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Dryden Street

17 reports at 13 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 16 separate days somebody filed something about it.

17 reports13 addresses16 days reported onfrom the air, then39 documents carry the namethe 2657th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

25 Dryden Street, 3 reports42 Dryden Street, 2 reports36 Dryden Street, 2 reports63 Dryden Street, 1 report62 Dryden Street, 1 report59 Dryden Street, 1 report57 Dryden Street, 1 report56A Dryden Street, 1 report39 Dryden Street, 1 report2–4 Dryden Street, 1 report26 Dryden Street, 1 report24 Dryden Street, 1 report2 Dryden Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Dryden Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Dryden Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Dryden 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. 39 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The named ground

Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach beach · 333 m away Port Hills 11 Rrz Land shelter · 78 m away Port Hills 11 Rrz Land shelter · 108 m away Port Hills 11 Rrz Land shelter · 149 m away

As it was reported

Accessibility, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoSewer - Leak / Blockage, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Supply, a report photo more photographs
on the Sumner wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Dryden Street?

In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Dryden Street?

17 reports at 13 addresses, most often water & drains (10), vehicles & parking (3), roads & footpaths (3).

When was Dryden Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 16 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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