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Medway Street

169 reports at 38 addresses in Richmond, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 156 separate days somebody filed something about it.

169 reports38 addresses156 days reported onfrom the air, then14 documents carry the namethe 423rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

79 Medway Street, 38 reports60 Medway Street, 13 reports64 Medway Street, 10 reports9 Medway Street, 8 reports6 Medway Street, 8 reports77 Medway Street, 7 reports65 Medway Street, 7 reports73 Medway Street, 6 reports66 Medway Street, 6 reports62 Medway Street, 6 reports42 Medway Street, 6 reports67 Medway Street, 4 reports58 Medway Street, 4 reports56 Medway Street, 4 reports69 Medway Street, 3 reports64E Medway Street, 3 reports23 Medway Street, 3 reports14A Medway Street, 3 reports10 Medway Street, 3 reports48 Medway Street, 2 reports45A Medway Street, 2 reports43 Medway Street, 2 reports39 Medway Street, 2 reports29 Medway Street, 2 reports24 Medway Street, 2 reports15 Medway Street, 2 reports12 Medway Street, 2 reports54 Medway Street, 1 report49 Medway Street, 1 report47 Medway Street, 1 report45 Medway Street, 1 report37 Medway Street, 1 report32 Medway Street, 1 report24A Medway Street, 1 report21 Medway Street, 1 report19 Medway Street, 1 report13 Medway Street, 1 report10A Medway Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Medway Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Medway Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Medway 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. 14 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

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.

Dudley Creek Bypass drain · 14 m away Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 35 m away Dudley Creek stream · 145 m away Avon Riverbank True Left ramp · 24 m away Avon Riverbank True Left boardwalk · 37 m away Avon Riverbank True Left ramp · 49 m away Avon Riverbank True Right footbridge · 60 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Medway Street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 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

Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Pollution - Sediment, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoPest / Vermin, a report photo more photographs
on the Richmond wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Medway Street?

In Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Medway Street?

169 reports at 38 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (62), graffiti & vandalism (47), trees & parks (22).

When was Medway Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 156 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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