Roche Ave in Upper Riccarton – In a block of 28 acres bought by the government for state housing in 1953. The land was formerly owned by Pyne, Gould Guinness Ltd and was in Curletts Road between Blenheim Road and Riccarton Road. First appears in street directories in 1958.
A small amount of information on the library website. The article in Papers Past about the land didn’t mention this street by name. I suspect that the street was named after a person but couldn’t find out who. My best guess is a government employee John P Roche but it is a guess. Not a huge amount of information on Papers Past. There was flooding issues in 1961 and the council was blamed. The footpath was resealed in 1962. A few death notices. This is a treelined street and most houses were built in the 1950s. They definitely had a state house look about them. I was going to use the walkway through to Hillary Crescent but it was blocked. There is a big building project for Kainga Ora on this street and this is why I couldn’t use the walkway.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 