Akaroa Street in Mairehau – Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Named on 24 June 1948. First appears in street directories in 1950.
A small amount of information from the library website. It was difficult researching this street on Papers Past as there was another street with the same name in Kaiapoi. The one in Kaiapoi had a huge number of entries. Most entries on Papers Past said that the street was in Shirley. There were death notices plus a few residents were involved in accidents. The corner of Briggs Rd and Akaroa St seemed to be rather a magnet for car accidents. In 1956 there was a tender for the removal of the substation on the corner of Akaroa St and Hills Rd. As there is a still a substation here it had obviously been replaced by a newer building.
All the houses here were built in the 1950s except for one built in 2000. I was surprised that more than half of the houses here are still state houses as it seemed to be a much nicer and tidier street than Emmett St.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 