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Grafton Street

306 reports at 88 addresses in Waltham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 216 separate days somebody filed something about it.

306 reports88 addresses216 days reported onfrom the air, then73 documents carry the name1 businessesthe 281st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

80 Grafton Street, 17 reports53 Grafton Street, 15 reports102 Grafton Street, 14 reports85 Grafton Street, 11 reports51 Grafton Street, 11 reports72 Grafton Street, 9 reports65A Grafton Street, 9 reports57 Grafton Street, 8 reports111 Grafton Street, 8 reports89 Grafton Street, 7 reports60 Grafton Street, 7 reports90 Grafton Street, 6 reports82 Grafton Street, 6 reports74 Grafton Street, 6 reports32 Grafton Street, 6 reports2 Grafton Street, 6 reports85A Grafton Street, 5 reports78 Grafton Street, 5 reports71A Grafton Street, 5 reports65 Grafton Street, 5 reports54 Grafton Street, 5 reports44 Grafton Street, 5 reports40 Grafton Street, 5 reports39 Grafton Street, 5 reports96A Grafton Street, 4 reports70 Grafton Street, 4 reports68 Grafton Street, 4 reports5 Grafton Street, 4 reports4 Grafton Street, 4 reports105 Grafton Street, 4 reports94 Grafton Street, 3 reports73 Grafton Street, 3 reports69A Grafton Street, 3 reports64 Grafton Street, 3 reports62 Grafton Street, 3 reports56 Grafton Street, 3 reports36 Grafton Street, 3 reports33 Grafton Street, 3 reports100 Grafton Street, 3 reports1 Grafton Street, 3 reports99 Grafton Street, 2 reports93 Grafton Street, 2 reports89A Grafton Street, 2 reports87 Grafton Street, 2 reports83 Grafton Street, 2 reports77 Grafton Street, 2 reports76 Grafton Street, 2 reports69 Grafton Street, 2 reports67 Grafton Street, 2 reports53A Grafton Street, 2 reports51A Grafton Street, 2 reports46 Grafton Street, 2 reports45 Grafton Street, 2 reports42 Grafton Street, 2 reports41 Grafton Street, 2 reports37 Grafton Street, 2 reports29 Grafton Street, 2 reports28 Grafton Street, 2 reports96B Grafton Street, 1 report96 Grafton Street, 1 report95 Grafton Street, 1 report89B Grafton Street, 1 report83A Grafton Street, 1 report79 Grafton Street, 1 report77B Grafton Street, 1 report74-76 Grafton Street, 1 report7 Grafton Street, 1 report61 Grafton Street, 1 report59 Grafton Street, 1 report50 Grafton Street, 1 report48 Grafton Street, 1 report47 Grafton Street, 1 report39A Grafton Street, 1 report38 Grafton Street, 1 report37-55 Grafton Street, 1 report34-36 Grafton Street, 1 report31 Grafton Street, 1 report3/45 Grafton Street, 1 report28B Grafton Street, 1 report24 Grafton Street, 1 report20 Grafton Street, 1 report16 Grafton Street, 1 report12 Grafton Street, 1 report109 Grafton Street, 1 report105 GRAFTON STREET, 1 report103 Grafton Street, 1 report10 Grafton Street, 1 report1-13 Grafton Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

and the other 28 the record names

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 73 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The businesses on it, 1

Premises whose address in the directory is Grafton Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Grafton Street in 8 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 5 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

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Waltham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Grafton Street?

In Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Grafton Street?

306 reports at 88 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (146), graffiti & vandalism (80), water & drains (34).

When was Grafton Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 216 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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