Albany Street
15 reports at 12 addresses in Saint Albans, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 15 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 Albany Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Saint Albans.
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
- 21 Albany Street, 3 reports
- 47 Albany Street, 2 reports
- 7E Albany Street, 1 report
- 7 Albany Street, 1 report
- 34 Albany Street, 1 report
- 33B Albany Street, 1 report
- 32D Albany Street, 1 report
- 28 Albany Street, 1 report
- 25 Albany Street, 1 report
- 24 Albany Street, 1 report
- 17 Albany Street, 1 report
- 12 Albany Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 5 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 3 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
Year by year
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2021, 1 report
- 2023, 4 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 4 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 101 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 15 April 1871)
· Papers Past,
…nly to be detected in the atmosphere a very malicious deed was perpetrated in a garden in albany street on sunday night or monday morning some person broke down split and otherwise destroyed a number…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 04 December 1871)
· Papers Past,
…ay street servants wanted a woolwasher also a strong boy apply water of leith fellmongery albany street dunedin wanted a youth one accustomed to the boot and shoe trade preferred apply to john simon n…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 10 May 1872)
· Papers Past,
…lars applj to iqny jas reid mosgiel tenders required for tlie erection brick residence in albany stroet plans and specifications captain cook hotel rpenders for repairs to schooner coronet will be rec…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 20 December 1873)
· Papers Past,
…etion within a few yards of the pelichet bay railway station it has a frontage of 57ft to albany street and 41ft to harbour terrace the elevation being 25ft two storeys the ground-floor will include b…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 21 February 1874)
· Papers Past,
…pick their way through the mud perhaps the indefatigable councillor barnes in whoso ward albany street is will see that the ground for complaint is at once removed prom a private telegram we learn th…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 29 August 1874)
· Papers Past,
…and it was resolved to refuse the application mr john allen was appointed janitor of the albany street school the head-master mr montgomery wrote stating that 177 children at present attended and the…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1875)
· Papers Past,
…al skittle tournament in connection with the queen skittle club took place at white hotel albany street on the evenings of the 22nd 23rd and 24th ult there was a large muster of members and the differ…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 11 November 1876)
· Papers Past,
…a convention of the town and suburban lodges of the l00f was held at the oddfellows hall albany street on the 3rd gm sro braithwaite in the chair after a lengthened discussion it was resolved that th…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 23 December 1876)
· Papers Past,
…o 9 celebrated its anniversary by a social supper in the lodge room mr golder queen hotel albany street last tuesday n g bro wilson occupying the chair the branch is in a flourishing condition numeric…
- MR STOUT IN REPLY TO MR D. REID. (Otago Witness, 01 June 1878)
· Papers Past,
…o new appointment 7 mr john h cooke masttr of the bluff school to be second master of the albany street school vice mr kyle promoted 8 mr james a eix to be third master of the albany street school vic…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 18 July 1878)
· Papers Past,
…moray place duncdin id o r sale 3000 acres good land near taieri plains nearly 1 acre in albany street with good house 53 aires c oec to cattle yards green island two eood wheat-growing farms 30 mile…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 22 July 1878)
· Papers Past,
…gent manse street i3jy 1 o r sale 3000 acres good laud reartaieri plains nearly 1 acre in albany stieet with good house 53 aere3 close to cattle yards green island two good wheat-growing farms 30 mile…
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 open map’s record.
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
The latest on it
- Water Leak, 25 Albany Street,
- Park - General Request, 24 Albany St,
- Water Leak, 34 Albany St,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 32D Albany Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 21 Albany Street,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 28 Albany Street,
- Roads - General, 7E Albany Street,
- Hazard, vehicle, 12 Albany Street,
- Graffiti, 33B Albany Street,
- Graffiti, 47 Albany Street,
- Water Leak, 7 Albany Street,
- Graffiti, 47 Albany Street,
- Roading/Streets, 17 Albany Street,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 21 Albany St,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 21 Albany St,
Questions, answered briefly
In Saint Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand.
15 reports at 12 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (5), water & drains (3), graffiti & vandalism (3).
2019, the record covers 15 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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