Tara Street in the suburb of Riccarton, Christchurch

Tara St in Riccarton- First appears in street directories in 1943. Not much information on the library website,This is a tiny street that runs from Shand Crescent to Paeroa Reserve. Papers Past had sections for sale in 1940 and 1941 and described as being part of Deans Estate. I thought that Tara was possibly a person’s name but it more likely to be the Maori word for a tern. The streets that surrounding this tiny street were developed especially as a State Housing subdivision so surprised that this one wasn’t included especially as the houses have a State House look about them. There are only 7 properties here and there are two from 1940, two from 1959, two from 190 and one from 1970. This area is full of University students. There used to be a geocache here and it was fun looking for it knowing students could look out windows and see you.