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Arthur Street

68 reports at 36 addresses in Upper Riccarton, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 63 separate days somebody filed something about it.

68 reports36 addresses63 days reported onfrom the air, then159 documents carry the namethe 1068th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

23 Arthur Street, 6 reports46 Arthur Street, 4 reports26 Arthur Street, 4 reports21 Arthur Street, 4 reports48 Arthur Street, 3 reports36 Arthur Street, 3 reports24 Arthur Street, 3 reports19 Arthur Street, 3 reports15 Arthur Street, 3 reports55 Arthur Street, 2 reports50 Arthur Street, 2 reports5 Arthur Street, 2 reports4E Arthur Street, 2 reports47 Arthur Street, 2 reports42 Arthur Street, 2 reports27 Arthur Street, 2 reports20 Arthur Street, 2 reports8 Arthur Street, 1 report7 Arthur Street, 1 report62 Arthur Street, 1 report6 Arthur Street, 1 report57 Arthur Street, 1 report56 Arthur Street, 1 report53 Arthur Street, 1 report51 Arthur Street, 1 report49 Arthur Street, 1 report44 Arthur Street, 1 report39 Arthur Street, 1 report37 Arthur Street, 1 report33 Arthur Street, 1 report32 Arthur Street, 1 report31 Arthur Street, 1 report3 Arthur Street, 1 report25 Arthur Street, 1 report17 Arthur Street, 1 report11 Arthur Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Arthur Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Arthur Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Arthur Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Arthur 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. 159 on the shelf; the 11 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Arthur Street in 9 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 2 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

Pavement - Damaged, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photo more photographs
on the Upper Riccarton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Arthur Street?

In Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Arthur Street?

68 reports at 36 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (33), vehicles & parking (13), roads & footpaths (13).

When was Arthur Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 63 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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