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Auburn Avenue

287 reports at 50 addresses in Upper Riccarton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 244 separate days somebody filed something about it.

287 reports50 addresses244 days reported onfrom the air, then1 businessesthe 228th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

28 Auburn Avenue, 37 reports24 Auburn Avenue, 32 reports1 Auburn Avenue, 27 reports55 Auburn Avenue, 15 reports34 Auburn Avenue, 13 reports42 Auburn Avenue, 11 reports31 Auburn Avenue, 11 reports46 Auburn Avenue, 10 reports40 Auburn Avenue, 9 reports41 Auburn Avenue, 7 reports39 Auburn Avenue, 7 reports32 Auburn Avenue, 7 reports50 Auburn Avenue, 6 reports36 Auburn Avenue, 6 reports25 Auburn Avenue, 6 reports20 Auburn Avenue, 6 reports8 Auburn Avenue, 5 reports3 Auburn Avenue, 5 reports18 Auburn Avenue, 5 reports52 Auburn Avenue, 4 reports50A Auburn Avenue, 4 reports4A Auburn Avenue, 4 reports30 Auburn Avenue, 4 reports5A Auburn Avenue, 3 reports37 Auburn Avenue, 3 reports23 Auburn Avenue, 3 reports19 Auburn Avenue, 3 reports9 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports8B Auburn Avenue, 2 reports49 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports44 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports4 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports29 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports27 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports17A Auburn Avenue, 2 reports17 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports16 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports10 Auburn Avenue, 2 reports7 Auburn Avenue, 1 report6A Auburn Avenue, 1 report6 Auburn Avenue, 1 report51 Auburn Avenue, 1 report47 Auburn Avenue, 1 report4-6 Auburn Avenue, 1 report38 Auburn Avenue, 1 report25A Auburn Avenue, 1 report22 Auburn Avenue, 1 report15 Auburn Avenue, 1 report14 Auburn Avenue, 1 report13 Auburn Avenue, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Auburn Avenue from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Auburn Avenue from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Auburn 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

What got reported

Year by year

The businesses on it, 1

Premises whose address in the directory is Auburn Avenue, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Auburn Avenue in 14 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: Auburn Avenue & Riccarton Road, 30 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Auburn Avenue?

In Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Auburn Avenue?

287 reports at 50 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (137), trees & parks (45), water & drains (41).

When was Auburn Avenue first reported on?

2015, the record covers 244 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Auburn Avenue?

Auburn Avenue and Riccarton Road, 30 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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