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Elizabeth Street

804 reports at 126 addresses in Riccarton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 523 separate days somebody filed something about it.

804 reports126 addresses523 days reported onfrom the air, then400 documents carry the name2 businessesthe 42nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

108 Elizabeth Street, 35 reports28 Elizabeth Street, 32 reports33 Elizabeth Street, 30 reports34 Elizabeth Street, 27 reports109 Elizabeth Street, 25 reports107B Elizabeth Street, 24 reports35 Elizabeth Street, 22 reports25 Elizabeth Street, 20 reports39 Elizabeth Street, 18 reports120C Elizabeth Street, 18 reports121 Elizabeth Street, 17 reports119 Elizabeth Street, 17 reports96 Elizabeth Street, 14 reports125 Elizabeth Street, 14 reports121B Elizabeth Street, 14 reports40 Elizabeth Street, 13 reports36 Elizabeth Street, 13 reports104 Elizabeth Street, 13 reports44 Elizabeth Street, 12 reports114 Elizabeth Street, 12 reports110B Elizabeth Street, 11 reports70 Elizabeth Street, 10 reports45 Elizabeth Street, 10 reports27A Elizabeth Street, 10 reports111 Elizabeth Street, 10 reports73 Elizabeth Street, 9 reports4/47 Elizabeth Street, 9 reports3 Elizabeth Street, 9 reports17 Elizabeth Street, 9 reports15 Elizabeth Street, 9 reports14 Elizabeth Street, 9 reports11A Elizabeth Street, 9 reports116 Elizabeth Street, 9 reports83 Elizabeth Street, 8 reports41 Elizabeth Street, 8 reports30A Elizabeth Street, 8 reports12 Elizabeth Street, 8 reports107A Elizabeth Street, 8 reports98 Elizabeth Street, 7 reports71 Elizabeth Street, 7 reports32 Elizabeth Street, 7 reports134 Elizabeth Street, 7 reports120A Elizabeth Street, 7 reports118 Elizabeth Street, 7 reports74A Elizabeth Street, 6 reports57 Elizabeth Street, 6 reports38 Elizabeth Street, 6 reports117 Elizabeth Street, 6 reports112A Elizabeth Street, 6 reports101 Elizabeth Street, 6 reports66 Elizabeth Street, 5 reports62 Elizabeth Street, 5 reports47 Elizabeth Street, 5 reports43 Elizabeth Street, 5 reports27 Elizabeth Street, 5 reports115 Elizabeth Street, 5 reports73E Elizabeth Street, 4 reports61 Elizabeth Street, 4 reports5A Elizabeth Street, 4 reports5 Elizabeth Street, 4 reports29 Elizabeth Street, 4 reports129D Elizabeth Street, 4 reports129B Elizabeth Street, 4 reports128 Elizabeth Street, 4 reports121A Elizabeth Street, 4 reports106 Elizabeth Street, 4 reports105 Elizabeth Street, 4 reports99–107D Elizabeth Street, 3 reports8 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports58 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports40-44 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports18 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports16 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports12C Elizabeth Street, 3 reports127 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports122 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports120 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports114A Elizabeth Street, 3 reports102 Elizabeth Street, 3 reports9 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports88 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports78 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports57A Elizabeth Street, 2 reports48 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports4 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports31 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports30 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports22 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports13 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports125A Elizabeth Street, 2 reports123A Elizabeth Street, 2 reports123 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports120B Elizabeth Street, 2 reports110A Elizabeth Street, 2 reports10 Elizabeth Street, 2 reports99 Elizabeth Street, 1 report74B Elizabeth Street, 1 report72 Elizabeth Street, 1 report71B Elizabeth Street, 1 report6C Elizabeth Street, 1 report6A Elizabeth Street, 1 report69 Elizabeth Street, 1 report64 Elizabeth Street, 1 report6 Elizabeth Street, 1 report5B Elizabeth Street, 1 report59 Elizabeth Street, 1 report55 Elizabeth Street, 1 report46-36 Elizabeth Street, 1 report46 Elizabeth Street, 1 report3A Elizabeth Street, 1 report2 Elizabeth Street, 1 report14A Elizabeth Street, 1 report130 Elizabeth Street, 1 report12B Elizabeth Street, 1 report12A Elizabeth Street, 1 report129A Elizabeth Street, 1 report129 Elizabeth Street, 1 report126 Elizabeth Street, 1 report124-120 Elizabeth Street, 1 report112 Elizabeth Street, 1 report11 Elizabeth Street, 1 report10A Elizabeth Street, 1 report108A Elizabeth Street, 1 report107 Elizabeth Street, 1 report103 Elizabeth Street, 1 report1 Elizabeth Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

and the other 66 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 400 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 2

Premises whose address in the directory is Elizabeth 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.

Wharenui Pool ramp · 12 m away Wharenui Pool set of steps · 16 m away Wharenui Pool set of steps · 17 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Elizabeth Street in 26 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

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

Pothole, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Riccarton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Elizabeth Street?

In Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Elizabeth Street?

804 reports at 126 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (486), graffiti & vandalism (100), roads & footpaths (84).

When was Elizabeth Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 523 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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