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Wharenui Road

8 reports at 2 addresses in Riccarton, the first in 2023, the latest 2026. 8 separate days somebody filed something about it.

8 reports2 addresses8 days reported onfrom the air, then9 documents carry the namethe 3580th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

33 Wharenui Road, 6 reports31 Wharenui Road, 2 reports

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

From the air, then

Wharenui Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wharenui Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wharenui Road 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.

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Wharenui Road in 12 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 people killed, 1 seriously hurt.

The corner the record returns to: Blenheim Road & Wharenui Road, 65 crashes pinned to the pairing, 3 killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Wharenui Road?

In Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Wharenui Road?

8 reports at 2 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (4), roads & footpaths (3), vehicles & parking (1).

When was Wharenui Road first reported on?

2023, the record covers 8 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Wharenui Road?

Blenheim Road and Wharenui Road, 65 police-reported crashes at the pairing, 3 of them fatal.

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