Korora Street in the suburb of Bromley, Christchurch

Korora Street in Bromley and nothing on the library website. I checked both the old and new street information on the library website.

Luckily I found an article from 1972 where six streets are mentioned as being named after the Maori names for birds that live in the Estuary. It was a new subdivision in 1972 and I managed to walk all six streets today. Korora means penguin. I have never seen a penguin in the estuary.

Very little information on Papers Past and it was just ads and death notices. Houses here were built in the 1970s and are typical for that era. None stood out for me. It was a pleasant and nice and tidy street. Pity that the car blocking the footpath spoiled my good impression of the street. The car even had a bike on the back of it so they must be a cyclist and we all know how I feel about them. Yes I know that there are some nice cyclists who do use the cycleways.

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