Kearns Drive in Halswell and too new to be on the library website. I couldn’t find out on the council website about the reason for the name but they did mention that the road was being damaged by anti social driving. It is possibly named after a family that lived in the area and there is still a family with that name living nearby. There are a few houses built in 2023 and 2024 but it is mostly empty sections. There is one house that dates from 2000 and it possibly originally had a Halswell Rd address. Edited to say that the house built in 2000 would have originally been at 42 Milns Rd. The land was possibly owned by Hugh and Mabel Alice Kearns but it doesn’t look like they ever lived here. From council website – Mabel Alice Kearns owned the property from the 1930’s to 1950’s.
I walked through the reserve that runs from Whitburn Ave to Kearns Drive. The house dating from 2000 is on a very large section and looked well established compared to the other houses on the street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 