chch.live a street, in depth

Reading Street

60 reports at 15 addresses in Upper Riccarton, the first in 2022, the latest 2026. 49 separate days somebody filed something about it.

60 reports15 addresses49 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 1323rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

24 Reading Street, 11 reports9 Reading Street, 6 reports3 Reading Street, 6 reports7 Reading Street, 5 reports28A Reading Street, 5 reports22 Reading Street, 4 reports21 Reading Street, 4 reports17 Reading Street, 4 reports26 Reading Street, 3 reports25 Reading Street, 3 reports2 Reading Street, 3 reports11 Reading Street, 3 reports8 Reading Street, 1 report5 Reading Street, 1 report23 Reading Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Reading Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Reading Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Reading 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

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 Reading Street?

In Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Reading Street?

60 reports at 15 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (50), water & drains (4), roads & footpaths (4).

When was Reading Street first reported on?

2022, the record covers 49 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

Every street the archive knows → · Upper Riccarton → · This street as a feed →