Poynder Avenue
18 reports at 10 addresses in Merivale, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 18 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Poynder Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Merivale.
From the air, then
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
- 36 Poynder Avenue, 5 reports
- 37 Poynder Avenue, 2 reports
- 24 Poynder Avenue, 2 reports
- 16 Poynder Avenue, 2 reports
- 1 Poynder Avenue, 2 reports
- 7 Poynder Avenue, 1 report
- 6 Poynder Avenue, 1 report
- 26–36 Poynder Avenue, 1 report
- 2 Poynder Avenue, 1 report
- 10 Poynder Avenue, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 6 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 5 reports
- Trees & parks, 3 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 2 reports
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 4 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history.
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 09 January 1929)
· Papers Past,
…is announced by an oxchangc ot margaret frances only daughter of mi and mrs conrad hamann poynder avenue fendalton to ronald john younger son of mr john eastrick rastrick street merivale the marriage…
- SECOND LIST (Evening Post, 17 December 1941)
· Papers Past,
…jdrs kitchen 33 mansen street palmerston north m lake bernard jlurray lbdr mr k e lake 3 poynder avenue fendalton f lake frederick james pte jlrs jl lake co jlr d henderson post offlce arrowtown w la…
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 December 1941)
· Papers Past,
…tholomew 2lt mr justice callan supreme court auckland f moir james lan 2lt mrs m e moir 3 poynder avenue fendalton w pipson charles clifford 2lt mrs n p pipson 9 st leonard road devonport w algie char…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 February 1942)
· Papers Past,
…ron lieut mrs g e napier 11 mains avenue whangarei m moir james lan 2lieut mrs m e moir 3 poynder avenue fendalton w johnson philip james pte mr r j johnson 10 great south road remuera f laird victor…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942)
· Papers Past,
…james v pte mr 1 w obrien i otatutau southland f monteath allstair p pte mr j monteath 23 poynder avenue fcndalton christchurch f winters thomas c h pte mr r winters balmoral culverdon brother died of…
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 September 1942)
· Papers Past,
…eith lsgt mrs e kinniburgh 17 grass street wellington m lake bernard m lbdr mr r e lake 3 poynder avenue fendalton f lane edmund j cpl mrs l j lane lewlsrsamuel l cpl mps m m lewis aplti rd fellding m…
- BEREAVEMENT NOTICE. THANKS. (Evening Post, 30 December 1943)
· Papers Past,
…olfe j pte mrs m a shirretts 16 albert street dunedin m smith richard g pte mr r smith 15 poynder avenue christchurch f spencer william t pte mrs e spencer west plains makarewa rd m stanley george e d…
- Removal of the old bridge across Poynder Avenue
· Canterbury Stories,
Waimairi County Council workmen removing the old bridge across the Wairarapa Stream in Poynder Avenue, Strowan. 1977 Christchurch Star photographs…
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The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Poynder Avenue in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 36 Poynder Ave,
- Pothole, 6 Poynder Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 37 Poynder Ave,
- Park - General Request, 26–36 Poynder Ave,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 36 Poynder Ave,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 16 Poynder Ave,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 2 Poynder Ave,
- Poles and Signage - General, 37 Poynder Avenue,
- Water Leak, 10 Poynder Avenue,
- Water Leak, 16 Poynder Avenue,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 1 Poynder Avenue,
- Damaged Street Sign, 1 Poynder Avenue,
- Wastewater/Stormwater, 36 Poynder Avenue,
- Flooding, 36 Poynder Avenue,
- Wastewater/Stormwater, 7 Poynder Avenue,
Questions, answered briefly
In Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand.
18 reports at 10 addresses, most often water & drains (6), graffiti & vandalism (5), trees & parks (3).
2018, the record covers 18 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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