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Colombo Street

31 reports at 13 addresses in Somerfield, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 28 separate days somebody filed something about it.

31 reports13 addresses28 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then5,416 documents carry the name1 businessesthe 1956th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

101 Colombo Street, 6 reports117 Colombo Street, 5 reports113 Colombo Street, 4 reports97 Colombo Street, 3 reports81 Colombo Street, 2 reports71 Colombo Street, 2 reports105 Colombo Street, 2 reports103 Colombo Street, 2 reports96A Colombo Street, 1 report79 Colombo Street, 1 report145 Colombo Street, 1 report143A Colombo Street, 1 report133R Colombo Street, 1 reportThe Malthouse and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Colombo Street, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Somerfield.

From the air, then

Colombo Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Colombo Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Colombo 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

On the register

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 5,416 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 1

Premises whose address in the directory is Colombo Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge, the open map’s record.

Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River stream · 40 m away

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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoStreet Cleaning, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoLitter, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoLitter, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoGraffiti somewhere else, a report photo more photographs
on the Somerfield wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Colombo Street?

In Somerfield, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Colombo Street?

31 reports at 13 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (12), roads & footpaths (10), water & drains (5).

When was Colombo Street first reported on?

2017, the record covers 28 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Colombo Street?

Brougham Street and Colombo Street, 53 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

What heritage places are on Colombo Street?

The Malthouse and Setting.

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