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Keppel Street

72 reports at 35 addresses in New Brighton, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 58 separate days somebody filed something about it.

72 reports35 addresses58 days reported onfrom the air, then15 documents carry the namethe 1139th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

35 Keppel Street, 7 reports33 Keppel Street, 6 reports64 Keppel Street, 5 reports31 Keppel Street, 5 reports55 Keppel Street, 4 reports51 Keppel Street, 3 reports28 Keppel Street, 3 reports27 Keppel Street, 3 reports25 Keppel Street, 3 reports8 Keppel Street, 2 reports54 Keppel Street, 2 reports51C Keppel Street, 2 reports49 Keppel Street, 2 reports37 Keppel Street, 2 reports32 Keppel Street, 2 reports14 Keppel Street, 2 reports9 Keppel Street, 1 report7 Keppel Street, 1 report62 Keppel Street, 1 report56-14 Keppel Street, 1 report50 Keppel Street, 1 report47 Keppel Street, 1 report46 Keppel Street, 1 report44 Keppel Street, 1 report43 Keppel Street, 1 report42 Keppel Street, 1 report40 Keppel Street, 1 report36 Keppel Street, 1 report29 Keppel Street, 1 report26 Keppel Street, 1 report23 Keppel Street, 1 report20 Keppel Street, 1 report15 Keppel Street, 1 report11 Keppel Street, 1 report10 Keppel Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Keppel Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Keppel Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Keppel Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Keppel Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 15 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

New Brighton Beach beach · 128 m away New Brighton Pier pier · 184 m away New Brighton Beach Developed set of steps · 74 m away He Puna Taimoana shelter · 98 m away New Brighton Beach Developed set of steps · 99 m away He Puna Taimoana ramp · 99 m away New Brighton Beach set of steps · 110 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Keppel Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Pavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photo more photographs
on the New Brighton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Keppel Street?

In New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Keppel Street?

72 reports at 35 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (24), roads & footpaths (12), water & drains (9).

When was Keppel Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 58 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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