Hardy Street
22 reports at 7 addresses in New Brighton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 21 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 Hardy Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is New Brighton.
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
- 35 Hardy Street, 8 reports
- 8 Hardy Street, 4 reports
- 41 Hardy Street, 4 reports
- 32 Hardy Street, 3 reports
- 8E Hardy Street, 1 report
- 33-41 Hardy Street, 1 report
- 1 Hardy Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 7 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 5 reports
- Trees & parks, 3 reports
- Water & drains, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2015, 1 report
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 2 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 3 reports
- 2023, 7 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 59 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Taranaki Herald, 02 August 1862)
· Papers Past,
…iners arms nelson n z john l newman late of taranaki proprietor corner of collingwood and hardy streets on sale at mr rossiter store be hind the court house every saturday and wednesday from 10 till 3…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 March 1872)
· Papers Past,
…liams and dr copland also the hon captain fraser and messrs fish d reid reynolds bradshaw hardy strode a r livingston w d stewart jago bathgate hawthorne robin tewsley r gillies w d murison and e b ca…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Nelson Evening Mail, 15 January 1881)
· Papers Past,
…mion oronge citron c a good supply of butter eggs bacon hamh and pouifry 8602 w pattebson hardy street vict o t a tnsufiabce company limited established 1849 reconstructed 1879 capital 1000000 sterlin…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Nelson Evening Mail, 19 October 1881)
· Papers Past,
…inst at 4p m john h pqcg jy co wanted a general servant apply to mrs j r bods on 4130 2p hardy street wanted good dress and costume hands also apprenticed warner clarkson co 4118 hall of commeica wan…
- Births, Marriages, and Deaths. (Colonist, 19 July 1884)
· Papers Past,
…mr john sutherland of timaru nz aged 32 years hiabdjuly 12 at the residence of mr jacobs hardy street nelson norman frank the dearly-beloved and only child of 36hn and anna heard aged 1 year and 7 mo…
- MISCELLANEOUS. (Otago Daily Times, 24 September 1889)
· Papers Past,
…dry imperial hhainrgna vintage sfln nursery stock at nursery prices forest and ornamental hardy stout and well rootednimmo and blair bau moet and ohandon dry imperial champagne 1884 vintage ssn gordon…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Nelson Evening Mail, 03 May 1892)
· Papers Past,
…nagement with moderao charges and porfect guaranteed mli s a nst ice next flemming sons i hardy street e w dee son tailors ipsfls hatters i gouts ltnuors hh m mengiitl4 a and gent mercers we have just…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Nelson Evening Mail, 05 May 1892)
· Papers Past,
st albans house hardy street buyers of winter drapery millinery will be studying their own inteiosts by inspecting mrs anstice…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Nelson Evening Mail, 06 May 1892)
· Papers Past,
st albans house hardy street buyers of winter drapery millinery will ie sludging tbeir oavii inteiests by inspecling mrs ansti…
- COUNTRY NEWS. (Star, 28 June 1897)
· Papers Past,
…d grant sd bro j w hardley jd bro g meddins pm dc bro t stone 1g bros wc page jun and a c hardy stewards bro e e clayton organist and bro w paterson tyler there was a large gathering of brethren inclu…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Colonist, 25 January 1898)
· Papers Past,
…nding districts and all visitors to the town to inspci hia new show room beatha buildings hardy street opposite tha ma3orio hotel which ho has just opened and is there displaying the fiae��t stock of…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Nelson Evening Mail, 02 June 1902)
· Papers Past,
…atson house and land in new street from mr a fitzwilliams to mr j delany shcp and land in hardy street from mr snodgrass to mr savage land in st vincent street from mr neale to mrs remnant house and l…
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The businesses on it, 2
Premises whose address in the directory is Hardy Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
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 Hardy Street in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Water Leak, 8 Hardy Street,
- Pavement - Damaged, 35 Hardy Street,
- Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset, 41 Hardy Street,
- Pavement - Damaged, 35 Hardy Street,
- Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 8E Hardy Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 41 Hardy Street,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 35 Hardy Street,
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 35 Hardy Street,
- Pavement - General, 35 Hardy Street,
- Pavement - Damaged, 35 Hardy Street,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 35 Hardy Street,
- Graffiti, 35 Hardy Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 41 Hardy Street,
- Graffiti, 8 Hardy Street,
- Graffiti, 8 Hardy Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
22 reports at 7 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (7), rubbish & dumping (5), roads & footpaths (5).
2015, the record covers 21 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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