Fitzgerald Avenue
223 reports at 19 addresses in Richmond, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 169 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 Fitzgerald Avenue, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Richmond.
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
- 250 Fitzgerald Avenue, 38 reports
- 237 Fitzgerald Avenue, 34 reports
- 236 Fitzgerald Avenue, 32 reports
- 256 Fitzgerald Avenue, 24 reports
- 258 Fitzgerald Avenue, 21 reports
- 260 Fitzgerald Avenue, 14 reports
- 246 Fitzgerald Avenue, 13 reports
- 256E Fitzgerald Avenue, 11 reports
- 254 Fitzgerald Avenue, 8 reports
- 242 Fitzgerald Avenue, 8 reports
- 238 Fitzgerald Avenue, 4 reports
- 304 Fitzgerald Avenue, 3 reports
- 240 Fitzgerald Avenue, 3 reports
- 238-236 Fitzgerald Avenue, 3 reports
- 264 Fitzgerald Avenue, 2 reports
- 262 Fitzgerald Avenue, 2 reports
- 268 Fitzgerald Avenue, 1 report
- 252 Fitzgerald Avenue, 1 report
- 247 Fitzgerald Avenue, 1 report
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 156 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 20 reports
- Trees & parks, 17 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 15 reports
- Water & drains, 8 reports
- Everything else, 4 reports
- Animals & pests, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
Year by year
- 2015, 2 reports
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2017, 1 report
- 2018, 2 reports
- 2019, 21 reports
- 2020, 4 reports
- 2021, 12 reports
- 2022, 22 reports
- 2023, 53 reports
- 2024, 56 reports
- 2025, 27 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 259 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- Ward's Brewery
· Canterbury Stories,
Ward's Brewery buildings on the corner of the East Belt (later Fitzgerald Avenue) and Chester Street East. The Avon River can be seen on the left. William Travers photograp…
- Canterbury Rowing Club clubhouse
· Canterbury Stories,
…Club clubhouse on the Avon River at Oxford Terrace near the corner of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Avenue. 2013 Photo Hunt…
- Canterbury Rowing Club, the Heathcote River
· Canterbury Stories,
…ograph album. Top: Avon River looking towards the Canterbury Rowing Club on the Corner of Fitzgerald Avenue and Kilmore Street, and the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge. Handwritten annotation reads: “Footbri…
- Fitzgerald Avenue
· Kura Heritage Collections Online,
Showing Fitzgerald Avenue in the Christchurch Industrial Exhibition, 1900. Auckland Weekly News; Photographs / He Wha…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 July 1904)
· Papers Past,
…s from bqwker and son land agents 248 colombo stieet nice handy villa r a f city close to fitzgerald avenue jw-tou ttnd the union boatsheds lm ice high section of land about one chaan front weh-buiit…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 05 December 1904)
· Papers Past,
…nd young 32 cathedral square 9715 ajstted for oash good second-hand go-cart pram apply 65 fitzgerald avenue 9711 anted general servant for welling ton country girl preferred 1 good wage��73 hereford s…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 19 January 1905)
· Papers Past,
…and agents mustlellimmediajle owner leaving fcr dunedin jqaa st asap street close to covu fitzgerald avenue j-acre land 33 feet fromages lew square house 4 rooms bathroom scullery match-lined and pape…
- TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 14 June 1905)
· Papers Past,
…off the large number of invited guests of the tramway board to inspect the power-house on fitzgerald avenue that done we all seated ourselves in the trams which in their dainty cream and pale green aa…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 July 1905)
· Papers Past,
…tid7siiait boy apply butchet i jeweller 626 j anted to semtreliable bay mare j h cha-p 47 fitzgerald avenue 501 j wantedw t seli-3o steer boovtrunks just landed cheap little jim b1 j wanted errand boy…
- THE DISTRICT SCHEME. (Star, 11 August 1905)
· Papers Past,
…to shakespeare road along shakespeare road to falsgrave street along falsgrave street to fitzgerald avenue and the north avon road to fowke street along fowke street to avon road along avon road to t…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 September 1905)
· Papers Past,
…boarders 36 montreal street sydenham 34 wanted sold contents six-roomed house urgent 183 fitzgerald avenue 2nd house from chester street 3448 anted our umbrellas defy the wind and the weather lethaby…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 October 1905)
· Papers Past,
…hawker this officer w anted strong lad to drive builder dray and useful appily f saw 217 fitzgerald avenue 4676 wanted addington two wotrkim men boarders share room and every con venience homely star…
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The businesses on it, 1
Premises whose address in the directory is Fitzgerald Avenue, the commercial record alongside the civic one.
The named ground
Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; 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 Fitzgerald Avenue in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The corner the record returns to: Fitzgerald Avenue & Moorhouse Avenue, 84 crashes pinned to the pairing.
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.
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 09 September 1898) · Evening Post,
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 23 September 1898) · Evening Post,
- CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAYS. (Evening Post, 31 May 1905) · Evening Post,
- TO-MORROW'S POLL. (Star, 05 December 1905) · Star,
- TO-DAY'S ELECTIONS. (Star, 06 December 1905) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD. (Star, 14 May 1907) · Star,
- CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD. (Star, 06 June 1907) · Star,
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 November 1908) · Star,
- Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 29 May 1909) · Star,
- TO-DAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 18 May 1915) · Evening Post,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 May 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 June 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 July 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 July 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 July 1934) · Ellesmere Guardian,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 20 September 1941) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 16 January 1942) · Evening Post,
- AIR FORCE CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 02 December 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 June 1944) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 October 1944) · Evening Post,
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.
- Police confirm Fitzgerald Avenue house fire is suspicious · The news · Chris Lynch Media,
- Fire crews at large house blaze off Fitzgerald Avenue · The news · Chris Lynch Media,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 256 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 256E Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 264 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 264 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 237 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Bus Shelter Issue, 246 Fitzgerald Ave,
- Dumped Rubbish, 304 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Park - General Request, 250 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Facility - General Request, 237 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 237 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Water General, 238 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 237 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, 237 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 237 Fitzgerald Avenue,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 258 Fitzgerald Ave,
Questions, answered briefly
In Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand.
223 reports at 19 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (156), roads & footpaths (20), trees & parks (17).
2015, the record covers 169 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
Fitzgerald Avenue and Moorhouse Avenue, 84 police-reported crashes at the pairing.
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