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Colenso Street

39 reports at 27 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 37 separate days somebody filed something about it.

39 reports27 addresses37 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then22 documents carry the namethe 1628th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

58 Colenso Street, 5 reports65 Colenso Street, 3 reports28 Colenso Street, 3 reports50 Colenso Street, 2 reports21 Colenso Street, 2 reports15 Colenso Street, 2 reports10–12 Colenso Street, 2 reports6F Colenso Street, 1 report64 Colenso Street, 1 report63A Colenso Street, 1 report59 Colenso Street, 1 report52 Colenso Street, 1 report51A Colenso Street, 1 report45 Colenso Street, 1 report43 Colenso Street, 1 report41 Colenso Street, 1 report39A Colenso Street, 1 report37 Colenso Street, 1 report35 Colenso Street, 1 report34 Colenso Street, 1 report32 Colenso Street, 1 report26 Colenso Street, 1 report20 Colenso Street, 1 report2-4 Colenso Street, 1 report2 Colenso Street, 1 report12 Colenso Street, 1 report10 Colenso Street, 1 reportDwelling and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Colenso Street, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Sumner.

From the air, then

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

On the register

On foot, The sea front walks this street.

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 22 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

Schools on it

The Ministry’s directory gives the street as a school’s address, the rating describes the community each draws from, not how well it teaches.

The named ground

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

Port Hills 11 Rrz Land shelter · 90 m away Heritage Trail set of steps · 148 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Colenso Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 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

Hazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoFlooding, a report photo more photographs
on the Sumner wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Colenso Street?

In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Colenso Street?

39 reports at 27 addresses, most often water & drains (21), roads & footpaths (7), graffiti & vandalism (4).

When was Colenso Street first reported on?

2017, the record covers 37 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Colenso Street?

Dwelling and Setting.

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