Hinau St – Named after the hinau, a tall forest tree native to New Zealand. Named to commemorate the Deans families’ efforts to conserve the native forest trees in Riccarton. The naming was also designed to showcase the Maori names of trees. Named in 1892 when John Deans (1853-1902) split up 150 acres of the Deans Estate into 105 lots which were auctioned. First appears in street directories in 1913 running off Clyde Road.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to this.
I walked this way home from the University today and there are still some older wooden villas here. Most are in good condition. A few modern houses including ugly toilet style. A couple of the newer houses were huge. One older house had a fantastic garden and it was gorgeous. I used to go to Christmas potlucks on this street when I belonged to a tramping club.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 