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Paparoa Street

113 reports at 34 addresses in PAPANUI, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 91 separate days somebody filed something about it.

113 reports34 addresses91 days reported onfrom the air, then7 documents carry the namethe 768th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

133 Paparoa Street, 44 reports127 Paparoa Street, 11 reports45 Paparoa Street, 5 reports93 Paparoa Street, 3 reports78 Paparoa Street, 3 reports16 Paparoa Street, 3 reports129A Paparoa Street, 3 reports129 Paparoa Street, 3 reports120 Paparoa Street, 3 reports116 Paparoa Street, 3 reports103A Paparoa Street, 3 reports82 Paparoa Street, 2 reports49 Paparoa Street, 2 reports44 Paparoa Street, 2 reports22 Paparoa Street, 2 reports21 Paparoa Street, 2 reports113 Paparoa Street, 2 reports99 Paparoa Street, 1 report90 Paparoa Street, 1 report85 Paparoa Street, 1 report72A Paparoa Street, 1 report71 Paparoa Street, 1 report69A Paparoa Street, 1 report65 Paparoa Street, 1 report62 Paparoa Street, 1 report58 Paparoa Street, 1 report29 Paparoa Street, 1 report123 Paparoa Street, 1 report117 Paparoa Street, 1 report115 Paparoa Street, 1 report114 Paparoa Street, 1 report11 Paparoa Street, 1 report106 Paparoa Street, 1 report105 Paparoa Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Paparoa Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Paparoa Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Paparoa Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Paparoa 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 →

Schools on it

The Ministry’s directory gives the street as a school’s address, the rating describes the community each draws from, not how well it teaches.

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.

Papanui Stream stream · 9 m away Dudley Creek stream · 22 m away Nightingale Reserve set of steps · 29 m away Rutland Reserve footbridge · 125 m away Erica Playground footbridge · 145 m away

As it was reported

Pavement - Damaged, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - General, a report photo more photographs
on the PAPANUI wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Paparoa Street?

In PAPANUI, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Paparoa Street?

113 reports at 34 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (47), roads & footpaths (19), trees & parks (18).

When was Paparoa Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 91 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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