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Revelation Drive – An extension of Clifton Drive. Named by the developers, Ken Loader and his wife, at the suggestion of Kit Iversen, city surveyor. When he first visited the site and saw the view he exclaimed “What a revelation!” Information supplied in 2007 by Peter Champion, then of White Fox & Jones in an …

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Panorama Road – Formerly Hillview Road. Hillview Road was re-named Panorama Road in 1929 at the request of several Clifton residents. First appears in street directories in 1940. Small amount of information from the library website. Name is fairly obvious as the views from here are fantastic. Most of the houses are modern and I …

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The Spur – Named after The Spur, the property of Samuel Hurst Seager (1855- 1933). Hurst Seager subdivided and sold his property at auction in 1914. It was on the corner of Nayland Street and the Christchurch-Sumner Road. First appears in street directories in 1957. Reasonable amount of information from the library website and I …

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Spinnaker Lane – nothing on library website for this tiny lane. As spinnaker is a nautical term it is a suitable name for this suburb. Managed a photo of an interesting house. I quite liked this house and it is unusual as I don’t tend to like modern houses. I walked down the Zig Zag …

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Kakariki Lane – nothing on library website for this street. This is a tiny street with modern houses. Kakariki is a parrot and I got a photo of a sign at the start of the lane. The sign has a fantail on it. After a query from a friend I googled the word again and …

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Galilee Lane – nothing on library website for this street. Looks like the street is still being developed and my photo is from the street overlooking Galilee Lane. My best guess for the naming of this street is that the previous owner of the nearby Gethsemane Gardens named the street. Another street with great views.

Starwood Lane – Named by one of the landowners, apparently in reference to the night sky, and the surrounding trees. Named Starwood Lane on 20 August 1979. Intended to be named Baughan Lane after Blanche Edith Baughan (1869?-1958), a resident of Panorama Road. She was a writer and secretary of the New Zealand branch of …

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Clifton Bay – The stretch of the main road between Clifton Terrace and Nayland Street. Named in 1961.A small amount of information from the library website. Between the Main Rd and Clifton Bay is a wee garden called Sumner Coronation Garden. A few older wooden houses here. Google maps was a bit weird here as …

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Lucienne Place was another wee street that wasn’t mentioned on the library website. This street ran off Port Hills Rd and it had a mixture of housing styles. A couple of houses even had a look of Housing Corp style of houses. I am talking about older ones from the State Advances days. I did …

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