Waimea Tce – formerly Western Terrace. Western Terrace is first mentioned in The Press in 1910 when land there is advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1912. Re-named Waimea Terrace on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named.
A small amount of information from the library website. Couldn’t find anything about Waimea Tce on Papers Past. The earliest mention of Western Tce on Papers Past was in 1908. I was amused by a letter to the editor in 1934 about Beckenham boundaries. Both Western Tce and Eastern Tce were originally known as River Rd. Both River Rd and Western Tce were both being used for this road until at least 1919. Couldn’t find any reason for the naming of Waimea Tce but a quick google search has it as a common name in Hawaii and New Zealand. Meaning in Hawaii is reddish water and Maori meaning is forgotten or hidden water.
The road goes from Colombo St to Eastern Tce. Houses along one side and the Heathcote River on the other side. Waimea Tce is the high side of the Heathcote River and many houses are built up on a bank. QV website have houses date from 1910 to 1980 but possibly one or two rebuilds. I have found a lot of mistakes on the QV website for the streets in this area. It is a pleasant walk here with some lovely houses to look at.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 