The Gate
6 reports at 5 addresses in Yaldhurst, the first in 2023, the latest 2025. 6 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 The Gate, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Yaldhurst.
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
- 2 The Gate, 2 reports
- 5 The Gate, 1 report
- 4 The Gate, 1 report
- 3 The Gate, 1 report
- 1–6 The Gate, 1 report
What got reported
- Trees & parks, 2 reports
- Animals & pests, 2 reports
- Water & drains, 1 report
- Roads & footpaths, 1 report
Year by year
- 2023, 1 report
- 2024, 1 report
- 2025, 4 reports
In the written record
Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 236 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 July 1864)
· Papers Past,
…in the southern cross of the 11th june that rawiri the chief who distinguished himself at the gate pa affair has sent a written challenge to colonel greer in command of the troops setting forth in the…
- THE Otago Daily Times. (Otago Daily Times, 07 November 1864)
· Papers Past,
…million loan at a price equivalent to a six per cent loan at par tlie disastrous news of the gate pah repulse coupled with the higb price of money in the english market rendered it necessary to negot…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 12 November 1864)
· Papers Past,
…e million loan at a price equivalent to a six per cent loan at par the disastrous news of the gate pah repulse coupled with the high price of money in the english market rendered it necessary to negot…
- News of the Week. [FROM THE DAILY TIMES.] (Otago Witness, 24 December 1864)
· Papers Past,
…rrived at the 3tearn was put on until the saddle hill toll-gate was reached unfortunately the gate was locked and before it could be burst open the doctor had to stop with the aid of a few stones howe…
- News of the Week. [FROM THE DAILY TIMES.] (Otago Witness, 28 January 1865)
· Papers Past,
…reak driven fourin-hand loaded with gentlemen returningfrom the races was passing through the gate at the entrance of the course when the horses swerved and capsized the break into the ditch the break…
- LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Wellington Independent, 21 March 1867)
· Papers Past,
…was fine and the attendance of the general pubuc good close upon 200 having been taken at the gate as entrance fees the sport was very good indeed auckland horses of which there were several at the me…
- West Coast Times. (West Coast Times, 01 June 1871)
· Papers Past,
…ummation most devoutly to be wished will take place the poles have been erected as far as the gate on the road between kyeburn hotel and this place but we hear that a temporary cessation of the work h…
- Local and General. (Star, 31 July 1871)
· Papers Past,
…ndering horses and cattle which might possibly have been tempted into the opening left by the gate abstraction and so have damaged the gardens beyond there is another idea in fact many but so involved…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 15 February 1872)
· Papers Past,
…itted a horse to wander on to the great south line of railway constable firman and one of the gate-keepers proved the offence the latter stating that he had previously cautioned mr bellard on the matt…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 March 1872)
· Papers Past,
…ing up the yard at a mart walk he was about in the centre of he yard he was going towards the gate eading into st asaph street i could iot say whether he was sober or not my irother camo out at the ti…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 13 March 1872)
· Papers Past,
…to the yard there wa3 no one there but my brother and a strange man who was going towards the gate in stasaph street to get out ido not know tho man i sing out to my brother to seize the man saying th…
- DUNEDIN, OAMARU, AND CHRISTCHURCH. (West Coast Times, 15 May 1872)
· Papers Past,
…nor the prisoners have been let out of the gaol in old times past say at 8 am mustered at the gate by the gaoler and told in plain language noo then boys af ycr noo in by sax oclock ill lock ye oot th…
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.
Heard on the wire
Public posts that name the street: relayed, not verified.
- ‘People can’t walk 20 metres today’: 36 Christchurch schools ask council for help with traffic chaos at the gates · The news · The Press,
- I’m sure you guys might’ve seen the news about Orana Wildlife Park being in financial hardship. I’m sure all of us love Orana, but we’ve also known it’s been a struggling facility over the years… · r/chch · CamDunstan,
As it was reported
The latest on it
Questions, answered briefly
In Yaldhurst, Christchurch, New Zealand.
6 reports at 5 addresses, most often trees & parks (2), animals & pests (2), water & drains (1).
2023, the record covers 6 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.
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