Karaka Place in Somerfield – Named in 1966. First appears in street directories in 1970. Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 13 December 1966.
A small amount of information from the library website and Karaka is a New Zealand tree. Most of the entries in Papers Past were ads for sections. The street runs off Woodbank St and most houses were built in the 1970s but one modern one from 2016. There was a footpath on both sides of the street so I was happy. It was a pleasant street and most houses had been built on raised land and were above the street. A couple of really nice gardens and it is funny how I like nice gardens but my own garden I usually describe as a wildness area for flora and fauna.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 