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Manuka Street in Mairehau – First appears in street directories in 1957. A tiny amount of information from the library website and the street would have been named after the plant. There are lots of Manuka Streets in cities and towns in New Zealand. Papers Past had a few death notices and engagement notices. In …

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Te Pihopa Way in Halswel – Te Pihopa means: the Bishop. Named because it was formed on land owned by the Catholic Diocese since the 1880s. Named in 2003. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. The houses here were built …

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Cunneen Place in Halswell – Named after Bishop John Cunneen (1932?- 2010). Formed on land subdivided by the Roman Catholic Church. Named in 2003 A small amount of information from the library website. Cunneen was Bishop between 1995 and 2007. I walked from Meeking Place on a walkway and the little reserve is pleasant. The …

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Meeking Place in Halswell – Named after Bishop Emeritus Basil Meeking (1929-). Formed on land subdivided by the Roman Catholic Bishop. Named in 2003. A small amount of information from the library website. Meeking was Bishop from 1982 to 1995 and he died in 2020 aged 90. I was geocaching in the area and walked …

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Harakeke St in Riccarton – Harakeke means: flax. Named to commemorate the Deans families’ efforts to conserve the native forest trees in Riccarton. The naming was also designed to showcase the Maori names of plants. Named in 1892 when John Deans split up 150 acres of the Deans Estate into 105 lots which were then …

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Jane Deans Close in Riccarton – Named after Jane Deans (1823- 1911). Jane Deans was an early Riccarton settler and community leader. Formed post-1997. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. There is a Wikipedia page about Jane Deans and it …

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Parkhouse Road in Wigram – formerly Part of Curletts Road. Named after Jaynie Margaret Hudgell, née Parkhouse, (1956-).Jaynie Hudgell is a swimmer who won a gold medal in the 800m freestyle event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. The section of Curletts Road from the expressway to Treffers Road was re-named Parkhouse Road on …

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Hillary Crescent in Upper Riccarton – Named after Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919- 2008). In a block of 28 acres bought by the government for state housing in 1953. The land was formerly owned by Pyne, Gould Guinness Ltd and was in Curletts Road between Blenheim Road and the Main South Road. Named on 10 …

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Mcalpine Street in Wigram and nothing on the library website. I couldn’t find any mention on council website either. On Papers Past the earliest entry was in 1963 where it is mentioned as a new street in the Railways Dept Industrial subdivision. It was named after John Mcalpine who was the Minister of Railways. Various …

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Jipcho Road in Wigram and nothing on library website or council website. I managed to find out how the street got name Jipcho from a media article in an African newspaper. Ben Jepicho was a Kenyan athlete who won two gold medals at the 1974 Commonwealth Games here in Christchurch. He was born in 1943 …

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