Roland Lane in Mt Pleasant – formerly Roland Street. Named after the first purchaser of one of the sections in the street. This person has not been able to be identified. Named at the suggestion of Michael John Wood Davis (1926-), a surveyor and chairman of Cannon Estate Ltd., developers of this subdivision. Roland Street first appears in street directories in 1973. Becomes Roland Lane in 1977.
A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past only mentions Roland Lane and there wasn’t any entries for a Roland Street. I have an idea who Roland was but need to confirm it. Papers Past mostly just ads for sections in 1974 and 1984 and the ads in 1974 called the street Roland Lane. I will have check out the Wises sometime to found out who Roland is.
There are only three houses here built 1970, 1980 and 1990. This tiny private lane just looked like driveway
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 