Twigger Street – formerly Westenra Street Re-named Twigger Street by the Waimairi County Council on 8 February 1933 . Named after John (sometimes known as Jacob) Twigger (1817- 1885). John Twigger was the heir of the Rev. Joseph Twigger (1802-1855) who purchased Rural Sections 128 & 132, 300 acres on the Lower Lincoln Road.
A bit of information from the library website and it would be interesting to see where the former name of Westenra comes from seeing how we had the singer Hayley Westenra from Christchurch. I will upset her fans by saying that I couldn’t stand her singing. I thought that she had a horrible voice. This is a short street with old villas on one side and on the other side there was a motel, old persons home and an English language school.
I thought that this street would have carried on to where Twiggers was but it didn’t. Google maps don’t seem to match the reality of the street. I don’t know if Twiggers is still called Twiggers but it is years since I have been to a function there. I couldn’t walk this part as it was fenced off.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 