Emmett Street

73 reports at 27 addresses in Mairehau, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 57 separate days somebody filed something about it.

73 reports 27 addresses57 days reported onfrom the air, then 19 documents carry the namethe 1162nd 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 Emmett Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Mairehau.

From the air, then

Emmett Street from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Emmett Street from the air, 1960-1964 — **1960-1964** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Emmett Street from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Emmett 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

153 Emmett Street, 7 reports
137 Emmett Street, 7 reports
135 Emmett Street, 5 reports
133 Emmett Street, 5 reports
125A Emmett Street, 5 reports
95C Emmett Street, 4 reports
123 Emmett Street, 4 reports
119 Emmett Street, 4 reports
117 Emmett Street, 4 reports
103 Emmett Street, 4 reports
87 Emmett Street, 3 reports
2 Emmett Street, 3 reports
149 Emmett Street, 2 reports
147 Emmett Street, 2 reports
145 Emmett Street, 2 reports
97 Emmett Street, 1 report
95 Emmett Street, 1 report
93 Emmett Street, 1 report
89 Emmett Street, 1 report
61 Emmett Street, 1 report
49 Emmett Street, 1 report
151 Emmett Street, 1 report
141 Emmett Street, 1 report
131 Emmett Street, 1 report
127 Emmett Street, 1 report
125 Emmett Street, 1 report
121 Emmett Street, 1 report

What got reported

Trees & parks, 24 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 23 reports
Graffiti & vandalism, 18 reports
Roads & footpaths, 3 reports
Water & drains, 2 reports
Everything else, 2 reports
Animals & pests, 1 report

Year by year

2018, 1 report
2019, 5 reports
2020, 15 reports
2021, 3 reports
2022, 8 reports
2023, 11 reports
2024, 15 reports
2025, 13 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 19 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 09 February 1876) · Papers Past, 9 Feb 1876
…o sell-bj pub lic auction at ms residence tory street on monday 14th february opposite mr emmett store household furniture and effects including a handsome pianoforte tuesday 15th february mr r j dunc…
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 21-7-1916) · Papers Past, 21 Jul 1916
…rs 11. B. Curtis, Inglewood, mothei). (Juh 6J Privato JOSEPH CAMPBELL (Mrs L. Campboll, 9 Emmett street, Wellington, mother). Pin ate ARTHUR ROBT. KING (Mr R. M King, G.bson'h quav, Hokitika). (July 7…
ART UNION DRAW (Evening Post, 20 December 1935) · Papers Past, 20 Dec 1935
…ng miss e anderson palmerston north 56599 cooper palmerston north 83385 change of luck 20 emmett street wellington butt 141744 my-turn mrs north 215 lambton quay 55329 kopone palmerston north 82187 te…
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 June 1941) · Papers Past, 26 Jun 1941
…terson stonear ashley new milton hants england w matthews leslie roy pte mrs b matthews 5 emmett street herne bay auckland m may herbert kelly pte mrs e m may 40 calgary street auckland m mitchell jam…
SECOND N.Z.E.F. (Evening Post, 29 October 1941) · Papers Past, 29 Oct 1941
…p pte mr g mannering 139 huxley street sydennam f matthews leslie r pte mrs b matthews 5 emmett street herne bay auckland m mellars william r pte mr w c mellars coronation road morrinsville f melvill…
INTERNEES SAFE (Evening Post, 06 October 1945) · Papers Past, 6 Oct 1945
…s k h batrd 8 york terrace skittleton glasgow scotland w blunsdon f h mrs j m blunsdon 27 emmett street auckland w bowrey h mrs e bowrey 33 cravln road london w2 w mrs b bowrey mangere bridge auckland…
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 04 December 1945) · Papers Past, 4 Dec 1945
…l 52-725 wanted to sell contents of home workshop sawbench lathe jig-saw workbench etc 16 emmett st new-town in front of school tennis racket and press gilworth model de luxe 2 10s apply 79 mem st new…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 29 Mar 2001
…Soloman, Sheri-Ann Vanessa, mother, formerly of 189A England Street, Avonside, now of 22 Emmett Street, Christchurch.12 March 2001Honour, Michael John, timber worker, formerly of17 Hamoria Place, Rot…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 28 Aug 2003
…cKillop Street, Porirua, Wellington, at 5.00 p.m.Busson, Raquel Anna, beneficiary, of 101 Emmett Street, Christchurch, at 10.50 a.m.Christensen, Eric Shane, apprentice panelbeater, of36A Paihia Road,…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 29 Jan 2004
…d, Sandra Jean, mother, at 10.00 a.m.22 January 2004Brunt, Sarah Lee, beneficiary, of 149 Emmett Street, Shirley, Christchurch, at 12.00 midday.Collis, Eileen Mary, cashier, of 85A Hatea Drive, Whanga…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 2 Sept 2004
…f 13 Tiki Street, New Lynn, Auckland, at 1.15 p.m.Pope, Roger Mervyn, beneficiary, of 170 Emmett Street, Shirley, Christchurch, at 10.55 a.m.Temple, Lisa Kathleen, mother, of 1 Nursery Road, Masterton…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 2 Nov 2006
…ary, of 14 Sargeson Place, Cambridge, at 12.15 p.m.Kire, Tahau Akuhata, caregiver, of 144 Emmett Street, Shirley, Christchurch, at 4.15 p.m.Milne-Maresca, Murray David (also known as Milne, Murray Dav…

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

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.