Broadleaf Lane and nothing on the library website. I imagine that it is named after a tree. Google maps and the valuation website that I use say that this road is in Heathcote Valley. The road actually goes up from the Summit Road to the top of Mt Pleasant. The QV website puts this street in Mt Pleasant and I personally think that Mt Pleasant is correct.
Nothing much on Papers Past with mostly just ads in the 1970s. There were a couple of entries in 1975 about changing the status of the dwellings from baches to permanent homes. One article was about the Summit Road housing issues where the owners wanted to extend their cottages but they were in the protected zone of the Summit Road.
There are only three houses here and they were built in 1910, 1960 and 2016. I suspect that the one that was supposed to have been built in 2016 is actually much older than this. It was impossible to actually see the houses as they are surrounded by trees. I walked this road this morning and when I reached the top where you can overlook Lyttelton it was almost impossible to stand up because of the wind. At the top it is known as Mt Pleasant Reserve but I have always just known it as the Trig Station. Knew tis area well when going up as the hills here were our playground. I looked at where I grew up and it was a huge walk from our house and most of it up a very steep hill. One strong memory that I have from childhood is of us disturbing a ‘courting’ couple in a car. Today I ended up talking to a ham radio operator who belongs to a group who transmit from mountain summits. Thinking about the trig station I remember that at least 20 years ago there was a website that I belonged to where you had to visit trig stations. I can’t remember what you did to prove that you had visited them.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 