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Knowles Street

23 reports at 13 addresses in Mairehau, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 21 separate days somebody filed something about it.

23 reports13 addresses21 days reported onfrom the air, then28 documents carry the namethe 2284th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

271 Knowles Street, 3 reports259 Knowles Street, 3 reports279 Knowles Street, 2 reports265 Knowles Street, 2 reports264 Knowles Street, 2 reports258 Knowles Street, 2 reports243 Knowles Street, 2 reports235 Knowles Street, 2 reports274 Knowles Street, 1 report263 Knowles Street, 1 report256 Knowles Street, 1 report249 Knowles Street, 1 report246 Knowles Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 28 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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 open map’s record.

Dudley Creek stream · 117 m away

The crash record on it

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

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Fallen Tree, a report photoDamaged Street Light, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoDamaged Road, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Mairehau wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Knowles Street?

In Mairehau, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Knowles Street?

23 reports at 13 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (11), water & drains (4), rubbish & dumping (3).

When was Knowles Street first reported on?

2018, the record covers 21 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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