Halberg St in Dallington – Named after Murray Gordon Halberg (1933-).Halberg was a distance runner and Olympic champion. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in 1955.
A tiny amount of information from the library website. Sir Murray Halberg died in 2022 and he set up the Halberg Trust to help disabled children to get into sports.
Several entries on Papers Past and in 1962 it was described as a Government block subdivision. There were several death notices. The residents seemed to be an accident prone lot between car accidents, swimming accidents, burns and dog bites. Sadly I recognised one of the names of a car accident victim as I went to High School with her. There were several entries about a family who sued the police for $755,000.00. They won their case and were awarded a payout of $1. It was a weird case and involved a family feud. The son of the family was concerned about his grandmother and reported that she was dead and that there was a body in the house. When the police arrived the family living at the house fought with the police and tried to refuse them entry. It got nasty and the grandmother was still alive .
In the 1960s there were several ads for houses and in the 1980s there were several entries concerning the Magistrates Court.
Most the houses here were built in the 1980s and 1990s plus there are several rebuilds. Most of the street has been red zoned and the houses left are at the McBratneys Rd end with a couple on Landy St end. There is also a Scout Den on this street at the Landy St end.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 