Carey Street
14 reports at 6 addresses in Somerfield, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 12 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 Carey Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Somerfield.
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
- 17 Carey Street, 6 reports
- 8 Carey Street, 4 reports
- 39–99 Carey Street, 1 report
- 38 Carey Street, 1 report
- 1–31 Carey Street, 1 report
- 15 Carey Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 7 reports
- Everything else, 3 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 1 report
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
Year by year
- 2022, 10 reports
- 2025, 2 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 7 on the shelf; the 4 earliest:
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 09 January 1875)
· Papers Past,
…or two years john moormick stealing a cash-box from watson restaurant two jears cornelius carey stealing a watch nine months john fraser forgery two years john levi gold berg stealing nuggets eighteen…
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 30 November 1897)
· Papers Past,
…at 840 am and the retxu-n mail received from christchurch at 1235 pm the letter-box next carey store on the main north eoad will be cleared at 745 am and 110 pm in time for the christchurch mails the…
- N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 December 1941)
· Papers Past,
…n john bruce gnr mr a paterson box 124 te kuiti f paul daniel william gnr mrs p m paul 29 carey street maeroa hamilton pawson george thomas gnr mr e paw son 23 norris street tauranga f podevin max sib…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 21 February 1942)
· Papers Past,
…grey leonard marshall gnr mr m grey helensville f paul daniel william gnr mrs p m paul 29 carey street maeroa hamilton w wiley norman pte mrs g wiley care post office carterton m prisoners of war prev…
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As it was reported
The latest on it
- Abandoned Vehicle, 8 Carey Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 39–99 Carey St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 1–31 Carey St,
- Litter, 38 Carey Street,
- Vandalism - General, 17 Carey Street,
- Vandalism - General, 17 Carey Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 17 Carey Street,
- Facility - General Request, 17 Carey Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 17 Carey Street,
- Facility - General Request, 15 Carey Street,
- General Request, 8 Carey Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 8 Carey Street,
- Accessibility, 8 Carey Street,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 17 Carey Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Somerfield, Christchurch, New Zealand.
14 reports at 6 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (7), everything else (3), graffiti & vandalism (2).
2022, the record covers 12 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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