Beanland Avenue in the suburb of Spreydon, Christchurch

Beanland Ave – Named after John Walton Beanland (1868-1943). Beanland was a building contractor and the mayor of Christchurch 1936- 1938. Named in 1938 at the request of the Government Housing Department. First appears in street directories in 1938.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing that I can really add to this. Found article on Papers Past dated April 1938 about the name being approved for the naming of Beanland Ave as recommended by A Tyndell director of Housing Construction.
The houses here look like the original houses from the 1930s. There was a big empty section where at least two houses would have stood.