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Wakatu Avenue

8 reports at 4 addresses in Redcliffs, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 8 separate days somebody filed something about it.

8 reports4 addresses8 days reported onfrom the air, then1 document carry the namethe 3575th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

68 Wakatu Avenue, 4 reports44 Wakatu Avenue, 2 reports28 Wakatu Avenue, 1 report24 Wakatu Avenue, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Wakatu Avenue from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Wakatu Avenue from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wakatu Avenue from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wakatu Avenue 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.

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.

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Wakatu Avenue?

In Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Wakatu Avenue?

8 reports at 4 addresses, most often trees & parks (4), water & drains (3), rubbish & dumping (1).

When was Wakatu Avenue first reported on?

2019, the record covers 8 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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