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Tonks Street

45 reports at 19 addresses in North New Brighton, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 41 separate days somebody filed something about it.

45 reports19 addresses41 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 1517th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

41 Tonks Street, 9 reports44 Tonks Street, 5 reports48 Tonks Street, 4 reports39 Tonks Street, 4 reports17 Tonks Street, 4 reports24 Tonks Street, 3 reports37 Tonks Street, 2 reports30 Tonks Street, 2 reports2 Tonks Street, 2 reports7 Tonks Street, 1 report5 Tonks Street, 1 report34 Tonks Street, 1 report25–41 Tonks Street, 1 report20-22 Tonks Street, 1 report19 Tonks Street, 1 report13 Tonks Street, 1 report12 Tonks Street, 1 report11A Tonks Street, 1 report11 Tonks Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Tonks Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Tonks Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Tonks Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Tonks Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Tonks 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

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 · 153 m away Thomson Park shelter · 128 m away North Beach boardwalk · 138 m away

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

Overgrown Vegetation, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photo more photographs
on the North New Brighton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Tonks Street?

In North New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Tonks Street?

45 reports at 19 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (29), rubbish & dumping (5), roads & footpaths (4).

When was Tonks Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 41 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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