Ballance Street
21 reports at 4 addresses in Waimairi Beach, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 21 separate days somebody filed something about it.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Ballance Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Waimairi Beach.
From the air, then
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
- 10A Ballance Street, 10 reports
- 7 Ballance Street, 6 reports
- 8 Ballance Street, 3 reports
- 10 Ballance Street, 2 reports
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 8 reports
- Rubbish & dumping, 6 reports
- Water & drains, 5 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
- Graffiti & vandalism, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 1 report
- 2017, 2 reports
- 2018, 4 reports
- 2019, 3 reports
- 2021, 1 report
- 2022, 1 report
- 2023, 2 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 3 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 29 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- COMMERCIAL. (Star, 26 March 1892)
· Papers Past,
…ton north five sections noe 97--101 each two roods twenty-four perches having frontage to ballance street also ten sections being noa 102-111 having frontage to yogel street section 11 containing cne…
- Untitled (Grey River Argus, 24 May 1917)
· Papers Past,
…f the new zealand shipping company and the cunard line at the corner of waterloo quay and ballance street wellington the buildings which will be of four storeys and a i basement will be increased by t…
- Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 29 September 1924)
· Papers Past,
…y obtainable at the sanitarium health food co willis street wholesau c b lempriere and co ballance street wanted to buy gcrap copper ko brass lead j sacks and sacking j stevens and co tel 20-333 132b…
- IN MEMORIAM. (Evening Post, 12 December 1925)
· Papers Past,
…ground floor office premises in i i the maritime building corner of customhouse quay and ballance street wellington lately occupied by ley land motors ltd are now available for leasing the place is s…
- A List Of Anglican Homes, Societies, & C. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 July 1926)
· Papers Past,
…cems inimigration dept meets steamers cares for immigrants d 60 c mr a h haycock cems 43 ballance street wellington diocese of auckland orphan home papatoetoe a 70 c orphans etc d 3425 children home…
- The Provincial Church. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 November 1926)
· Papers Past,
…ca and moslem lands has been obtained from england and can be had form the board ofcej 49 ballance street wellington at 46 including postage literature bearing on the world gall is being sent to all t…
- BOARD OF MISSIONS (Waiapu Church Gazette, 02 January 1928)
· Papers Past,
…of the church assembly and various spg publica tio4 should be sent to the board office 49 ballance street wellington st ahdrewstide several parishes m the country as well ac m the towns organised a wh…
- AUCKLAND SUCCESS (Evening Post, 11 November 1933)
· Papers Past,
…t westport r63133 mum andl no 1 lino ifoxton q55147 just me chnistchurch qsidd7 try again ballance street aramoho q37347 jf christchurch r85640 my 13th island bay q90644 nearly missed rang road woodvi…
- PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 26 March 1938)
· Papers Past,
…rs l e ward the terrace is visiting wanganui where she is the guest of mrs j j pilkingtbn ballance street mr and mrs j f cracroft wilson christchurch will leave on monday for a few weeks visit to the…
- TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 03 June 1941)
· Papers Past,
…spencer cpl mr a clarke aratapu dargaville f cousins james clarence dvr mrs c cousins 118 ballance street glsborne m davis bertram arthur pte mrs j davis durham farm patetonga mauraki plains w farnham…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 July 1941)
· Papers Past,
…d pte mrs l corney 86 pitt street wanganui m cousins james clarence pte mrs c cousins 118 ballance street gisborne m coutts george spr mr g coutts gourdas fyvie aberdeenshire scotland f cowan claude w…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 January 1942)
· Papers Past,
…ard pte mrs g mortensen 43 niblht street wanganui m collin frank heich lcpw mr collln 102 ballance street glisbliiif collister richard claire tie mr r j collistar rfverbend load napier f compton alfre…
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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.
The crash record on it
NZTA’s record names Ballance Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Facility - General Request, 10 Ballance St,
- Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 10 Ballance St,
- Playground Equipment, 8 Ballance Street,
- Litter, 7 Ballance Street,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 7 Ballance Street,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 7 Ballance Street,
- Litter, 8 Ballance Street,
- Water Leak, 8 Ballance Street,
- Overgrown Vegetation, 7 Ballance Street,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 7 Ballance Street,
- Parks, 7 Ballance Street,
- Water Supply, 10A Ballance Street,
- Flooding, 10A Ballance St,
- Rubbish/Recycling, 10A Ballance St,
- Water Supply, 10A Ballance St,
Questions, answered briefly
In Waimairi Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand.
21 reports at 4 addresses, most often trees & parks (8), rubbish & dumping (6), water & drains (5).
2016, the record covers 21 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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