The Brae
38 reports at 11 addresses in Mount Pleasant, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 37 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 The Brae, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Mount Pleasant.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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
- 4 The Brae, 9 reports
- 7 The Brae, 6 reports
- 18 The Brae, 6 reports
- 19 The Brae, 5 reports
- 1 The Brae, 4 reports
- 9 The Brae, 2 reports
- 15 The Brae, 2 reports
- 30 The Brae, 1 report
- 25 The Brae, 1 report
- 23 The Brae, 1 report
- 22 The Brae, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 12 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 8 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 4 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Animals & pests, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 2 reports
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 7 reports
- 2024, 8 reports
- 2025, 5 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 3 on the shelf; the 2 earliest:
- THE SOCIAL SPHERE (Observer, 26 March 1910)
· Papers Past,
…they will spend easter mrs archie clark gave a tennis party on friday at her lovely home the brae remuera the weather was ideal and a most delightful afternoon was spent mrs clark received wearing bl…
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 21 August 1924)
· Papers Past,
…yons hawkes bay wag the best man the reception was held at the residence f mr cyril brice the brae goldies brae mrs fernandez wore mole marocain with georgette drapings and smart black hat her bouquet…
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.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names The Brae in 9 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 2 seriously hurt.
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.
- The Otago Daily Times. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE OTAGO GUARDIAN. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1879. (Otago Daily Times, 04 August 1879) · Otago Daily Times,
- CARANDINI CONCERTS. (Taranaki Herald, 09 January 1880) · Taranaki Herald,
- BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 10 October 1884) · Otago Daily Times,
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 14 February 1885) · Star,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 15 August 1890) · Evening Post,
- TOWN & COUNTRY. (Timaru Herald, 14 August 1896) · Timaru Herald,
- BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 28 September 1897) · Otago Daily Times,
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 12 July 1898) · Otago Daily Times,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 14 May 1900) · Evening Post,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 July 1901) · Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Feilding Star, 11 March 1902) · Feilding Star,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 11 April 1907) · Evening Post,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 12 April 1907) · Evening Post,
- Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 28 September 1908) · Evening Post,
- Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 29 September 1908) · Evening Post,
- WAKE UP; WELLINGTON!" (Evening Post, 10 January 1913) · Evening Post,
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 10 February 1916) · Evening Post,
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 12 March 1925) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Street Cleaning, 4 The Brae,
- Water Leak, 15 The Brae,
- Water Leak, 15 The Brae,
- Street Cleaning, 4 The Brae,
- Park - General Request, 1 The Brae,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 18 The Brae,
- Water General, 1 The Brae,
- Water Leak, 19 The Brae,
- Water Leak, 19 The Brae,
- Water Leak, 19 The Brae,
- Water Leak, 19 The Brae,
- Animal - Domestic, 23 The Brae,
- Hazard, vehicle, 7 The Brae,
- Hazard, vehicle, 9 The Brae,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 4 The Brae,
Questions, answered briefly
In Mount Pleasant, Christchurch, New Zealand.
38 reports at 11 addresses, most often water & drains (12), trees & parks (9), graffiti & vandalism (8).
2016, the record covers 37 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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