Nairn Street
31 reports at 21 addresses in Spreydon, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 30 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 Nairn Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Spreydon.
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
- 20 Nairn Street, 6 reports
- 33 Nairn Street, 3 reports
- 7 Nairn Street, 2 reports
- 23 Nairn Street, 2 reports
- 14 Nairn Street, 2 reports
- 9A Nairn Street, 1 report
- 8 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 6 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 5 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 34 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 32 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 3 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 29 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 28 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 27A Nairn Street, 1 report
- 24 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 22A Nairn Street, 1 report
- 17A Nairn Street, 1 report
- 16 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 12 Nairn Street, 1 report
- 10 Nairn Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Water & drains, 13 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 5 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 3 reports
- Everything else, 2 reports
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2018, 3 reports
- 2019, 1 report
- 2020, 1 report
- 2021, 3 reports
- 2023, 9 reports
- 2024, 2 reports
- 2025, 6 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 40 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 21-8-1915)
· Papers Past,
…tone, father). 10/1462—Private THOMAS JOSEPH DAVIS, head and loft leg (Mr T. J. Davis, 86 Nairn street, Wellington, father). 10/401—Private STACE MALCOLM HALL, head (Mr J. H. Hall, Rangiotu, Palmersto…
- THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 14-6-1916)
· Papers Past,
…WAY (Mr A, Allaway, Raetihi, father). Private FREDERICK LAWRENCE NORRIS (Mrs E Norris, 43 Nairn street, Wellington, mother). (June 4.) Rifleman ALFRED JOHN OKEY (Mrs Edith Okey, care Government Insura…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 13 September 1919)
· Papers Past,
…edition state express 333 competition list of prize winners ist prize 50 miss d connor 11 nairn street wellington 2nd prize 30 miss eileen luxton 50 adelaide street petone 3rd prize 2o miss hilda warn…
- WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 24 July 1925)
· Papers Past,
…ghter of mr suirl mrs w baktii of iaremata to ai hoi third son of mr mini mrs j w wood of nairn stre tho bride wore a handsome costume of mole coloured gabardine elaborately embroidered witli braid an…
- TO-MORROW'S GAMES (Evening Post, 09 August 1929)
· Papers Past,
…l collegoa v wtjtfl association park-mr s pryor technical college b v technical colleßo c nairn street mr m oconnell secondary schools junior division 2 pm wymi v technical college a association park…
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 24 September 1934)
· Papers Past,
…who recently returned to new zealand from peru are at present the guests of mrs c gordon nairn street wellington mrs c bivers carlyon formerly of christchurch arrived in wellington yesterday and will…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 23 February 1935)
· Papers Past,
…gage money available hew construction liberal advance longest term lowest rate j oshea 46 nairn street woodleys 16 kings chambers ppposite stewart dawsonsloans on government salaries furniture wages d…
- THIS FOR YOU" (Evening Post, 20 April 1937)
· Papers Past,
…blenheim 97225 passing palmerston north butt 115680 hitler wellington 103049 new house 31 nairn street wellington 129341 russian 140 kelburn parade wellington 96063 hh wellington 17782 our lucky day b…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 27 August 1937)
· Papers Past,
…oxburgh street chjrnished single room also unfur nished room fireplace business ladies 82 nairn street balcony bed-sitting-room kitchenette bathroom own entrance tel 26-195 attractive flat to let comp…
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 17 December 1938)
· Papers Past,
…kilbirnie purnished cottage main beach plim inerton from january 7to february 4 apply 21 nairn st or tel 55-426 fjo let furnished 4-rd house dec 22jan 3 vz mm waterfront reasonable to careful tenant…
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 13 December 1939)
· Papers Past,
…ayman blenheim are visiting wellington for the exhibition and are the guests of mrs evans nairn street miss eva butts who has been visiting wanganui as the guest of mrs f d carey returned to wellingto…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 29 July 1940)
· Papers Past,
…cy newtown ouble bedroom with twin beds breakfast and laundry central reasonable apply 31 nairn street city entleman wants board homely family vicinity ajax factory lower hutt write broadway bookshop…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Nairn Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
- EDUCATIONAL MEETING. (Star, 20 January 1872) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 December 1873) · Star,
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 January 1874) · Star,
- THE DRAINAGE QUESTION. (Star, 23 March 1877) · Star,
- LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 11 November 1899) · Wanganui Chronicle,
- COLONIAL REINFORCEMENTS. (Star, 06 February 1902) · Star,
- THE TWIGGER ESTATE. (Star, 21 July 1909) · Star,
- RETURNING HOME (Evening Post, 19 October 1915) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 August 1916) · Evening Post,
- NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 20 October 1917) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 October 1917) · Evening Post,
- ART UNION DRAWN (Evening Post, 13 May 1933) · Evening Post,
- PUBLIC NOTICES. (Evening Post, 22 May 1941) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 January 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 January 1944) · Evening Post,
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 08 April 1944) · Evening Post,
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Sediment - Construction, 10 Nairn St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 3 Nairn Street,
- Water Leak, 5 Nairn Street,
- Sewer General, 22A Nairn Street,
- Pavement - Damaged, 8 Nairn Street,
- General Request, 20 Nairn St,
- Water General, 14 Nairn St,
- Damaged Street Sign, 23 Nairn Street,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 33 Nairn Street,
- Water Leak, 20 Nairn St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 20 Nairn Street,
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 17A Nairn Street,
- Graffiti somewhere else, 29 Nairn Street,
- Water Leak, 27A Nairn Street,
- Water Leak, 20 Nairn Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand.
31 reports at 21 addresses, most often water & drains (13), rubbish & dumping (6), graffiti & vandalism (5).
2018, the record covers 30 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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