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James Street

24 reports at 12 addresses in Redcliffs, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 20 separate days somebody filed something about it.

24 reports12 addresses20 days reported onfrom the air, then339 documents carry the name1 businessesthe 2354th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

21 James Street, 5 reports32 James Street, 4 reports30 James Street, 3 reports6 James Street, 2 reports27 James Street, 2 reports17 James Street, 2 reports9 James Street, 1 report8 James Street, 1 report7 James Street, 1 report24A James Street, 1 report22 James Street, 1 report10 James Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 339 on the shelf; the 7 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 1

Premises whose address in the directory is James Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Redcliffs Village Library set of steps · 122 m away Redcliffs Public Library ramp · 135 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

General Request, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoRubbish/Recycling, a report photoRubbish/Recycling, a report photoRubbish/Recycling, a report photoRubbish/Recycling, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoWastewater/Stormwater, a report photoRubbish/Recycling, a report photoWater Supply, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photo more photographs
on the Redcliffs wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is James Street?

In Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on James Street?

24 reports at 12 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (8), water & drains (7), roads & footpaths (7).

When was James Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 20 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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