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Somerfield Street

15 reports at 4 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 14 separate days somebody filed something about it.

15 reports4 addresses14 days reported onfrom the air, then85 documents carry the namethe 2828th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

150 Somerfield Street, 8 reports152 Somerfield Street, 3 reports141 Somerfield Street, 3 reports150–152 Somerfield Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Somerfield Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Somerfield Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Somerfield 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. 85 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Somerfield Street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Traffic Signals urgent safety issue, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoPothole, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Somerfield Street?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Somerfield Street?

15 reports at 4 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (10), water & drains (4), graffiti & vandalism (1).

When was Somerfield Street first reported on?

2022, the record covers 14 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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