Rosa Lane, Dellaca Lane, Dominico Lane, Bernina Lane and Brusio Drive in the suburb of Hornby/ Wigram, Christchurch

Rosa Lane and Berina Lane are too new to be on the library website and they aren’t on google maps yet either.
Brand new houses on these private lanes and unfinished houses as well.
Dellaca Lane and Dominico Lane are too new to be on the library website but are on google maps These are private lanes with new and unfinished houses.
Brusio Drive is too new to be on the library website but it is on google maps.
Real estate agents can’t make up their minds if these streets are in Wigram or Hornby.
Managed to get interesting information online from council minutes.
That the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board resolve to approve the following road names: 13/12/2016 – Awatea Road Subdivision
a. Dellaca Lane
b. Dominico Lane
c. Brusio Drive
d. Bernina Lane
e. Rosa Lane

Awatea Road Subdivision
4.4.1 Barbara Joan Road was approved for the spine road running through this subdivision.
4.4.2 Three rights-of-way are being constructed off Barbara Joan Road.
4.4.3 The names proposed for the three rights-of-way are Dellaca Lane, Dominico Lane and Brusio Drive.
4.4.4 The Dellaca Lane name can be traced back to the 15th century and honours many of the Dellaca family who arrived from Switzerland.

4.4.5 Dominico is the Christian name of the first Dellaca to arrive in New Zealand in 1905. It is the current middle name of three generations.
4.4.6 Brusio is a small village in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubunden. It is 25 kilometres from the Italian border and the language spoken is Italian or Romanish.
4.4.7 Two other names have been submitted for an access leg to serve a comprehensive development in part of the subdivision. They are Bernina Lane and Rosa Lane.
4.4.8 Bernina – the village of Brusio is in the district of Bernina in the Swiss Alps. The landowners were from the Bernina district.
4.4.9 Rosa is for Rosa Augusta Dellaca, wife of Dominico Dellaca.

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