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Selwyn Road

27 reports at 13 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 27 separate days somebody filed something about it.

27 reports13 addresses27 days reported onfrom the air, then41 documents carry the namethe 1988th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

17 Selwyn Road, 6 reports14 Selwyn Road, 6 reports7 Selwyn Road, 2 reports24 Selwyn Road, 2 reports2 Selwyn Road, 2 reports11 Selwyn Road, 2 reports9 Selwyn Road, 1 report8 Selwyn Road, 1 report3A Selwyn Road, 1 report27 Selwyn Road, 1 report26A Selwyn Road, 1 report16–26 Selwyn Road, 1 report1 Selwyn Road, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Selwyn Road from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Selwyn Road 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. 41 on the shelf; the 9 earliest:

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

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

Rubbish and Bins - General, a report photoStreet Cleaning, a report photoStreet Cleaning, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoPothole, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoSewer General, a report photo more photographs
on the Lyttelton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Selwyn Road?

In Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Selwyn Road?

27 reports at 13 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (11), water & drains (7), rubbish & dumping (6).

When was Selwyn Road first reported on?

2022, the record covers 27 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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