Nunweek Boulevard in the suburb of Harewood, Christchurch

Nunweek Boulevard in Harewood -Named because of its proximity to Nunweek Park which, in turn, is named after Henry Nunweek (1826- 1914). The property where the street was formed had been known as the Nunweek Block for many years. Named in 1999.

A small amount of information from the library website. I found Henry Nunweek’s obituary on Papers Past. He was 89 years when he died and he was born in Keithley in Yorkshire. He came New Zealand in 1856 and his occupation was road making. He did go south briefly to do some gold mining. He was a member of the Riccarton Road Board.

The houses here were built in 2000 and only 7 houses here. It is a short street and not what I would expect from a street that is called a boulevard but it was fairly wide.

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