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Hercules Street

65 reports at 21 addresses in Shirley, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 60 separate days somebody filed something about it.

65 reports21 addresses60 days reported onfrom the air, then4 documents carry the namethe 1118th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

33 Hercules Street, 12 reports31 Hercules Street, 7 reports12 Hercules Street, 6 reports40 Hercules Street, 5 reports34 Hercules Street, 5 reports41 Hercules Street, 4 reports32 Hercules Street, 4 reports29 Hercules Street, 4 reports23 Hercules Street, 4 reports8 Hercules Street, 2 reports7 Hercules Street, 2 reports9 Hercules Street, 1 report6E Hercules Street, 1 report5 Hercules Street, 1 report39 Hercules Street, 1 report38 Hercules Street, 1 report36 Hercules Street, 1 report35 Hercules Street, 1 report27 Hercules Street, 1 report24 Hercules Street, 1 report10 Hercules Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Hercules Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Hercules Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Hercules 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. 4 on the shelf; the 3 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Hercules Street in 4 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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

Abandoned Vehicle, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoSign Poles, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photo more photographs
on the Shirley wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Hercules Street?

In Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Hercules Street?

65 reports at 21 addresses, most often water & drains (23), roads & footpaths (19), graffiti & vandalism (16).

When was Hercules Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 60 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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