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Primrose Street

35 reports at 19 addresses in Northcote, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 32 separate days somebody filed something about it.

35 reports19 addresses32 days reported onfrom the air, then5 documents carry the namethe 1774th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

37 Primrose Street, 6 reports23 Primrose Street, 4 reports10 Primrose Street, 4 reports9 Primrose Street, 2 reports35 Primrose Street, 2 reports21 Primrose Street, 2 reports15 Primrose Street, 2 reports14 Primrose Street, 2 reports8C Primrose Street, 1 report7 Primrose Street, 1 report5 Primrose Street, 1 report45 Primrose Street, 1 report31 Primrose Street, 1 report28 Primrose Street, 1 report25 Primrose Street, 1 report20 Primrose Street, 1 report19 Primrose Street, 1 report18 Primrose Street, 1 report16 Primrose Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Primrose Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Primrose Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Primrose Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Primrose Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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.

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Primrose Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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 photoAnimal - Domestic, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Northcote wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Primrose Street?

In Northcote, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Primrose Street?

35 reports at 19 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (14), roads & footpaths (7), water & drains (5).

When was Primrose Street first reported on?

2018, the record covers 32 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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