Michael Ave in Mt Pleasant- Named after Michael John Wood Davis (1926-).Davis, a surveyor, was chairman of Cannon Estate Ltd., developers of the subdivision where this street is formed. First appears in street directories in 1966.
A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street.
Papers Past had mostly ads for section and houses for this street. There were a few modern houses here including a really ugly one that looked like a shed. Wish that I could have got a photo it. Most houses here were built in the 1960s. There was a footpath on only one side of the street and I was amused that there was a sign saying this. There were some nice gardens on this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 