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Hawdon Street

162 reports at 51 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 90 separate days somebody filed something about it.

162 reports51 addresses90 days reported onfrom the air, then91 documents carry the name3 businessesthe 780th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

53 Hawdon Street, 16 reports55 Hawdon Street, 12 reports35 Hawdon Street, 12 reports50 Hawdon Street, 10 reports57 Hawdon Street, 8 reports32 Hawdon Street, 8 reports8 Hawdon Street, 5 reports56 Hawdon Street, 5 reports49 Hawdon Street, 5 reports86 Hawdon Street, 4 reports84 Hawdon Street, 4 reports74 Hawdon Street, 4 reports71 Hawdon Street, 4 reports3 Hawdon Street, 4 reports87 Hawdon Street, 3 reports79 Hawdon Street, 3 reports78 Hawdon Street, 3 reports75 Hawdon Street, 3 reports6 Hawdon Street, 3 reports54 Hawdon Street, 3 reports14 Hawdon Street, 3 reports89 Hawdon Street, 2 reports85 Hawdon Street, 2 reports66 Hawdon Street, 2 reports47 Hawdon Street, 2 reports39 Hawdon Street, 2 reports38 Hawdon Street, 2 reports24 Hawdon Street, 2 reports19 Hawdon Street, 2 reports16 Hawdon Street, 2 reports12/3 Hawdon Street, 2 reports93 Hawdon Street, 1 report83 Hawdon Street, 1 report81 Hawdon Street, 1 report80 Hawdon Street, 1 report77 Hawdon Street, 1 report76C Hawdon Street, 1 report72 Hawdon Street, 1 report6–8 Hawdon Street, 1 report67 Hawdon Street, 1 report58 Hawdon Street, 1 report45 Hawdon Street, 1 report38B Hawdon Street, 1 report37 Hawdon Street, 1 report29 Hawdon Street, 1 report26–42 Hawdon Street, 1 report26 Hawdon Street, 1 report25 Hawdon Street, 1 report21 Hawdon Street, 1 report17–25 Hawdon Street, 1 report10 Hawdon Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Hawdon Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Hawdon Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Hawdon Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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. 91 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 3

Premises whose address in the directory is Hawdon Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Sydenham Community Centre set of steps · 70 m away Sydenham Community Centre set of steps · 72 m away Sydenham Community Centre ramp · 78 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Hawdon Street in 6 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

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

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoWater General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Hawdon Street?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Hawdon Street?

162 reports at 51 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (99), roads & footpaths (22), water & drains (14).

When was Hawdon Street first reported on?

2017, the record covers 90 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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