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Rossall Street

204 reports at 78 addresses in Merivale, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 180 separate days somebody filed something about it.

204 reports78 addresses180 days reported onfrom the air, then20 documents carry the namethe 346th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

3 Rossall Street, 31 reports7A Rossall Street, 11 reports109 Rossall Street, 8 reports92 Rossall Street, 7 reports37A Rossall Street, 7 reports20 Rossall Street, 5 reports129 Rossall Street, 5 reports7C Rossall Street, 4 reports38 Rossall Street, 4 reports35 Rossall Street, 4 reports33 Rossall Street, 4 reports188A Rossall Street, 4 reports130 Rossall Street, 4 reports96 Rossall Street, 3 reports86 Rossall Street, 3 reports55 Rossall Street, 3 reports42 Rossall Street, 3 reports32 Rossall Street, 3 reports31 Rossall Street, 3 reports188 Rossall Street, 3 reports17 Rossall Street, 3 reports166D Rossall Street, 3 reports166 Rossall Street, 3 reports156 Rossall Street, 3 reports14A Rossall Street, 3 reports131 Rossall Street, 3 reports120 Rossall Street, 3 reports84 Rossall Street, 2 reports7 Rossall Street, 2 reports54 Rossall Street, 2 reports51 Rossall Street, 2 reports5-21 Rossall Street, 2 reports190 Rossall Street, 2 reports176 Rossall Street, 2 reports170 Rossall Street, 2 reports133A Rossall Street, 2 reports126 Rossall Street, 2 reports119 Rossall Street, 2 reports116 Rossall Street, 2 reports104 Rossall Street, 2 reports93 Rossall Street, 1 report91 Rossall Street, 1 report88 Rossall Street, 1 report87 Rossall Street, 1 report83 Rossall Street, 1 report7B Rossall Street, 1 report79 Rossall Street, 1 report69B Rossall Street, 1 report69A Rossall Street, 1 report66 Rossall Street, 1 report57 Rossall Street, 1 report49 Rossall Street, 1 report37B Rossall Street, 1 report3-7 Rossall Street, 1 report29 Rossall Street, 1 report25 Rossall Street, 1 report1F Rossall Street, 1 report194 Rossall Street, 1 report192 Rossall Street, 1 report186 Rossall Street, 1 report168 Rossall Street, 1 report160A Rossall Street, 1 report16 Rossall Street, 1 report15 Rossall Street, 1 report148-126 Rossall Street, 1 report140 Rossall Street, 1 report14 Rossall Street, 1 report131B Rossall Street, 1 report131A Rossall Street, 1 report129–135 Rossall Street, 1 report128 Rossall Street, 1 report125B Rossall Street, 1 report122 Rossall Street, 1 report121-125 Rossall Street, 1 report12 Rossall Street, 1 report117 Rossall Street, 1 report105 Rossall Street, 1 report103 Rossall Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

and the other 18 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 20 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 council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Wairarapa Stream stream · a reported pin on the line Taylor's Drain stream · 1 m away Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 8 m away Old Carlton Mill water race drain · 40 m away Carlton Mill Riverbank set of steps · 17 m away Millbrook Reserve shelter · 21 m away Millbrook Reserve set of steps · 27 m away Millbrook Reserve boat ramp · 28 m away Carlton Mill Riverbank footbridge · 31 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Rossall Street in 36 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 10 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

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

Rubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoFlooding, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoFlooding, a report photo more photographs
on the Merivale wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Rossall Street?

In Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Rossall Street?

204 reports at 78 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (48), roads & footpaths (47), water & drains (41).

When was Rossall Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 180 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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