Taramea Place – Elliott Street and Taramea Street. Elliott Street first appears in street directories in 1905. Re-named Taramea Street in 1908. Becomes Taramea Place in 1983.
Not much information on the library website. This street runs from Lincoln Rd to Brougham / Barrington Streets. A couple of nice houses but many were looking rundown. Was difficult to get decent photos between the angle of the sun and a carload of young men in the street. I will confess that watching four huge young men get out of a small two door car is amusing especially as one was on crutches. Part of this street is near the motorway and I wouldn’t like to live here. Would be so noisy. My guess is that it changed from a street to a place when Barrington / Brougham Streets were altered. I vaguely recall what it previously looked like. Taramea is a plant often called wild Spaniard and it is said that South Island Maori held the leaves over a fire to release the oil.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 