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Ballantyne Ave in Upper Riccarton- Named after the Ballantyne family, of Ballantyne’s Department Store. The family of William Ballantyne (1864-1934) and his wife, Mary Jane, née Haynes, (1869?-1952), lived on a one hundred acre farm there 1896-1946. Their family home, Nydfa, was in Hansons Lane. First appears in street directories in 1952. A small amount …

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Homer Place in Upper Riccarton and nothing on library website for this street yet most houses were built in 1950s. The sewage was connected to this street in 1954. There were a few death notices on Papers Past plus engagement notices. Ads for selling items but not a lot on Papers Past. I was surprised …

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Angela Street in Upper Riccarton – One of the five residential streets containing mainly workers’ cottages making up the area known as Peerswick. First mentioned in The Press in 1878 when land in the Peerswick Estate is advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1910. A small amount of information from the library …

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Fletcher Place in Upper Riccarton – Named after Henry Fletcher (1844-1942). Fletcher was the first market gardener in Riccarton. In 1879 he is listed in street directories as living at Okeover in Ilam and by 1902 he is at Stemmers Road (later Peer Street), Peerswick, Upper Riccarton. He had eleven children, most of whom settled …

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Metehau Street in Marshland – Named after George Williams Metehau, of Ngāi Tuahuriri, Tuahiwi. Metehau was an early Ngāi Tahu leader. Named by Ngāi Tahu Property Group, developer of the subdivision.A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had a few entries for George and he sounded like an interesting person. His …

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Raranga Street in Marshland – Raranga means: the art of weaving. In the first stage of the Prestons subdivision. Named by Ngāi Tahu, developer of the subdivision. Named in 2014. A small amount of information on the library website. All the houses here are on only one side of the street as there a reserve …

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Te Aue Street in Marshland – Named after a taonga harakeke variety that, in turn, is named after Te Aue “Daisy” Davis (1925?-2010). Te Aue Davis was a weaver and historian. In the first stage of the Prestons subdivision. Named by Ngāi Tahu Property Group, developer of the subdivision. Named in 2014. A reasonable amount …

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David Palmer Street in Marshland – Named after David Maxwell Palmer (1937?- 1993). Palmer, a lawyer, was a partner in the firm of Weston, Ward and Lascelles. He and Paul Temm QC represented Ngai Tahu in its claims before the Waitangi Tribunal. He was honoured with a tangi at Tuahiwi marae in recognition of his …

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Huntsbury Ave – formerly Dry Bush Road. Named because it runs through Huntsbury. The city section was formerly named Dry Bush Road. Huntsbury Avenue was formed when the Huntsbury Estate was subdivided and sections sold in 1924. Dry Bush Road became part of Huntsbury Avenue on 22 October 1942. A small amount of information from …

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Ranelagh Tce in Huntsbury – Probably named after Ranelagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Named in 1955. A tiny amount of information from from the library website and it probably is name after the suburb in Dublin but my first thought when I saw the name was Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea. This is because a …

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