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Smugglers Cove

21 reports at 8 addresses in Scarborough, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 20 separate days somebody filed something about it.

21 reports8 addresses20 days reported onfrom the air, then2 documents carry the namethe 2361st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

26 Smugglers Cove, 6 reports24 Smugglers Cove, 4 reports1 Smugglers Cove, 3 reports5 Smugglers Cove, 2 reports20 Smugglers Cove, 2 reports16 Smugglers Cove, 2 reports9 Smugglers Cove, 1 report1A Smugglers Cove, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Smugglers Cove from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Smugglers Cove from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Smugglers Cove from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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 named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Smugglers Cove?

In Scarborough, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Smugglers Cove?

21 reports at 8 addresses, most often water & drains (8), trees & parks (5), roads & footpaths (3).

When was Smugglers Cove first reported on?

2019, the record covers 20 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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