Oakvale Lane in Halswell – Oakvale Farm Limited, has been the naming entity of this land for circa 20 years. It reflects the large Oak trees that have been established in the area (such as Halswell Domain).
A small amount of information from the council minutes about the naming of streets in the subdivision. Oakvale is the name of the subdivision in this area and there isn’t a tree in sight. There used to be lots of trees on the land here but they have all been chopped down. I did find an interesting report online about the land here concerning stormwater drains, floods and streams. Note there is a map on the library website which clearly shows this land to be a swamp.
The street is too new to be on maps and there are no houses here yet. Personally I wouldn’t buy a house here even if it is close to Halswell Quarry which has some nice walks.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 