Taupata Street – Formerly Slater Street. Named after Henry Slater Richards (1860?- 1926). Also formerly William Street. Probably named after Augustus William Bennetts (1860-1936). Re-named . Slater Street and William Street first appear in street directories in 1910. Richards was a land agent and Bennetts was an auctioneer. Both men were members of the syndicate that subdivided part of Redcliffs. Bennetts was later declared bankrupt. Slater Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1892 when a section is advertised for sale there. The two streets were amalgamated and re-named Taupata Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named.
Reasonable amount of information from the library website. Taupata is a native shrub with several English names and most common is mirror bush or New Zealand laurel. This street had mostly older wooden houses. A few small cottage style of houses. The bigger older houses were all behind high fences or had big garages plonked in front so I couldn’t get photos. This was a pity as they looked like interesting houses. There was a few newer houses but not many on this street. When I was a teenager I used to babysit two young girls who lived on this street. They were the daughters of a school teacher friend of my sister.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 