Walrus Road in Harewood and nothing on the old or new library websites. I did find this complaint “Dear Christchurch City Council,
Why has CCC not taken over ownership of the roads – Firefly Place, Walrus Road, Wasp Road & Tiger Moth Road – located within the CIAL precinct? If the roads are indeed privately owned (by CIAL, not CCC), how then could the Waimāero/Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board make a binding decision on 18 November 2019 to approve the issuance of these names?
Yours faithfully,
Cody C”
I searched and searched but couldn’t find the relevant minutes relating to this. This might explain why the library doesn’t have information for these streets. The street is likely to be named after Supermarine Walrus a single engine amphibious biplane.
I was surprised that I hadn’t already walked this street as I had walked Wasp Road in January 2023. My notes for that street say that it was in the middle of a big empty section and I have a vague recollection that Walrus Road was blocked off and possibly a building site. There is still an empty section on one side plus a BP petrol station but on the other side there is a huge Bunnings Shop and car park. I was amused that my apple maps said that there is an ANZ here. No there isn’t an ANZ here.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 