Emmett Street

310 reports at 123 addresses in Shirley, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 234 separate days somebody filed something about it.

310 reports 123 addresses234 days reported onfrom the air, then 18 documents carry the namethe 250th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

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

From the air, then

Emmett Street from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Emmett Street from the air, 1960-1964 — **1960-1964** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Emmett Street from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Emmett 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

82 Emmett Street, 14 reports
2 Emmett Street, 9 reports
132 Emmett Street, 9 reports
117 Emmett Street, 9 reports
97 Emmett Street, 7 reports
58 Emmett Street, 7 reports
24 Emmett Street, 7 reports
108 Emmett Street, 7 reports
73 Emmett Street, 6 reports
158 Emmett Street, 6 reports
70 Emmett Street, 5 reports
48 Emmett Street, 5 reports
47 Emmett Street, 5 reports
26 Emmett Street, 5 reports
15 Emmett Street, 5 reports
137 Emmett Street, 5 reports
101 Emmett Street, 5 reports
96 Emmett Street, 4 reports
92 Emmett Street, 4 reports
6 Emmett Street, 4 reports
54 Emmett Street, 4 reports
153 Emmett Street, 4 reports
151 Emmett Street, 4 reports
119 Emmett Street, 4 reports
100 Emmett Street, 4 reports
81 Emmett Street, 3 reports
79 Emmett Street, 3 reports
77 Emmett Street, 3 reports
76 Emmett Street, 3 reports
66 Emmett Street, 3 reports
60 Emmett Street, 3 reports
51 Emmett Street, 3 reports
45 Emmett Street, 3 reports
19 Emmett Street, 3 reports
17 Emmett Street, 3 reports
144 Emmett Street, 3 reports
139 Emmett Street, 3 reports
131 Emmett Street, 3 reports
125 Emmett Street, 3 reports
121 Emmett Street, 3 reports
11 Emmett Street, 3 reports
106 Emmett Street, 3 reports
98 Emmett Street, 2 reports
94 Emmett Street, 2 reports
93 Emmett Street, 2 reports
88 Emmett Street, 2 reports
85 Emmett Street, 2 reports
84 Emmett Street, 2 reports
8 Emmett Street, 2 reports
65 Emmett Street, 2 reports
64 Emmett Street, 2 reports
5 Emmett Street, 2 reports
46 Emmett Street, 2 reports
44 Emmett Street, 2 reports
37 Emmett Street, 2 reports
35 Emmett Street, 2 reports
34A Emmett Street, 2 reports
32 Emmett Street, 2 reports
30 Emmett Street, 2 reports
29 Emmett Street, 2 reports

and the other 63 the record names

22 Emmett Street, 2 reports
20 Emmett Street, 2 reports
18 Emmett Street, 2 reports
160 Emmett Street, 2 reports
148 Emmett Street, 2 reports
140 Emmett Street, 2 reports
135 Emmett Street, 2 reports
134 Emmett Street, 2 reports
133 Emmett Street, 2 reports
130 Emmett Street, 2 reports
118 Emmett Street, 2 reports
114 Emmett Street, 2 reports
95C Emmett Street, 1 report
95 Emmett Street, 1 report
91E Emmett Street, 1 report
91 Emmett Street, 1 report
90 Emmett Street, 1 report
89 Emmett Street, 1 report
87 Emmett Street, 1 report
86 Emmett Street, 1 report
77-103 Emmett Street, 1 report
75 Emmett Street, 1 report
7 Emmett Street, 1 report
68 Emmett Street, 1 report
63 Emmett Street, 1 report
62 Emmett Street, 1 report
61 Emmett Street, 1 report
56 Emmett Street, 1 report
55 Emmett Street, 1 report
50 Emmett Street, 1 report
49 Emmett Street, 1 report
43 Emmett Street, 1 report
42 Emmett Street, 1 report
41 Emmett Street, 1 report
40 Emmett Street, 1 report
38 Emmett Street, 1 report
34 Emmett Street, 1 report
28 Emmett Street, 1 report
23 Emmett Street, 1 report
21 Emmett Street, 1 report
2/34 Emmett Street, 1 report
172 Emmett Street, 1 report
171-173 Emmett Street, 1 report
167 Emmett Street, 1 report
16 Emmett Street, 1 report
155 Emmett Street, 1 report
154 Emmett Street, 1 report
152 Emmett Street, 1 report
150 Emmett Street, 1 report
149 Emmett Street, 1 report
146 Emmett Street, 1 report
142 Emmett Street, 1 report
141 Emmett Street, 1 report
136 Emmett Street, 1 report
13 Emmett Street, 1 report
127 Emmett Street, 1 report
124 Emmett Street, 1 report
116 Emmett Street, 1 report
115 Emmett Street, 1 report
110 Emmett Street, 1 report
104 Emmett Street, 1 report
103 Emmett Street, 1 report
102 Emmett Street, 1 report

