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Dunn Street

100 reports at 40 addresses in Somerfield, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 85 separate days somebody filed something about it.

100 reports40 addresses85 days reported onfrom the air, then11 documents carry the namethe 826th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

16 Dunn Street, 10 reports37 Dunn Street, 7 reports31 Dunn Street, 6 reports24 Dunn Street, 5 reports15 Dunn Street, 4 reports12 Dunn Street, 4 reports10 Dunn Street, 4 reports48 Dunn Street, 3 reports45 Dunn Street, 3 reports42 Dunn Street, 3 reports41 Dunn Street, 3 reports34 Dunn Street, 3 reports27 Dunn Street, 3 reports23 Dunn Street, 3 reports11A Dunn Street, 3 reports8 Dunn Street, 2 reports51 Dunn Street, 2 reports46A Dunn Street, 2 reports44 Dunn Street, 2 reports4 Dunn Street, 2 reports39 Dunn Street, 2 reports38 Dunn Street, 2 reports36–48 Dunn Street, 2 reports30 Dunn Street, 2 reports29 Dunn Street, 2 reports17 Dunn Street, 2 reports57 Dunn Street, 1 report55 Dunn Street, 1 report5 Dunn Street, 1 report40 Dunn Street, 1 report39–57 Dunn Street, 1 report31A Dunn Street, 1 report26 Dunn Street, 1 report25 Dunn Street, 1 report24A Dunn Street, 1 report22 Dunn Street, 1 report19 Dunn Street, 1 report18 Dunn Street, 1 report13 Dunn Street, 1 report11 Dunn Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Dunn Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Dunn Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Dunn 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. 11 on the shelf; the 8 earliest:

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

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

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photo more photographs
on the Somerfield wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Dunn Street?

In Somerfield, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Dunn Street?

100 reports at 40 addresses, most often water & drains (57), rubbish & dumping (18), roads & footpaths (13).

When was Dunn Street first reported on?

2018, the record covers 85 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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