Bass Street
10 reports at 1 address in Phillipstown, the first in 2020, the latest 2026. 10 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 Bass Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Phillipstown.
From the air, then
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
- 5 Bass Street, 10 reports
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 7 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
Year by year
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 1 report
- 2024, 1 report
- 2025, 1 report
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 15 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- News of the Week. [FROM THE DAILY TIMES.] (Otago Witness, 09 August 1867)
· Papers Past,
…between tamar heads and hobart town which in its turn will by and by be connected by the bass straits cable with the victorian lines it is argued that if such a line as this were in operation the mai…
- West Coast Time. TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1875. (West Coast Times, 06 April 1875)
· Papers Past,
…ouse explored these waters and that the ill-fated french circumnavigator lost his life in bass strait possibly the next time the victoria or the pharos is among the islands she may inquire into the tr…
- ITCHINESS OF THE SKIN. (Star, 02 November 1901)
· Papers Past,
…resist its healing soothing influence lots of christchurch people know this now mrs neave bass street woolston this city says a member of my family used doan ointment fco an itching of the skin which…
- ITCHINESS OF THE SKIN. (Star, 10 May 1902)
· Papers Past,
…ts healing soothing intfluence fluence lots of christchurch people know thisnow mrs neave bass street woolston ths ciiy says a member of my family used doan ointment for an itching of the skin which h…
- ITCHINESS OF THE SKIN. (Star, 25 October 1902)
· Papers Past,
…resist its healing soothing influence lota of christchurch people know this now mrs neave bass street woolston this city says a member of my family used dosm ointment for an itching of the skin which…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 February 1905)
· Papers Past,
…sections j-aore 12 iperohes gocd 4-rocaned house scullery w geed yrcbsrd apply 3rd hoase bass street aldwin road ferry eoad 2224 i kinder wanted apply h hepburn vjt and sons tuam street 2232 ost brac…
- SUDDEN DEATHS (Hawera & Normanby Star, 11 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…illinchy was found dead in her bed this morning at the residence of her sister mrs morris bass street woolston…
- SUDDEN DEATHS. (Ashburton Guardian, 11 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…illinchy was found dead in her bed this forning at the residence of her sister mrs morris bass street woolston an inquest was held before mr h w bishop sm last evening at christchurch mrs morris said…
- TWO CHRISTCHURCH FATALITIES (Wanganui Chronicle, 13 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…illinehy was round dead in her bed this morning at the residence of her eister mrs morris bass street woolston…
- ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. (Taranaki Daily News 11-1-1908)
· Papers Past,
…inchy, was found dead in her bed this morning at the residence of her sister, Mrs Morris, Bass street, Woolston.…
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…nr mrs l c woods 7 edenbridge street spreydon m wright arthur ernest pte mrs m e wright 5 bass street woolston m yerrington william henry pte mrs l yerrington 95 brougham street sydenham m yortt carl…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 January 1942)
· Papers Past,
…m woodrow james robert allen pte mr j wood row owaka jf wkkjht george pte mrs m wright 5 bass street woolston m yarker john henry pte mrs i l yarker care po gmvan w wounded cassidy henry pte mrs s pa…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Bass Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Bass Street,
- Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, 5 Bass Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Bass Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Bass Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Bass Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 5 Bass Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 5 Bass Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 5 Bass Street,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 5 Bass Street,
- Water Supply, 5 Bass Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Phillipstown, Christchurch, New Zealand.
10 reports at 1 address, most often graffiti & vandalism (7), rubbish & dumping (2), water & drains (1).
2020, the record covers 10 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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