Bower Avenue
268 reports at 89 addresses in North New Brighton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 186 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 Bower Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is North 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
- 251 Bower Avenue, 16 reports
- 246 Bower Avenue, 13 reports
- 252 Bower Avenue, 12 reports
- 244 Bower Avenue, 11 reports
- 223 Bower Avenue, 9 reports
- 283A Bower Avenue, 8 reports
- 238 Bower Avenue, 7 reports
- 216 Bower Avenue, 7 reports
- 386 Bower Avenue, 6 reports
- 349 Bower Avenue, 6 reports
- 259 Bower Avenue, 6 reports
- 237 Bower Avenue, 6 reports
- 230 Bower Avenue, 6 reports
- 303 Bower Avenue, 5 reports
- 292 Bower Avenue, 5 reports
- 229 Bower Avenue, 5 reports
- 214 Bower Avenue, 5 reports
- 210 Bower Avenue, 5 reports
- 285 Bower Avenue, 4 reports
- 268 Bower Avenue, 4 reports
- 258 Bower Avenue, 4 reports
- 255 Bower Avenue, 4 reports
- 234 Bower Avenue, 4 reports
- 351 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 333 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 310A Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 306 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 291 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 264 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 253 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 247 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 236 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 224 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 204 Bower Avenue, 3 reports
- 366 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 355A Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 353A Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 314 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 283B Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 266-256 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 262 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 254 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 249 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 245 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 235 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 233 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 231 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 228 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 227 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 225 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 221 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 219 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 217 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 215A Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 215 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 213 Bower Avenue, 2 reports
- 394 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 391 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 384 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 380 Bower Avenue, 1 report
and the other 29 the record names
- 375 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 364 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 349A Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 335 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 318 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 308-310 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 308 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 307 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 302 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 298 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 294 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 293 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 290 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 287 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 283 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 263 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 256B Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 248–250 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 246-224 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 243 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 242 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 240 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 231A Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 215-217 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 214A Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 211 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 206 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 201-203 Bower Avenue, 1 report
- 169 Bower Avenue, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 144 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 49 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 37 reports
- Water & drains, 22 reports
- Trees & parks, 9 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2015, 3 reports
- 2016, 11 reports
- 2017, 14 reports
- 2018, 22 reports
- 2019, 28 reports
- 2020, 15 reports
- 2021, 20 reports
- 2022, 22 reports
- 2023, 49 reports
- 2024, 30 reports
- 2025, 37 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 6 on the shelf; the 5 earliest:
- Aerial photomosaic of North Beach
· Canterbury Stories,
Aerial photomosaic of North Beach showing Marine Parade, Bowhill Road, Marriotts Road, Bower Avenue, and Beach Road. Christchurch 1926 aerial photomosaics…
- Bankruptcies
· New Zealand Gazette,
…, 20 Clayden Drive, Gulf Harbour, Whangaparaoa – 9 December 2008.Fitness, Barry John, 252 Bower Avenue, New Brighton, Christchurch – 11 December 2008.Ford, Pamela Joy, 11A Fraser Street, Wainuiomata,…
- Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register
· New Zealand Gazette,
…NT RENTALS LIMITED.1098 LIMITED.1113 LIMITED.11B LIMITED.168 BUSINESS SOLUTION LIMITED.18 BOWER AVENUE LIMITED.181 LIMITED.1B LIMITED.2 ATT'S LIMITED.2008 LIMITED.202 EAST COAST ROAD LIMITED.203 QUEEN…
- Bankruptcies
· New Zealand Gazette,
…stina May, 392 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch - 6 January 2010.Holmes, Dawn Patricia, 439 Bower Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch - 18 December 2009.Hughes, Derek Jackson, 3/2 Tyne Street, Camberwell, M…
- List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants
· New Zealand Gazette,
…art, Fraser, 121 Heta Road, Highlands Park, New Plymouth CU M Stewart, Linda Janice, 423A Bower Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch M Stewart, Patricia Ruth, 91A Mangati Road, Bell Block, New Plymouth M S…
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 open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Bower Avenue in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Bower Avenue & Travis Road, 48 crashes pinned to the pairing.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 240 Bower Avenue,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 291 Bower Ave,
- Hazard, vehicle, 219 Bower Avenue,
- Street Light Outage, 243 Bower Avenue,
- Pavement - General, 223 Bower Ave,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 253 Bower Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 259 Bower Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 204 Bower Ave,
- Water Leak, 310A Bower Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 306 Bower Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 310A Bower Avenue,
- Water General, 349 Bower Avenue,
- Dumped Rubbish, 259 Bower Avenue,
- Water General, 258 Bower Avenue,
- Sewer General, 234 Bower Ave,
Questions, answered briefly
In North New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
268 reports at 89 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (144), roads & footpaths (49), rubbish & dumping (37).
2015, the record covers 186 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Bower Avenue and Travis Road, 48 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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