Rapaki Road in the suburb of Hillsborough, Christchurch

Rapaki Road – Formerly Whites Road. Named after William White (1824- 1899). Re-named Rapaki Road. A very old roadway used by the early settlers as an alternative way to Christchurch from Lyttelton. Named Whites Road because White, a contractor and partowner of the Mount Pleasant sheep-run, worked on developing the road. Re-named Rapaki Road in 1914. J. Longton, president of the St Martin’s Burgesses Association, asked the Heathcote County Council for the renaming. He said that Rapaki Road means the place of the sun, the estate close to the road was Rapaki and the Rapaki tea-rooms would be established there.
That was more information from the library website than I was expecting. Obviously this road leads to the Rapaki Track. Many of the houses are new because the original houses were damaged in the earthquakes. A couple of the houses had wee tracks for a cart for taking items up to the house. I did like the chair in the tree. Would be perfect for sitting and reading. Only one car parked on this steep road knew how to park properly.