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Whitfield Street

38 reports at 16 addresses in Sumner, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 37 separate days somebody filed something about it.

38 reports16 addresses37 days reported onfrom the air, then1 document carry the namethe 1632nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

19 Whitfield Street, 12 reports7 Whitfield Street, 6 reports26 Whitfield Street, 4 reports52 Whitfield Street, 3 reports7A Whitfield Street, 2 reports8 Whitfield Street, 1 report48 Whitfield Street, 1 report47 Whitfield Street, 1 report44 Whitfield Street, 1 report36 Whitfield Street, 1 report34 Whitfield Street, 1 report32 Whitfield Street, 1 report3 Whitfield Street, 1 report22 Whitfield Street, 1 report17 Whitfield Street, 1 report14 Whitfield Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

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

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

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoWater Leak, a report photo more photographs
on the Sumner wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Whitfield Street?

In Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Whitfield Street?

38 reports at 16 addresses, most often water & drains (19), roads & footpaths (8), trees & parks (6).

When was Whitfield Street first reported on?

2019, the record covers 37 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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