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Rodney Street

55 reports at 15 addresses in New Brighton, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 48 separate days somebody filed something about it.

55 reports15 addresses48 days reported onfrom the air, then34 documents carry the namethe 1331st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

47 Rodney Street, 26 reports47E Rodney Street, 7 reports38 Rodney Street, 4 reports42 Rodney Street, 3 reports8 Rodney Street, 2 reports45 Rodney Street, 2 reports38A Rodney Street, 2 reports10 Rodney Street, 2 reports8–10 Rodney Street, 1 report37 Rodney Street, 1 report34 Rodney Street, 1 report3 Rodney Street, 1 report28 Rodney Street, 1 report1–11 Rodney Street, 1 report1 Rodney Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Rodney Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Rodney Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Rodney Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Rodney 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. 34 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 · 80 m away New Brighton Beach boardwalk · 51 m away New Brighton Beach boardwalk · 77 m away New Brighton Beach set of steps · 119 m away New Brighton Beach boardwalk · 133 m away New Brighton Beach boardwalk · 135 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Rodney Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 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

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photo more photographs
on the New Brighton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Rodney Street?

In New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Rodney Street?

55 reports at 15 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (34), roads & footpaths (7), water & drains (5).

When was Rodney Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 48 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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