Highpeak Place in Halswell or Wigram – Named after Highpeak, a high country station located at the head of the Selwyn River. The streets in the Broken Run subdivision are all named after high country stations. Named by the developers, Brian Gillman Ltd. Named in 2005.
A small amount of information from the library website. The library states that the street is in Halswell but the property valuation website and google maps put it into Wigram. I have actually stayed at Highpeak Station twice. Once was in the 1990s when a friend of a friend was working on the station. I remember being given a ride in an all terrain type of vehicle to explore the countryside. The owner James Guild died last year and I believe that a son now runs the place. The second time I stayed here was when I went out with a tramping group for a weekend tramp. I can’t remember what year that was.
Because this is a fairly new street there isn’t anything on Papers Past. I did look as the property valuation website said that one house dates from 1980 but the rest were built in 2000. Nothing stood out for me but it was a pleasant tree lined street. The houses were a variety of styles and I couldn’t see the house built in 1980 as it was down a very long drive. The footpath was on only one side of the street and at the end of the street where it joins Broken Run there is a creek.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 