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Kensington Avenue

47 reports at 25 addresses in Mairehau, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 41 separate days somebody filed something about it.

47 reports25 addresses41 days reported onfrom the air, then16 documents carry the namethe 1514th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

53 Kensington Avenue, 4 reports37 Kensington Avenue, 4 reports35 Kensington Avenue, 4 reports19 Kensington Avenue, 4 reports50 Kensington Avenue, 3 reports66 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports65 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports64 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports59 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports54 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports47 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports20 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports1 Kensington Avenue, 2 reports63A Kensington Avenue, 1 report62 Kensington Avenue, 1 report55 Kensington Avenue, 1 report52 Kensington Avenue, 1 report49 Kensington Avenue, 1 report46 Kensington Avenue, 1 report44 Kensington Avenue, 1 report36 Kensington Avenue, 1 report32 Kensington Avenue, 1 report29 Kensington Avenue, 1 report22 Kensington Avenue, 1 report16 Kensington Avenue, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Kensington Avenue from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Kensington Avenue from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Kensington Avenue from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Kensington Avenue 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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 16 on the shelf; the 12 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.

Mairehau Public Library set of steps · 10 m away Mairehau Public Library ramp · 10 m away Mairehau Public Library set of steps · 13 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Kensington Avenue in 7 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoBus Shelter Issue, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoPothole, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPothole, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Mairehau wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Kensington Avenue?

In Mairehau, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Kensington Avenue?

47 reports at 25 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (15), water & drains (10), rubbish & dumping (8).

When was Kensington Avenue first reported on?

2018, the record covers 41 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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