Drop

23 reports at 8 addresses in te-onepoto-taylors-mistake, the first in 2023, the latest 2026. 19 separate days somebody filed something about it.

23 reports 8 addresses19 days reported onfrom the air, then 508 documents carry the namethe 2434th 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 Drop, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is te-onepoto-taylors-mistake.

From the air, then

Drop from the air, 1925-1929 — **1925-1929** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF

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

Drop 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

47 Drop, 8 reports
70 Drop, 7 reports
63 Drop, 2 reports
52 Drop, 2 reports
49 Drop, 1 report
40 Drop, 1 report
32 Drop, 1 report
30 Drop, 1 report

What got reported

Water & drains, 9 reports
Trees & parks, 6 reports
Everything else, 3 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 2 reports
Roads & footpaths, 2 reports
Vehicles & parking, 1 report

Year by year

2023, 5 reports
2024, 8 reports
2025, 3 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 508 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

Provincial Council. (Lyttelton Times, 23 October 1858) · Papers Past, 23 Oct 1858
…n instead of competition among workmen on the public works throughout the province better drop this bill and give plenty of assistance to the engineer let him have for instance two or three surveyors…
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 August 1859) · Papers Past, 24 Aug 1859
…raspberry trees 4000-strawberry plants 400 french crab apples 225 stone pippins 75 golden drop oo nonpareil 25 newtown 25 hollow crown 100 red currants 150 mixed trees terms cash si le at 12 sharp sat…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 January 1860) · Papers Past, 7 Jan 1860
…paddocks of 2s3fand 6 acres j respectively adjoining springfield papanui road there is a drop of wheat upon the two last which will be given in if sold before the 31st december next apply to mr longd…
The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 28 January 1860) · Papers Past, 28 Jan 1860
…28 10s per ton tea 10 10s to 11 10s per chest sugar mauritius 45 to 50 per ton ditto snow drop 9d per lb ditto loaf 8d per lb ditto company pieces none in the market brandy martell or hennessys 14s pe…
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 September 1860) · Papers Past, 8 Sept 1860
…ly spoken of at all events he should be heard and the government would not let the matter drop they would sift it to the bottom cheers the hon member then met the argument in favour of wiremu kingi s…
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Lyttelton Times, 01 December 1860) · Papers Past, 1 Dec 1860
…hon member for waimea on the other hand insisted that the wrongs of murihiku were a mere drop in the bucket compared to those of his pet marlborough and so on it would be found ad infinitum they were…
Untitled (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 June 1861) · Papers Past, 8 Jun 1861
…how minute then must be its particles the mite makes five hundred steps in a second each drop of stagnant water contains a world of animated beings swimming with as much liberty as whales in the sea…
CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION. (Lyttelton Times, 10 May 1862) · Papers Past, 10 May 1862
…ary for the general good but here it was not necessary and he would oppose it to the last drop of his blood a laugh he had known what taxation was at home it ground men down to starvation and it had d…
News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 14 November 1863) · Papers Past, 14 Nov 1863
…ns and experirnentsevjan as thorough practical men our firm have unauij rnously agreed to drop all finer experiments tryingto rival linen and silk for the present and stfpk to the preparation of a sta…
News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 July 1864) · Papers Past, 2 Jul 1864
…the exchange would so to speak occupy no time at all but there must be no mistake once to drop the whip would be fatal the match excites great interest in sporting circles of course betting upon it ha…
THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam" DUNEDIN, MONDAY, MARCH 6. (Otago Daily Times, 06 March 1865) · Papers Past, 6 Mar 1865
…ion jin adjournment over the session of a ministerial debate is practically tantamount to dropping it still it would have beendnly decentof mr wood to remember that ostensibly his conduct was still su…
PORT OF AUCKLAND. MISCELLANEOUS. (Daily Southern Cross, 07 November 1866) · Papers Past, 7 Nov 1866
…r wa9 towed from the railway pier sandridge yesterday eveuibg and will iv all probability drop down the bay to day outward-bound for london the suffolk takes over 130 passengers of all classes a full…

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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.