Hobson Street
23 reports at 11 addresses in Woolston, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 22 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 Hobson Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Woolston.
From the air, then
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
- 1 Hobson Street, 6 reports
- 13 Hobson Street, 5 reports
- 3 Hobson Street, 2 reports
- 11 Hobson Street, 2 reports
- 10 Hobson Street, 2 reports
- 8 Hobson Street, 1 report
- 7 Hobson Street, 1 report
- 6A Hobson Street, 1 report
- 5A Hobson Street, 1 report
- 15 Hobson Street, 1 report
- 14B Hobson Street, 1 report
What got reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 8 reports
- Graffiti & vandalism, 5 reports
- Water & drains, 3 reports
- Roads & footpaths, 3 reports
- Vehicles & parking, 2 reports
- Everything else, 1 report
- Trees & parks, 1 report
Year by year
- 2016, 2 reports
- 2018, 1 report
- 2019, 1 report
- 2022, 2 reports
- 2023, 3 reports
- 2024, 3 reports
- 2025, 2 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 138 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- TELEGRAMS. (Otago Daily Times, 19 February 1879)
· Papers Past,
…ole from which gas was escaping with a handful of wet clay he was conveyed to his home in hobson street at the time of the accident long had not put his foot on the ladder if the fall had taken place…
- TELEGRAMS. (Otago Daily Times, 14 June 1887)
· Papers Past,
…are removed every evening to a strong room a man named hurst died suddenly in a lane off hobson street his body was found in bed by neighbours new plymouth june 13 john wilson secretary of the waitar…
- NEWS OF THE MONTH. (Auckland Star, 23 March 1889)
· Papers Past,
…y who had the reputation of being tho wealthiest man in auckland expired at his residence hobson street on march 20 for the past fortnight ho had been very ill a bad attack of diarrhoea followed by se…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 14 June 1893)
· Papers Past,
…ited person on may 24 mr lougbrey appeared for defendant who denied the offence constable hobson stated that he served defendant with a notice stating that hegarty was a prohibited person henry ede de…
- DETAILS OF THE POLLING (Otago Daily Times, 07 December 1899)
· Papers Past,
…arrived in auckland when five years old he was educatedlfirst at st peter catholic school hobson street auckland and later he completed his education at the grammar school evening classes ancl as a ma…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Auckland Star, 15 June 1901)
· Papers Past,
…customs street westthat valuable site having the following frontages customs street 2oft hobson street 21ft m00r33 street 210rr chapel street 150 ft this is one of the finest positions close to qu-hn…
- NEWS NOTES. (Poverty Bay Herald, 26 September 1906)
· Papers Past,
…the innovation will doubtless be continued charles carmichael aged 35 years stood on the hobson street wharf auckland on thursday afternoon divested himself of coal vest and hat and dived into the se…
- LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 08 January 1908)
· Papers Past,
…mrs percival johnston of new zealand daughter of the late mr charles william schultze of hobson street wellington and niece of captain johnston of annandale sydney and the point was whether a-elient…
- TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 20 October 1909)
· Papers Past,
…he victoria league at home given tc welcome lad ward was held at the house of miss coates hobson street last tuesdaj afternoon the tea table in the dining roorr was most effectively arranged with silv…
- ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 14-10-1916)
· Papers Past,
…road, Kaupokonui, Taranaki, father). CORNAGA, ANDREW (Mr Victor Cornaga, Gleeson's Hotel, Hobson street, Auckland). TALBOT. HENRY GEORGE (Mrs Alice Maude Talbot, care of Mrs Bowman, 460 Manchester str…
- LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS (Marlborough Express, 03 October 1917)
· Papers Past,
…masonic hoteladvt a mild sensation was caused by the skidding of a grocer motorvehicle in hobson street auckland the other morning just below wellington street where the mishap occurred there was at t…
- PERSONAL. (Colonist, 06 May 1918)
· Papers Past,
…ie l e mcqueen mrs a e mcqueen mother st albans road auckland j hi pike mrs e pike mother hobson street auckland r mcginley mrs m mcginley mother jerirois road ponsonby m 6 yelvertoh mrs a yelverton m…
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The named ground
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 Hobson Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
As it was reported
The latest on it
- Roads - General, 3 Hobson Street,
- Damaged Asset – CCC contractor, 14B Hobson Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 1 Hobson Street,
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 1 Hobson Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 1 Hobson Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 1 Hobson St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 1 Hobson St,
- Abandoned Vehicle, 5A Hobson Street,
- Water Leak, 10 Hobson St,
- Dumped Rubbish, 3 Hobson Street,
- Dumped Rubbish, 8 Hobson St,
- Vandalism - General, 13 Hobson Street,
- Playground Equipment, 13 Hobson Street,
- Water Leak, 10 Hobson Street,
- Graffiti, 13 Hobson Street,
Questions, answered briefly
In Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand.
23 reports at 11 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (8), graffiti & vandalism (5), water & drains (3).
2016, the record covers 22 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.
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