park Terrace, 5 reports4 Park Terrace, 4 reports6 Park Terrace, 3 reports19/32 Park Terrace, 3 reports19 Park Terrace, 3 reports51 Park Terrace, 2 reports45 Park Terrace, 2 reports12 Park Terrace, 2 reports8 Park Terrace, 1 report45B Park Terrace, 1 report33 Park Terrace, 1 report2 Park Terrace, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Park Terrace from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Park Terrace 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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 193 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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.

Magazine Bay beach · 8 m away Erskine Point Battery (Historic) ruin · 34 m away Bowater Jetty jetty · 72 m away Psyche Jetty jetty · 91 m away Corsair Bay beach · 209 m away Park Terrace Reserve set of steps · 4 m away Park Terrace Reserve set of steps · 6 m away Park Terrace Reserve set of steps · 8 m away Park Terrace Reserve set of steps · 9 m away Park Terrace Reserve set of steps · 12 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Park Terrace in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Harper Avenue & Park Terrace, 28 crashes pinned to the pairing, 1 killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

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

Trees - General, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photo more photographs
on the Lyttelton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Park Terrace?

In Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Park Terrace?

155 reports at 17 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (88), trees & parks (28), roads & footpaths (12).

When was Park Terrace first reported on?

2016, the record covers 118 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Park Terrace?

Harper Avenue and Park Terrace, 28 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 1 of them fatal.

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