Tuawera Terrace in the suburb of Clifton, Christchurch

Tuawera Tce in Clifton Bay / Clifton Hill- Formerly Victoria Terrace. Named after HM Queen Victoria (1819- 1901). Re-named Tuawera Terrace. Tuawera is the name of the Cave Rock at Sumner. Victoria Terrace is first mentioned in The Press in 1926. First appears in street directories in 1940. Re-named Tuawera Terrace on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can say about the name Victoria. Not surprised that it got renamed as there was also a Victoria Terrace in Woolston. In Papers Past there wasn’t a lot of information but a couple of death notices in 1930s and 1940s. The street was named in 1917 in the Roll of Honour. I was amused that in 1923 a resident of the street was fined for allowing cows to wander. This was very common occurrence in early Christchurch. In 1927 it was mentioned that there were great views from the streets of Clifton Hill including from Victoria Tce. I got seriously sidetracking reading about Tuawera Rock which is now known as Cave Rock. In October 1898 under heading Maori Nomenclature someone thought we should be using the Maori names for places instead of using English names. Note this was written by a Pakeha. In January 1902 there was an article about interesting information in old maps and the use of Maori names. Found another article from Oct 1916 about places names and again it was someone who thought we should be using Maori place names. These writers were worried that we would lose the information once the older Maori who had this knowledge were no longer around.Found several meaning for Tuawera which all included the word fire. One meaning was the place where there was an accident by burning. Another meaning was destroyed by fire. The third meaning was cut down by fire referring to the many people who died by eating the flesh of a stranded whale. My personal favourite is Te Ake’s Revenge which I recommend googling and reading. The street itself has great views of Sumner and the sea. The houses cover most decades from 1910 to 2017 but most actually look fairly modern. I couldn’t see the house from 1920 and the one from 1910 looks extremely modern so I doubt that it is the original house. I couldn’t find the right of way that is supposed to lead down to Kinsey Tce. Great views but not sure I would like to live here after seeing what happened to houses in this area in the earthquakes.