Moorhouse Avenue

590 reports at 114 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 372 separate days somebody filed something about it.

590 reports 114 addresses372 days reported onfrom the air, then 250 documents carry the name 21 businessesthe 96th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

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

From the air, then

Moorhouse Avenue from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Moorhouse Avenue from the air, 1960-1964 — **1960-1964** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Moorhouse Avenue from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Moorhouse Avenue 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

and the other 54 the record names

What got reported

Graffiti & vandalism, 398 reports
Roads & footpaths, 100 reports
Water & drains, 27 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 23 reports
Vehicles & parking, 18 reports
Trees & parks, 14 reports
Everything else, 10 reports

Year by year

2015, 4 reports
2016, 6 reports
2017, 10 reports
2018, 9 reports
2019, 15 reports
2020, 33 reports
2021, 31 reports
2022, 92 reports
2023, 65 reports
2024, 160 reports
2025, 92 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 250 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The building of the oven at Aulsebrooks Factory · Canterbury Stories, 1 Jan 1860
The building of the oven at Aulsebrooks Factory, corner of Montreal Street and Moorhouse Avenue. My Great Grandfather (a Master Bricklayer) is in the photo. 2022 Photo Hunt…
Storm in Christchurch. (Ashburton Guardian, 23 September 1904) · Papers Past, 23 Sept 1904
…lway station on the westside of manchester street the water had overflowed the channel in moorhouse avenue in a stream about twenty feet wide and one hundred feet long and veritable waves were raised…
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Star, 07 October 1904) · Papers Past, 7 Oct 1904
…e west coast of the middle island of new zealand the electrical tramway excavations along moorhouse avenue are now nearing tte christchurch railway station the fishing notice posted in tbe tourist off…
CHRISTCHURCH ELECTRIC TRAMS: WORKMEN ENGAGED ON CONSTRUCTION WORKMEN ENGAGED ON CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN MOORHOUSE AVENUE · Kura Heritage Collections Online, 27 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 January 1905) · Papers Past, 25 Jan 1905
…istchurch k lbo4 tnor sale 50 acres fruit-growing land jp north island apply j talbot 150 moorhouse avenue l ttpholstering in all ita branches old r u suites re-covered the frames made sound macarthy…
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 11 February 1905) · Papers Past, 11 Feb 1905
…it girl eng j lish make fm this office 2-10 t7kr sale purebred retriever pups apply j 841 moorhouse avenue 2898 t7kr sale adjoining fish ponds opaw jd acre long river frontage oil high ter race only 3…
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 June 1905) · Papers Past, 24 Jun 1905
…olombo street square hcuse 4 rooms scullery washhouse copper iron roof ik7k city close to moorhouse avenue cfej i o section 86 x 150 ft new modern square villa s rooms bathroom hot and cold water serv…
THE DISTRICT SCHEME. (Star, 11 August 1905) · Papers Past, 11 Aug 1905
…shakespeare road along shakespeare road to fals j grave street along falsgrave street to moorhouse avenue along moorhouse avenue to selwyn street thence southerly along selwyn street to selwyn road a…
SCHOOL COMMITTEES (Star, 15 August 1905) · Papers Past, 15 Aug 1905
…127 total 278 the averago attendance being 218 mr j clarke was appointed caretaker of the moorhouse avenue side school a deputation waited on the committee with the object of urging the necessity for…
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 October 1905) · Papers Past, 4 Oct 1905
…enham 4021 wanted let well-furnished bedroom bath buit two young men store colombo streot-moorhouse avenue 4016 wanted immediately few good town cooks 20s housemaid 16s private country lady help count…
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 December 1905) · Papers Past, 2 Dec 1905
…mier dining rooms 65 colombo street l 7m wanted workmen boarders terms moderate apply 116 moorhouse avenue 7s anted two adults join party holi day trip west coast apply suva times 6991 anted to purcha…
TO-MORROW'S POLL. (Star, 05 December 1905) · Papers Past, 5 Dec 1905
…t principal east christchuroh main sohool gloucester street east christchurch side school moorhouse avenue mr c v harvey coach factory waltham road sydenham sydenham football club hall elizabeth stree…