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Cliff St – A short road off Main Road, running into the cliff face at Monck’s Bay. First appears in street directories in 1910. A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. A few mentions in Papers Past and in 1905 the …

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Wakatu Ave in Moncks Bay – Formerly Pratt Street. Named after Frederick Pratt (1861-1925). Re-named Wakatu Avenue.Pratt, a lawyer, was elected to the Sumner Borough Council on 24 April 1901 and was mayor of Sumner May 1905-February 1906. His obituary says “he would be remembered as one of the most public-spirited and generous residents who …

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Bay View Rd in Moncks Bay – Named because this road gives a view of Moncks Bay. Formed in 1904. Bay View Road is first mentioned in The Press in 1905. First appears in street directories in 1910. Re-named Bayview Road in 1970. A small amount of information from the library website and the street …

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Croftfield Place in Westmorland and nothing on the library website. There are 11 large houses here all built in 1990s and a couple I quite liked especially one of the brick houses. A couple of ugly houses but the rest were fairly ordinary looking. There is an entrance to Willow Dell Reserve from this street. …

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Oberg Lane in Westmorland – Named after Hector Percival “Percy” Oberg and his wife, Barbara Helen Oberg. The Obergs bought their land on 26 March 1981 and the subdivision plan which created Oberg Lane was deposited on 14 February 1994. Information supplied in 2012 by Bob Pritchard, subdivisions officer, Christchurch City Council. A small amount …

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Willow Dell in Westmorland. Nothing on the library website yet the houses all date from 1990s. It is possibly because it is a private lane yet other private lanes are mentioned on the library website. There wasn’t a footpath but there is a walkway next to the street. There is a nice wee reserve called …

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Emily Heights in Moncks Bay. Nothing on library website but this street would be too new. It is on google maps but no street view as there was a very clear locked gate preventing access. I didn’t actually walk this street for the same reason. A website called housenode claims there are 11 houses here …

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Moncks Bay Lane in Moncks Bay – nothing on library website for this street and it is obvious how it got it’s name. There wasn’t anything on Papers Past yet there are houses here dating from 1960s and 1970s plus there is an ugly modern house. I didn’t actually walk this street as is just …

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Red Rock Lane in Moncks Bay – Named because the street is on the site of the old quarry from which the red rock, readily seen in Sumner and Redcliffs, was extracted. A right-of-way named in 2003. A small amount of information from the library website. There is supposed to be 15 houses here but …

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Tui Vale Lane in Halswell and it is too new for the library website. The street is part of the boutique new Stoneridge subdivision at 823 Cashmere Road. There are 7 sections here and just to be confusing google maps have the street as Tui Vale Rise but signpost and the developer’s noticeboard has the …

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