Maurice Hayes Place in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch

Maurice Hayes Place in Woolston – Named after Maurice Bernard Hayes (1913- 1994). Hayes was town clerk for the Christchurch City Council during the 1960s and 1970s. A complex of 19 units

built for the elderly in 1975. First appears in street directories 1977. Information supplied in 2007 by Richard Greenaway.

A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past only had death notices for the street. There is still 19 units here and it is still social housing.

I didn’t actually walk this street but it did have a footpath. I never feel comfortable walking such streets and if there are still elderly people living here then I don’t want to frighten them. So many pensioner cottages now seem to have other residents rather the the elderly and in those cases I don’t feel safe walking these types of streets.