James MacKenzie Drive in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website or street view. Information from the Council website – James McBeath MacKenzie (1886-1970) was chairman of the Halswell County Council for a number of years and served in other administrative roles in the Halswell and Spreydon communities. He owned and operated Tattersalls Hotel in Cashel Street from the 1930s. He retired to live on a farmlet he owned in Dunbars Road. James MacKenzie is the greatgrandfather of the developer.
This street is still being developed and there is only one house on the street that was built in 2023.
James McBeath MacKenzie’s obituary in 1970 said that he was born at the Ellesmere Arms Hotel in Tai Tapu. He worked as a county clerk at the Halswell County Council from 1920 to 1935 and he then was the publican at the Tattersall’s Hotel from 1935 to 1950. He was 84 when he died. Papers Past had entries to show that he was publican of the Gresham Hotel in the 1960s.
I will have to come back and walk the street once it has been developed properly as at the moment a fence and gate stops you from walking any further. Another reason that I would like to come back is that I should be able to see the fake Tudor house better from this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 