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Laurence Street

129 reports at 42 addresses in Waltham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 107 separate days somebody filed something about it.

129 reports42 addresses107 days reported onfrom the air, then7 documents carry the namethe 661st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

70 Laurence Street, 14 reports40 Laurence Street, 9 reports22 Laurence Street, 9 reports8 Laurence Street, 8 reports39 Laurence Street, 7 reports37 Laurence Street, 7 reports24 Laurence Street, 6 reports60A Laurence Street, 5 reports60 Laurence Street, 5 reports3 Laurence Street, 4 reports68 Laurence Street, 3 reports61B Laurence Street, 3 reports56 Laurence Street, 3 reports51 Laurence Street, 3 reports42 Laurence Street, 3 reports21 Laurence Street, 3 reports66 Laurence Street, 2 reports62 Laurence Street, 2 reports61A Laurence Street, 2 reports61 Laurence Street, 2 reports57 Laurence Street, 2 reports52 Laurence Street, 2 reports36 Laurence Street, 2 reports19 Laurence Street, 2 reports18 Laurence Street, 2 reports12 Laurence Street, 2 reports11 Laurence Street, 2 reports7 Laurence Street, 1 report59 Laurence Street, 1 report58 Laurence Street, 1 report53 Laurence Street, 1 report5 Laurence Street, 1 report49 Laurence Street, 1 report41A Laurence Street, 1 report38 Laurence Street, 1 report34 Laurence Street, 1 report29 Laurence Street, 1 report23 Laurence Street, 1 report20A Laurence Street, 1 report20 Laurence Street, 1 report18-20 Laurence Street, 1 report14 Laurence Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Laurence Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoLitter, a report photoLitter, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoSewer - Leak / Blockage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoFallen Tree, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoTrees - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Waltham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Laurence Street?

In Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Laurence Street?

129 reports at 42 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (70), graffiti & vandalism (41), water & drains (7).

When was Laurence Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 107 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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