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Matipo Street

385 reports at 90 addresses in Riccarton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 267 separate days somebody filed something about it.

385 reports90 addresses267 days reported onfrom the air, then14 documents carry the name1 businessesthe 191st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

91 Matipo Street, 19 reports33E Matipo Street, 17 reports93 Matipo Street, 16 reports57 Matipo Street, 15 reports49 Matipo Street, 12 reports2 Matipo Street, 12 reports84 Matipo Street, 11 reports48 Matipo Street, 11 reports4 Matipo Street, 11 reports14 Matipo Street, 11 reports60 Matipo Street, 10 reports51 Matipo Street, 10 reports45 Matipo Street, 10 reports111 Matipo Street, 10 reports95 Matipo Street, 9 reports31 Matipo Street, 9 reports37 Matipo Street, 8 reports97 Matipo Street, 7 reports95E Matipo Street, 7 reports80 Matipo Street, 7 reports41 Matipo Street, 7 reports28 Matipo Street, 7 reports74 Matipo Street, 6 reports71 Matipo Street, 6 reports79E Matipo Street, 5 reports68A Matipo Street, 5 reports50 Matipo Street, 5 reports47 Matipo Street, 5 reports1/62 Matipo Street, 5 reports9 Matipo Street, 4 reports85 Matipo Street, 4 reports8 Matipo Street, 4 reports73 Matipo Street, 4 reports33D Matipo Street, 4 reports33 Matipo Street, 4 reports32 Matipo Street, 4 reports26 Matipo Street, 4 reports110 Matipo Street, 4 reports64 Matipo Street, 3 reports52 Matipo Street, 3 reports23-25 Matipo Street, 3 reports16 Matipo Street, 3 reports11 Matipo Street, 3 reports99 Matipo Street, 2 reports86 Matipo Street, 2 reports79 Matipo Street, 2 reports77A Matipo Street, 2 reports72 Matipo Street, 2 reports65 Matipo Street, 2 reports4A Matipo Street, 2 reports39A Matipo Street, 2 reports37a Matipo Street, 2 reports32A Matipo Street, 2 reports31A Matipo Street, 2 reports12 Matipo Street, 2 reports10 Matipo Street, 2 reports1/97 Matipo Street, 2 reports95A Matipo Street, 1 report88 Matipo Street, 1 report84A Matipo Street, 1 report82 Matipo Street, 1 report81 Matipo Street, 1 report79A Matipo Street, 1 report75 Matipo Street, 1 report70 Matipo Street, 1 report7/9 Matipo Street, 1 report7 Matipo Street, 1 report69 Matipo Street, 1 report67 Matipo Street, 1 report66A Matipo Street, 1 report63 Matipo Street, 1 report6-4 Matipo Street, 1 report6 Matipo Street, 1 report58 Matipo Street, 1 report56 Matipo Street, 1 report54 Matipo Street, 1 report41C Matipo Street, 1 report41B Matipo Street, 1 report39 Matipo Street, 1 report33A Matipo Street, 1 report31D Matipo Street, 1 report31C Matipo Street, 1 report31B Matipo Street, 1 report30 Matipo Street, 1 report29 Matipo Street, 1 report24 Matipo Street, 1 report18 Matipo Street, 1 report113 Matipo Street, 1 report107 Matipo Street, 1 report1 Matipo Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Matipo Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Matipo Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Matipo Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Matipo 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 30 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. 14 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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 businesses on it, 1

Premises whose address in the directory is Matipo 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 set of steps · 18 m away Wharenui Pool set of steps · 42 m away Wharenui Pool ramp · 46 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Matipo Street in 139 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 22 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Blenheim Road & Matipo Street, 46 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoFlooding, a report photoWater General, a report photoWater General, 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 Matipo Street?

In Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Matipo Street?

385 reports at 90 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (165), roads & footpaths (85), rubbish & dumping (77).

When was Matipo Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 267 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Matipo Street?

Blenheim Road and Matipo Street, 46 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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