Chatham Street – formerly Dudley Street – May have the same derivation as the Chatham Islands which were discovered by Lieutenant William R. Broughton of the Chatham in 1791. Dudley Street first appears in street directories in 1903. Re-named Chatham Street on 27 September 1948. [The newspaper report of the time says Boyd Street was suggested as an alternate name.] A wee bit of information from the library website.
Mostly older houses but there was one new looking house that was different to the normal houses but I couldn’t get a photo of it. It also had a giant creature in the top floor that looked like something Weka Studios would make. It was a cross between a giant robot/ steampunk creature.
The library website seem to be unsure about the street name so another possibility that it is named after Chatham in England.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 