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Matlock Street

104 reports at 36 addresses in Woolston, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 95 separate days somebody filed something about it.

104 reports36 addresses95 days reported onfrom the air, then11 documents carry the namethe 737th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

68 Matlock Street, 13 reports37 Matlock Street, 10 reports55 Matlock Street, 9 reports33D Matlock Street, 6 reports7 Matlock Street, 5 reports6 Matlock Street, 5 reports45 Matlock Street, 4 reports33 Matlock Street, 4 reports7A Matlock Street, 3 reports56 Matlock Street, 3 reports44 Matlock Street, 3 reports42 Matlock Street, 3 reports40 Matlock Street, 3 reports36 Matlock Street, 3 reports66 Matlock Street, 2 reports55E Matlock Street, 2 reports51 Matlock Street, 2 reports43 Matlock Street, 2 reports42-44 Matlock Street, 2 reports36A Matlock Street, 2 reports29 Matlock Street, 2 reports23 Matlock Street, 2 reports8a Matlock Street, 1 report8 Matlock Street, 1 report64 Matlock Street, 1 report51-53 Matlock Street, 1 report45–51 Matlock Street, 1 report43-49 Matlock Street, 1 report42B Matlock Street, 1 report35 Matlock Street, 1 report34 Matlock Street, 1 report28B Matlock Street, 1 report28 Matlock Street, 1 report20 Matlock Street, 1 report12 Matlock Street, 1 report10 Matlock Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

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

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

Mary Dixon Park footbridge · 65 m away Edmonds Factory Garden shelter · 109 m away Edmonds Factory Garden shelter · 111 m away Edmonds Park boardwalk · 112 m away Edmonds Factory Garden shelter · 117 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Matlock Street in 7 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 photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGeneral Request, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Woolston wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Matlock Street?

In Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Matlock Street?

104 reports at 36 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (50), graffiti & vandalism (18), water & drains (16).

When was Matlock Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 95 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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