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Richardson Terrace

243 reports at 19 addresses in Opawa, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 199 separate days somebody filed something about it.

243 reports19 addresses199 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then9 documents carry the namethe 308th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

192 Richardson Terrace, 96 reports188 Richardson Terrace, 90 reports190 Richardson Terrace, 17 reports170 Richardson Terrace, 10 reports174-186 Richardson Terrace, 6 reports186 Richardson Terrace, 5 reports188-190 Richardson Terrace, 3 reports184 Richardson Terrace, 2 reports182 Richardson Terrace, 2 reports178 Richardson Terrace, 2 reports172 Richardson Terrace, 2 reports191 Richardson Terrace, 1 report189 Richardson Terrace, 1 report185 Richardson Terrace, 1 report180 Richardson Terrace, 1 report179 Richardson Terrace, 1 report176 Richardson Terrace, 1 report174 Richardson Terrace, 1 report173 Richardson Terrace, 1 reportDwelling and Setting, The Hollies: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Richardson Terrace, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Opawa.

From the air, then

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

On the register

On foot, The named houses walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 9 on the shelf; the 4 earliest:

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

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River stream · 10 m away Heathcote Riverbank Reserve set of steps · 23 m away Heathcote Riverbank Reserve set of steps · 24 m away Opawa Public Library set of steps · 30 m away Opawa Public Library ramp · 32 m away Heathcote Riverbank Tr South footbridge · 42 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

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoWater Fountain, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photo more photographs
on the Opawa wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Richardson Terrace?

In Opawa, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Richardson Terrace?

243 reports at 19 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (110), rubbish & dumping (75), roads & footpaths (24).

When was Richardson Terrace first reported on?

2015, the record covers 199 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Richardson Terrace?

Dwelling and Setting, The Hollies.

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