Paeroa Street
95 reports at 20 addresses in Riccarton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 82 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 Paeroa Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Riccarton.
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
- 6 Paeroa Street, 21 reports
- 17 Paeroa Street, 10 reports
- 7A Paeroa Street, 9 reports
- 2 Paeroa Street, 8 reports
- 8B Paeroa Street, 7 reports
- 21 Paeroa Street, 7 reports
- 9A Paeroa Street, 4 reports
- 5 Paeroa Street, 4 reports
- 4 Paeroa Street, 4 reports
- 8 Paeroa Street, 3 reports
- 13 Paeroa Street, 3 reports
- 8A Paeroa Street, 2 reports
- 7 Paeroa Street, 2 reports
- 19 Paeroa Street, 2 reports
- 15A Paeroa Street, 2 reports
- 11 Paeroa Street, 2 reports
- 10 Paeroa Street, 2 reports
- 9 Paeroa Street, 1 report
- 5A Paeroa Street, 1 report
- 3A Paeroa Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 42 reports
- Trees & parks, 15 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 12 reports
- Water & drains, 10 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 6 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 5 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- Animals & pests, 1 report
Year by year
- 2015, 3 reports
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 1 report
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2022, 12 reports
- 2023, 17 reports
- 2024, 8 reports
- 2025, 28 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 5 on the shelf; the 4 earliest:
- Untitled (Auckland Star, 07 March 1890)
· Papers Past,
…ruit was estimated at about 300 and much sympathy is felfc with mr dennin a telegram from paeroa states that a bush fire which has been raging at kurangahakc for some time past ia seriously increasing…
- GLEANINGS FROM COURSE, TRACK AND STABLE (NZ Truth, 25 March 1926)
· Papers Past,
…ed he will s h fvever probably get out before the winter arrives i lucky with marbles the paeroa stable presided over by j w cathra maybe termed lucky regarding the marble draayn for post positions at…
- TURF NEWS IN BRIEF (Evening Post, 20 August 1937)
· Papers Past,
…e and she should pay her way for her new owner she is a useful stayer latest reports from paeroa state that marheke is shaping well in her work and is expected to develop into a smart galloper this fi…
- Bankruptcies
· New Zealand Gazette,
…oward, 16 Doon Grove, Papakowhai, Porirua - 14 December 2009.Plimmer, Juliette Claire, 12 Paeroa Street, Riccarton, Christchurch - 23 December 2009.Price, Catherine Tania (also known as Thompson, Cath…
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 Paeroa Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 02 November 1900) · Star,
- Cap and Jacket (Observer, 13 September 1902) · Observer,
- The Social Sphere (Observer, 15 May 1909) · Observer,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 30-6-1917) · Otago Daily Times,
- NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 06 July 1917) · Evening Post,
- TO-DAY'S CASUALTY LIST (Evening Post, 20 April 1918) · Evening Post,
- METHODIST CHURCH (Evening Post, 12 March 1927) · Evening Post,
- DUEDIN RUGBY OFF (Evening Post, 06 August 1932) · Evening Post,
- 180 Prizes at £5 each, (Evening Post, 01 May 1934) · Evening Post,
- ART UNION DRAW (Evening Post, 12 April 1938) · Evening Post,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 26 June 1939) · Evening Post,
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 05 March 1940) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 June 1941) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 July 1941) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 23 September 1941) · Evening Post,
- Untitled (Evening Post, 23 February 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942) · Evening Post,
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 06 May 1943) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Dumped Rubbish, 6 Paeroa St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 6 Paeroa St,
- Facility - General Request, 6 Paeroa Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 4 Paeroa Street,
- Water Leak, 2 Paeroa St,
- Water General, 10 Paeroa Street,
- Pothole, 6 Paeroa St,
- Park - General Request, 6 Paeroa St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 4 Paeroa St,
- Park - General Request, 6 Paeroa St,
- Street Light Outage, 13 Paeroa Street,
- Water Leak, 17 Paeroa Street,
- Water Leak, 17 Paeroa Street,
- Water Leak, 17 Paeroa Street,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 6 Paeroa St,
Questions, answered briefly
In Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.
95 reports at 20 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (42), trees & parks (15), graffiti & vandalism (12).
2015, the record covers 82 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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