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Head Street

54 reports at 25 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 49 separate days somebody filed something about it.

54 reports25 addresses49 days reported onfrom the air, then104 documents carry the namethe 1321st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

6 Head Street, 8 reports13 Head Street, 7 reports47 Head Street, 5 reports21 Head Street, 4 reports12 Head Street, 4 reports46 Head Street, 3 reports4 Head Street, 3 reports41 Head Street, 2 reports10 Head Street, 2 reports8 Head Street, 1 report53 Head Street, 1 report51 Head Street, 1 report45 Head Street, 1 report37 Head Street, 1 report35 Head Street, 1 report33 Head Street, 1 report32 Head Street, 1 report27 Head Street, 1 report23 Head Street, 1 report2 Head Street, 1 report19 Head Street, 1 report17-29 Head Street, 1 report16 Head Street, 1 report11 Head Street, 1 report1 Head Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Head Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Head Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Head 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. 104 on the shelf; the 4 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 · 59 m away Sumner Boating & Fishing Club Jetty jetty · 330 m away Scarborough Beach Developed set of steps · 29 m away Scarborough Beach Developed set of steps · 41 m away Marriner St And Flowers Track ramp · 61 m away Scarborough Park set of steps · 83 m away Heritage Trail set of steps · 124 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Head Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.

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

Pavement - Damaged, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Pollution - Sediment, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photo more photographs
on the Sumner wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Head Street?

In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Head Street?

54 reports at 25 addresses, most often water & drains (23), roads & footpaths (11), trees & parks (5).

When was Head Street first reported on?

2017, the record covers 49 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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