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Union Street

357 reports at 105 addresses in New Brighton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 269 separate days somebody filed something about it.

357 reports105 addresses269 days reported onfrom the air, then3 businessesthe 189th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

132 Union Street, 34 reports5 Union Street, 21 reports6 Union Street, 12 reports194 Union Street, 12 reports36 Union Street, 11 reports75 Union Street, 9 reports134A Union Street, 9 reports111 Union Street, 9 reports175 Union Street, 8 reports119 Union Street, 8 reports67 Union Street, 7 reports188 Union Street, 7 reports115A Union Street, 7 reports130 Union Street, 6 reports71 Union Street, 5 reports24 Union Street, 5 reports21 Union Street, 5 reports192 Union Street, 5 reports178 Union Street, 5 reports151 Union Street, 5 reports14 Union Street, 5 reports128 Union Street, 5 reports99 Union Street, 4 reports79 Union Street, 4 reports77 Union Street, 4 reports7 Union Street, 4 reports62-80 Union Street, 4 reports62 Union Street, 4 reports154 Union Street, 4 reports134 Union Street, 4 reports124 Union Street, 4 reports117 Union Street, 4 reports91 Union Street, 3 reports69 Union Street, 3 reports50 Union Street, 3 reports49 Union Street, 3 reports191 Union Street, 3 reports184B Union Street, 3 reports183 Union Street, 3 reports18 Union Street, 3 reports156 Union Street, 3 reports148 Union Street, 3 reports137 Union Street, 3 reports127 Union Street, 3 reports87 Union Street, 2 reports81 Union Street, 2 reports65 Union Street, 2 reports60 Union Street, 2 reports45 Union Street, 2 reports38 Union Street, 2 reports2 Union Street, 2 reports197 Union Street, 2 reports184 Union Street, 2 reports170 Union Street, 2 reports16 Union Street, 2 reports158 Union Street, 2 reports142 Union Street, 2 reports140A Union Street, 2 reports140 Union Street, 2 reports13 Union Street, 2 reports115 Union Street, 2 reports109A Union Street, 2 reports107 Union Street, 2 reports103 Union Street, 2 reports97 Union Street, 1 report95 Union Street, 1 report93 Union Street, 1 report89 Union Street, 1 report85 Union Street, 1 report83 Union Street, 1 report80 Union Street, 1 report61 Union Street, 1 report58 Union Street, 1 report56 Union Street, 1 report50B Union Street, 1 report44A Union Street, 1 report44 Union Street, 1 report43 Union Street, 1 report37 Union Street, 1 report29 Union Street, 1 report27 Union Street, 1 report22 Union Street, 1 report195 Union Street, 1 report187 Union Street, 1 report185 Union Street, 1 report184-188 Union Street, 1 report179 Union Street, 1 report176 Union Street, 1 report172 Union Street, 1 report171 Union Street, 1 report170A Union Street, 1 report168 Union Street, 1 report164 Union Street, 1 report157 Union Street, 1 report155 Union Street, 1 report150 Union Street, 1 report146 Union Street, 1 report144 Union Street, 1 report136 Union Street, 1 report125 Union Street, 1 report105A Union Street, 1 report105 Union Street, 1 report101A Union Street, 1 report101 Union Street, 1 report1-184 Union Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

and the other 45 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

The businesses on it, 3

Premises whose address in the directory is Union 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; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin, the open map’s record.

Naughty Boys Island wetland · 91 m away New Brighton Beach beach · 257 m away New Brighton Pier pier · 348 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Union Street in 18 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 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

Abandoned Vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photo more photographs
on the New Brighton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Union Street?

In New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Union Street?

357 reports at 105 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (175), roads & footpaths (52), trees & parks (51).

When was Union Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 269 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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