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Rata Street

68 reports at 31 addresses in Riccarton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 56 separate days somebody filed something about it.

68 reports31 addresses56 days reported onfrom the air, then96 documents carry the namethe 1184th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

21 Rata Street, 9 reports9A Rata Street, 5 reports5 Rata Street, 4 reports44 Rata Street, 4 reports33 Rata Street, 4 reports19 Rata Street, 4 reports35 Rata Street, 3 reports3 Rata Street, 3 reports25 Rata Street, 3 reports23 Rata Street, 3 reports5A Rata Street, 2 reports29A Rata Street, 2 reports27 Rata Street, 2 reports20 Rata Street, 2 reports11A Rata Street, 2 reports9 Rata Street, 1 report48 Rata Street, 1 report42 Rata Street, 1 report40-42 Rata Street, 1 report40 Rata Street, 1 report34 Rata Street, 1 report33A Rata Street, 1 report32 Rata Street, 1 report29 Rata Street, 1 report28 Rata Street, 1 report27A Rata Street, 1 report18A Rata Street, 1 report17 Rata Street, 1 report16 Rata Street, 1 report10 Rata Street, 1 report1 Rata Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 96 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Rata Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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

Water Leak, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photo more photographs
on the Riccarton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Rata Street?

In Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Rata Street?

68 reports at 31 addresses, most often water & drains (17), graffiti & vandalism (17), roads & footpaths (14).

When was Rata Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 56 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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