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Andover Street

31 reports at 20 addresses in Merivale, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it.

31 reports20 addresses30 days reported onfrom the air, then124 documents carry the namethe 1862nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

2 Andover Street, 4 reports75 Andover Street, 3 reports21 Andover Street, 3 reports81 Andover Street, 2 reports66 Andover Street, 2 reports32 Andover Street, 2 reports20 Andover Street, 2 reports9-11 Andover Street, 1 report84 Andover Street, 1 report80 Andover Street, 1 report79 Andover Street, 1 report78 Andover Street, 1 report64-66 Andover Street, 1 report60 Andover Street, 1 report57 Andover Street, 1 report48 Andover Street, 1 report47 Andover Street, 1 report29 Andover Street, 1 report28 Andover Street, 1 report27 Andover Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Andover Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Andover Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Andover 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. 124 on the shelf; the 12 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

General Request, a report photoWater General, a report photoPest / Vermin, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photo more photographs
on the Merivale wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Andover Street?

In Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Andover Street?

31 reports at 20 addresses, most often water & drains (9), roads & footpaths (6), vehicles & parking (5).

When was Andover Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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