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Taylors Mistake Bay

15 reports at 9 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 13 separate days somebody filed something about it.

15 reports9 addresses13 days reported onfrom the air, then3 documents carry the namethe 2944th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

47 Taylors Mistake Bay, 4 reports28 Taylors Mistake Bay, 4 reports7 Taylors Mistake Bay, 1 report58 Taylors Mistake Bay, 1 report46 Taylors Mistake Bay, 1 report45 Taylors Mistake Bay, 1 report40 Taylors Mistake Bay, 1 report10A Taylors Mistake Bay, 1 report10 Taylors Mistake Bay, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Taylors Mistake Bay from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Taylors Mistake Bay from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Taylors Mistake Bay 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.

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.

Heard on the wire

Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.

As it was reported

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Taylors Mistake Bay?

In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Taylors Mistake Bay?

15 reports at 9 addresses, most often trees & parks (8), rubbish & dumping (2), everything else (2).

When was Taylors Mistake Bay first reported on?

2018, the record covers 13 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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