What got reported

Graffiti & vandalism, 92 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 77 reports
Water & drains, 63 reports
Trees & parks, 39 reports
Roads & footpaths, 16 reports
Everything else, 10 reports
Animals & pests, 8 reports
Vehicles & parking, 5 reports

Year by year

2016, 5 reports
2017, 2 reports
2018, 10 reports
2019, 27 reports
2020, 16 reports
2021, 23 reports
2022, 45 reports
2023, 56 reports
2024, 52 reports
2025, 49 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 18 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 09 February 1876) · Papers Past, 9 Feb 1876
…o sell-bj pub lic auction at ms residence tory street on monday 14th february opposite mr emmett store household furniture and effects including a handsome pianoforte tuesday 15th february mr r j dunc…
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 21-7-1916) · Papers Past, 21 Jul 1916
…rs 11. B. Curtis, Inglewood, mothei). (Juh 6J Privato JOSEPH CAMPBELL (Mrs L. Campboll, 9 Emmett street, Wellington, mother). Pin ate ARTHUR ROBT. KING (Mr R. M King, G.bson'h quav, Hokitika). (July 7…
ART UNION DRAW (Evening Post, 20 December 1935) · Papers Past, 20 Dec 1935
…ng miss e anderson palmerston north 56599 cooper palmerston north 83385 change of luck 20 emmett street wellington butt 141744 my-turn mrs north 215 lambton quay 55329 kopone palmerston north 82187 te…
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 June 1941) · Papers Past, 26 Jun 1941
…terson stonear ashley new milton hants england w matthews leslie roy pte mrs b matthews 5 emmett street herne bay auckland m may herbert kelly pte mrs e m may 40 calgary street auckland m mitchell jam…
SECOND N.Z.E.F. (Evening Post, 29 October 1941) · Papers Past, 29 Oct 1941
…p pte mr g mannering 139 huxley street sydennam f matthews leslie r pte mrs b matthews 5 emmett street herne bay auckland m mellars william r pte mr w c mellars coronation road morrinsville f melvill…
INTERNEES SAFE (Evening Post, 06 October 1945) · Papers Past, 6 Oct 1945
…s k h batrd 8 york terrace skittleton glasgow scotland w blunsdon f h mrs j m blunsdon 27 emmett street auckland w bowrey h mrs e bowrey 33 cravln road london w2 w mrs b bowrey mangere bridge auckland…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 29 Mar 2001
…Soloman, Sheri-Ann Vanessa, mother, formerly of 189A England Street, Avonside, now of 22 Emmett Street, Christchurch.12 March 2001Honour, Michael John, timber worker, formerly of17 Hamoria Place, Rot…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 28 Aug 2003
…cKillop Street, Porirua, Wellington, at 5.00 p.m.Busson, Raquel Anna, beneficiary, of 101 Emmett Street, Christchurch, at 10.50 a.m.Christensen, Eric Shane, apprentice panelbeater, of36A Paihia Road,…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 29 Jan 2004
…d, Sandra Jean, mother, at 10.00 a.m.22 January 2004Brunt, Sarah Lee, beneficiary, of 149 Emmett Street, Shirley, Christchurch, at 12.00 midday.Collis, Eileen Mary, cashier, of 85A Hatea Drive, Whanga…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 2 Sept 2004
…f 13 Tiki Street, New Lynn, Auckland, at 1.15 p.m.Pope, Roger Mervyn, beneficiary, of 170 Emmett Street, Shirley, Christchurch, at 10.55 a.m.Temple, Lisa Kathleen, mother, of 1 Nursery Road, Masterton…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 2 Nov 2006
…ary, of 14 Sargeson Place, Cambridge, at 12.15 p.m.Kire, Tahau Akuhata, caregiver, of 144 Emmett Street, Shirley, Christchurch, at 4.15 p.m.Milne-Maresca, Murray David (also known as Milne, Murray Dav…
In Bankruptcy · New Zealand Gazette, 1 Nov 2007
…tober 2007Carlson, Robert Richard, process worker, and Carlson, Susan Mary, domestic, 123 Emmett Street, Shirley, Christchurch, at 4.25pm.Coombes, Dylan Zak, labourer, 100Q Tawa Street, Melville, Hami…

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.

Shirley Stream stream · 14 m away Macfarlane Park ramp · 73 m away Macfarlane Park ramp · 111 m away Macfarlane Park viewing platform · 117 m away Macfarlane Park ramp · 121 m away Macfarlane Park set of steps · 127 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Emmett Street in 28 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 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.