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Atlantis St in New Brighton / Red Zone. There was no mention of this street on the library website yet the houses would have been built in the 1990s and the street is mentioned in the council minutes of Sept 2000 where they talked about extending the street to include Barkers Rd. When I walked …

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Barkers Lane in New Brighton / Red Zone. Barker’s Road and Barkers Road. Named after Enoch Barker (1830-1892) and his brother, John George Barker (1840-1917). Enoch Barker trained as a gardener at Chatsworth, England, the Duke of Devonshire’s house. After emigrating to Canterbury, he was appointed the first Government gardener in 1860 and planted many …

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Blue Gum Place in New Brighton. Named after a gum tree on the site. The tree was planted in the early 1940s by the landowner, Davie Holder. It was felled as a danger in 2007. Formed post-1997. Information supplied in 2008 by Jack Ryan, in a letter to Margaret Harper.A reasonable of information from the …

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Echelon Drive – Named after an echelon, an arrangement of aircraft in which each one is slightly to the right or left of the one in front. In the Wigram Skies subdivision where the street names have an aviation theme. Named in 2014.A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I …

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Lodestar Ave – In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. Named in 2012.A small amount of information from the library website and I …

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Strikemaster Lane in Wigram and nothing on library website but that is understandable as this private lane is brand new. It runs off Corsair Drive. Only 9 properties and all were built in 2019 and all went on the market in December 2019. The lane would be named after the Strikemaster jet which was a …

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Aermacchi Lane is a private lane in Wigram and there is nothing on the library website for this street but it is a fairly new street. Most houses built in 2018 with a couple built in 2017 and 2019.Would have been named after the Italian aviation company Aermacchi or even possibly named after jet trainer …

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Curtis Street – Named after Morton Whitefoord Curtis (1899-1941). Curtis was a sheep farmer from Ashburton. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 7 May 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 students …

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Dalwood Drive – Named after Harold Pettman Dalwood (1893- 1931). Dalwood was an indent merchant from Christchurch. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 26 November 1917. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 …

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Keene Street – Named after Arthur Herbert Keene (1899- 1984). Keene was a law student of Island Bay, Wellington. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 6 June 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the …

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