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Moyna Avenue in the suburb of Dallington, Christchurch

Moyna Ave in Dallington – Named after Moyna Coulter, née Foster, (1937- ).Moyna Coulter’s father, John Foster, was a draughtsman at the Lands & Survey Department in 1947, the year the street name was approved. He was later Town Planning officer at Christchurch City Council. First appears in street directories in 1957. Information supplied in …

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Porritt Place in the suburb of Dallington Red Zone, Christchurch

Porritt Place in Dallington Red Zone – Named after Arthur Espie Porritt (1900- 1994). Porritt was an athlete and an Olympic Games administrator in 1960. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in 1960. A small amount of information from the library website. There is a Wikipedia page for Arthur Porritt. I found …

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Lovelock Street in the suburb of Dallington, Christchurch

Lovelock St in Dallington – Named after Jack Lovelock (1910- 1949). Lovelock was a New Zealand runner who once held the world mile record and competed in the Olympics in Berlin in 1936. While at school he was head prefect at Timaru Boys’ High School. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in …

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Snell Place in the suburb of Dallington Red Zone, Christchurch

Snell Place in Dallington Red Zone – Named after Sir Peter Snell (1938- ).Snell was an athlete. In a group of streets named after athletes. Named in 1960. A small amount of information from the library website. Note Peter Snell died in December 2019 in the US and there is a Wikipedia page for him. …

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Wrey Jury Lane in the suburb of Dallington, Christchurch

Wrey Jury Lane in Dallington – Named after Wrey Hamilton Jury (1917-2003). Jury was a former longstanding owner and local identity. He was enrolled at the Sumner School for Deaf Children in 1926. Developed in 2005 by Horncastle Homes. A small amount of information from the library website. I checked the Ancestry website and Wrey …

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Rimu Street in the suburb of Riccarton, Christchurch

Rimu St in Riccarton – formerly Rimu Road. Named after the rimu, a New Zealand native tree.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 trees. Rimu Road appears on a 1912 map. Rimu Street first appears in …

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Titoki Street in the suburb of Riccarton, Christchurch

Titoki St in Riccarton – Named after the titoki tree, native to New Zealand. The name continues the theme of street names in Riccarton which commemorate the Deans families’ efforts to conserve the native forest trees in Riccarton. The naming was also designed to perpetuate the Maori names of plants. Described in 1938 as being …

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Kennaway Road in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch

Kennaway Road in Woolston – Named after the Kennaway family. William Kennaway (1796-1868) bought Rural Section 122, 100 acres on the “South bank Heathcote River near Steam-wharf”. His sons, William Kennaway (1832-1918) and Laurence James Kennaway (1834-1904) emigrated on the Canterbury, arriving on 31 October 1851. Their younger brother, Walter Kennaway (1835-1920), arrived in 1853. …

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Chapmans Road in the suburbs of Woolston and Hillsborough, Christchurch

Chapmans Road in Woolston and Hillsborough – Named after William Chapman (1853-1924). Chapman, a farmer of Opawa, built an accommodation house there. He lived at 55 Opawa Road. He married Sarah Elizabeth, the only daughter of Joseph Garland (1812-1862), a farmer of Heathcote Farm. First appears in street directories in 1901. A small amount of …

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Dalziel Place in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch

Dalziel Place in Woolston – Named after Jean Dalziel Mauger (1908-1996). Jean Mauger was the mother of developer, Warner Mauger. Named in 1997.Information supplied in 2006 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. …

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