Drop
3 council reports at 2 addresses on Drop, Sumner, on record since October 2023.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Drop, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Sumner.
From the air, then
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 numbered spots
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 1 report
Year by year
- 2023, 1 report
- 2025, 1 report
2026 was still in progress when this page was drawn and is left off.
Documents that name it
Records on the shelf that name Drop, 508 in total; the 12 earliest:
- Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 23 October 1858) · Papers Past ·
…n instead of competition among workmen on the public works throughout the province better drop this bill and give plenty of assistance to the engineer let him have for instance two or three surveyors…
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 August 1859) · Papers Past ·
…raspberry trees 4000-strawberry plants 400 french crab apples 225 stone pippins 75 golden drop oo nonpareil 25 newtown 25 hollow crown 100 red currants 150 mixed trees terms cash si le at 12 sharp sat…
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 January 1860) · Papers Past ·
…paddocks of 2s3fand 6 acres j respectively adjoining springfield papanui road there is a drop of wheat upon the two last which will be given in if sold before the 31st december next apply to mr longd…
- The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 28 January 1860) · Papers Past ·
…28 10s per ton tea 10 10s to 11 10s per chest sugar mauritius 45 to 50 per ton ditto snow drop 9d per lb ditto loaf 8d per lb ditto company pieces none in the market brandy martell or hennessys 14s pe…
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 September 1860) · Papers Past ·
…ly spoken of at all events he should be heard and the government would not let the matter drop they would sift it to the bottom cheers the hon member then met the argument in favour of wiremu kingi s…
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Lyttelton Times, 01 December 1860) · Papers Past ·
…hon member for waimea on the other hand insisted that the wrongs of murihiku were a mere drop in the bucket compared to those of his pet marlborough and so on it would be found ad infinitum they were…
- Untitled (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 June 1861) · Papers Past ·
…how minute then must be its particles the mite makes five hundred steps in a second each drop of stagnant water contains a world of animated beings swimming with as much liberty as whales in the sea…
- CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION. (Lyttelton Times, 10 May 1862) · Papers Past ·
…ary for the general good but here it was not necessary and he would oppose it to the last drop of his blood a laugh he had known what taxation was at home it ground men down to starvation and it had d…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 14 November 1863) · Papers Past ·
…ns and experirnentsevjan as thorough practical men our firm have unauij rnously agreed to drop all finer experiments tryingto rival linen and silk for the present and stfpk to the preparation of a sta…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 July 1864) · Papers Past ·
…the exchange would so to speak occupy no time at all but there must be no mistake once to drop the whip would be fatal the match excites great interest in sporting circles of course betting upon it ha…
- THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam" DUNEDIN, MONDAY, MARCH 6. (Otago Daily Times, 06 March 1865) · Papers Past ·
…ion jin adjournment over the session of a ministerial debate is practically tantamount to dropping it still it would have beendnly decentof mr wood to remember that ostensibly his conduct was still su…
- PORT OF AUCKLAND. MISCELLANEOUS. (Daily Southern Cross, 07 November 1866) · Papers Past ·
…r wa9 towed from the railway pier sandridge yesterday eveuibg and will iv all probability drop down the bay to day outward-bound for london the suffolk takes over 130 passengers of all classes a full…
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The named ground
Named places within 350 m of a reported pin, the open map’s record.
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street, relayed, not verified.
- Prosecutors drop case over home 'rocket launcher' in Christchurch, The news · BBC,
- An elderly friend was scammed badly, and bought a non-functioning mobility scooter. We've since sourced a second hand working one, but want the old one gone. We don't have transport for it, and were…, r/chch · crying_in_my_latte,
- Central city campervan park plans dropped in favour of more car parking, The news · The Press,
- Anyone dropping out of this years event? I’m after an entry and it’s all sold out, r/chch · jasonrossnz,
- Hi everyone, Bit of a long shot, but I seem to have dropped my blue wallet somewhere around the Amyes Road / Springs Road area in Hornby today. Unfortunately, whoever found it has already used my…, r/chch · M-Leee,
As it was reported
Latest on record
- Trees - General at 28 Drop, 22 Feb 2026
- Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge at 28 Drop, 26 Sept 2025
- Fallen Tree at 7 Drop, 28 Oct 2023
Questions, answered briefly
In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.
3 reports at 2 addresses, most often trees & parks (2), graffiti & vandalism (1).
2023, the record covers 3 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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