Kotare Street – Pukako Terrace was incorporated into Kotare Street. An offer by Mr J. Deans to construct a road through the Riccarton Road Board’s property to connect Clyde Road with Puriri Street was considered by the Board in 1909. The Riccarton Road Board office was in Clyde Road. Kotare Street is described as a “new” street in The Press in 1927 when the “5th part of the eighth subdivision of the Riccarton Estate” is advertised for sale by auction. First appears in street directories in 1929 The section from Clyde Road to Puriri Street was named Pukako Terrace 1929-1972 when it became part of Kotare Street.
That is a reasonable amount of information from the library website but it doesn’t explain the meaning of Kotare which is the Maori word for kingfisher. This street had a mixture of new and old houses. I wish that I could have managed more photos but the street was busy on the day I walked it. Many lovely old houses and most of the rebuilds were huge.
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