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Simeon Street

86 reports at 8 addresses in Somerfield, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 82 separate days somebody filed something about it.

86 reports8 addresses82 days reported onfrom the air, then63 documents carry the namethe 856th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

1 Simeon Street, 71 reports8 Simeon Street, 5 reports3 Simeon Street, 3 reports6 Simeon Street, 2 reports3-5 Simeon Street, 2 reports7 Simeon Street, 1 report6A Simeon Street, 1 report5 Simeon Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Simeon Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Simeon Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Simeon 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. 63 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Sydenham Cemetery ramp · 59 m away Sydenham Cemetery ramp · 61 m away Sydenham Cemetery shelter · 61 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Simeon Street in 11 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Water Leak, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Somerfield wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Simeon Street?

In Somerfield, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Simeon Street?

86 reports at 8 addresses, most often trees & parks (32), water & drains (16), graffiti & vandalism (15).

When was Simeon Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 82 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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