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Howard Street

36 reports at 19 addresses in Spreydon, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 30 separate days somebody filed something about it.

36 reports19 addresses30 days reported onfrom the air, then30 documents carry the namethe 1873rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

14 Howard Street, 6 reports25 Howard Street, 4 reports45 Howard Street, 3 reports2 Howard Street, 3 reports46 Howard Street, 2 reports43A Howard Street, 2 reports21E Howard Street, 2 reports20 Howard Street, 2 reports18 Howard Street, 2 reports9 Howard Street, 1 report47 Howard Street, 1 report44 Howard Street, 1 report43 Howard Street, 1 report32 Howard Street, 1 report3 Howard Street, 1 report19 Howard Street, 1 report15 Howard Street, 1 report11 Howard Street, 1 report1 Howard Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Howard Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Howard Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Howard 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. 30 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 Howard Street in 5 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 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

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photo more photographs
on the Spreydon wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Howard Street?

In Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Howard Street?

36 reports at 19 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (17), water & drains (7), trees & parks (6).

When was Howard Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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