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Rattray Street

186 reports at 38 addresses in Riccarton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 146 separate days somebody filed something about it.

186 reports38 addresses146 days reported onfrom the air, then157 documents carry the namethe 452nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

83 Rattray Street, 24 reports85 Rattray Street, 21 reports81 Rattray Street, 16 reports87 Rattray Street, 9 reports88B Rattray Street, 8 reports82 Rattray Street, 8 reports77 Rattray Street, 8 reports88 Rattray Street, 7 reports79 Rattray Street, 7 reports80 Rattray Street, 6 reports84 Rattray Street, 5 reports81A Rattray Street, 5 reports75 Rattray Street, 5 reports108 Rattray Street, 5 reports99 Rattray Street, 4 reports97 Rattray Street, 4 reports94 Rattray Street, 4 reports101 Rattray Street, 4 reports100B Rattray Street, 4 reports98 Rattray Street, 3 reports75A Rattray Street, 3 reports103 Rattray Street, 3 reports97B Rattray Street, 2 reports95 Rattray Street, 2 reports110A Rattray Street, 2 reports107 Rattray Street, 2 reports104 Rattray Street, 2 reports102 Rattray Street, 2 reports101A Rattray Street, 2 reports98A Rattray Street, 1 report96 Rattray Street, 1 report93 Rattray Street, 1 report86 Rattray Street, 1 report114 Rattray Street, 1 report112 Rattray Street, 1 report108A Rattray Street, 1 report106 Rattray Street, 1 report105 Rattray Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Rattray Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Rattray Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Rattray 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. 157 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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.

Paeroa Reserve footbridge · 25 m away Paeroa Reserve set of steps · 38 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Rattray Street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoLitter, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoTrees - 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 Rattray Street?

In Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Rattray Street?

186 reports at 38 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (98), roads & footpaths (49), trees & parks (15).

When was Rattray Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 146 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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