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Stevens Street

168 reports at 41 addresses in Waltham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 137 separate days somebody filed something about it.

168 reports41 addresses137 days reported on1 on the registerfrom the air, then59 documents carry the name1 businessesthe 505th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

28 Stevens Street, 36 reports70 Stevens Street, 15 reports77 Stevens Street, 11 reports30 Stevens Street, 10 reports29 Stevens Street, 10 reports40 Stevens Street, 7 reports5/31 Stevens Street, 6 reports31E Stevens Street, 5 reports3 Stevens Street, 5 reports12 Stevens Street, 5 reports10 Stevens Street, 4 reports73 Stevens Street, 3 reports57-65 Stevens Street, 3 reports47 Stevens Street, 3 reports40D Stevens Street, 3 reports40B Stevens Street, 3 reports40A Stevens Street, 3 reports25 Stevens Street, 3 reports7 Stevens Street, 2 reports6 Stevens Street, 2 reports49 Stevens Street, 2 reports41 Stevens Street, 2 reports31 Stevens Street, 2 reports26 Stevens Street, 2 reports22 Stevens Street, 2 reports18 Stevens Street, 2 reports17 Stevens Street, 2 reports13 Stevens Street, 2 reports75 Stevens Street, 1 report69 Stevens Street, 1 report68 Stevens Street, 1 report60 Stevens Street, 1 report44-70 Stevens Street, 1 report40C Stevens Street, 1 report3–41 Stevens Street, 1 report36 Stevens Street, 1 report31-41 Stevens Street, 1 report29-31 Stevens Street, 1 report21 Stevens Street, 1 report19 Stevens Street, 1 report15 Stevens Street, 1 reportFormer Lancaster Park War Memorial Entrance Gates and Setting: register

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Stevens Street, not the street’s surveyed line. Register places with a known pin sit on it too. The strong outline is Waltham.

From the air, then

Stevens Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Stevens Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Stevens Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Stevens 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

On the register

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 59 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 Stevens Street, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Lancaster Park ramp · 19 m away Lancaster Park set of steps · 22 m away Lancaster Park set of steps · 29 m away Lancaster Park set of steps · 36 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Stevens Street in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 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

Hazard, vehicle, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoPublic Toilet, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoStreet Cleaning, a report photoWater Fountain, a report photoWater Fountain, a report photoPothole, a report photoPothole, a report photo more photographs
on the Waltham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Stevens Street?

In Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Stevens Street?

168 reports at 41 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (70), rubbish & dumping (30), trees & parks (24).

When was Stevens Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 137 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What heritage places are on Stevens Street?

Former Lancaster Park War Memorial Entrance Gates and Setting.

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