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Clark Street

32 reports at 19 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 31 separate days somebody filed something about it.

32 reports19 addresses31 days reported onfrom the air, then57 documents carry the namethe 1823rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

3 Clark Street, 8 reports20K Clark Street, 5 reports27 Clark Street, 2 reports24 Clark Street, 2 reports8 Clark Street, 1 report5 Clark Street, 1 report4 Clark Street, 1 report39 Clark Street, 1 report34 Clark Street, 1 report30 Clark Street, 1 report29 Clark Street, 1 report28 Clark Street, 1 report26 Clark Street, 1 report22 Clark Street, 1 report16A Clark Street, 1 report16 Clark Street, 1 report15 Clark Street, 1 report12 Clark Street, 1 report11 Clark Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Clark Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Clark Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Clark Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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. 57 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 Clark Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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

Abandoned Vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDamaged Road, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoFlooding, a report photoFlooding, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoDamaged Road, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoDamaged Road, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Sumner wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Clark Street?

In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Clark Street?

32 reports at 19 addresses, most often trees & parks (11), water & drains (8), roads & footpaths (8).

When was Clark Street first reported on?

2019, the record covers 31 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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