Treffers Road – Named after Mark Ferdinand Treffers (1954-).Treffers was a swimmer who won a gold medal in the 400m individual medley event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. Curletts Road from Parkhouse Road to Wigram Road was re-named Treffers Road on 4 June 1974.Interesting information from the library website. This is a business area in Wigram/Middleton suburbs. There were a few buildings up for lease. I took a photo of the building that used to be Steel Bros building until Steel Bros went belly up. The ex-husband worked at Steel Bros for a very long time. Took two other photos. One of an interesting business name and the other was an interesting sign on a building.

Frith Place in Burnside. First appears in street directories in 1976. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I couldn’t find any information about how the street was named. I searched the ancestry website for anyone with the surname Frith to have lived on Memorial Ave but nothing. There were several people with surname Frith living in Christchurch but none living in this area that I could find. Another nearby street has a Scottish name and the blurp for that street said it was in keeping with the Scottish theme for Burnside so it is possible that it received the name because it is perceived to be Scottish. There could be a connection to whoever developed the street. It looks like the street was developed at 259, 261 and 263 Memorial Ave and the houses date from 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. There is a footpath on both sides of the street so it had to be an older street. There are only 11 houses and they are all made from brick.

Warner Place in Heathcote – Named after Warner Mauger (1934-). Mauger is a builder and developer. First appears in street directories in 1987. Information supplied in 2004 by Linda Mauger, a family member, in an interview with Margaret Harper.A small amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add. Warner was originally from Methven and his son is Philip Mauger. It looks like the Linda Mauger mentioned is Philip’s ex-wife as she isn’t mentioned on the death notice for Warner’s wife Patricia.Most houses here are from 1980s including one that looked like it could have been an old house because of it’s style. A mixture of styles and this street won a best street award in 2003. Some nice gardens here. There is a small park that runs between Warner Place and Mauger Drive. Note since I walked this street Warner Mauger has died as I actually walked it before Christmas.

Scruttons Rd – Named after George Scrutton (d. 1874). Scrutton farmed on Scrutton’s Road in the Heathcote Valley. Scrutton’s Road first appears in the Star in 1877 in a report of a meeting of the Heathcote Road Board. First appears in street directories in 1892. Information supplied in 2009 by Scrutton’s great-grandson, Stuart Vogel, in an interview with Margaret Harper.A reasonable amount of information from the library website. The first entry on Papers Past that I found was dated in 1873 and it was about a ditch being choked up. There were a couple of entries in 1879 about the road being formed. Couldn’t find much information about George Scrutton. There was a death notice for him and he died in 1874 aged 55 years old. He also was granted a slaughter house license in 1872. His farm was called Ashley Farm. I couldn’t find any information on ancestry website for him.The houses here mostly date from 2000 with a couple dated 1960s. There would have been big changes in the area when the tunnel road was built. I have travelled the tunnel road most of my life and can’t remember what it looked before the houses were built. I also travelled on the school train in the late 1960s and early 1970s and again can’t remember what it looked like those days.Nothing outstanding about the houses here and on the Tunnel Road side there is a small gap between two houses where there is a small reserve.

Mauger Drive – Named after Warner Mauger (1934-). Mauger is a builder and property developer. First appears in street directories in 1980. Information supplied in 2004 by Linda Mauger in an interview with Margaret Harper. A small amount of information on the library website and not a lot that I can add. Warner is originally from Methven and he started his first business in 1953. There is also a charity hospital called Warner Mauger House in Christchurch. Philip Mauger the city Councillor is his son.Most houses are from 1980s and 1990s and there are a few from 2000. The houses from 2000 all seem to have columns at their entrances. Most seem to be made of brick. I didn’t take any photos here which surprised me as it is a fairly long street. I obviously found it a boring street but Warner Reserve does have an entrance here. The most interesting thing on this street was meeting the young woman walking two lambs. Note not long after I walked this street Warner Mauger who the street is named after died. I walked the street before Christmas.

Nova Place – formerly York Street. A report in the Star in 1880 of a meeting of the City Council says York Street has been “channelled, formed and shingled”. First appears in street directories in 1883. Re-named Nova Place in 1918. A small amount of information from the library website and the renaming is far more interesting than the brief information there. From Papers Past it was difficult to find out information about York Street as every town in NZ seem to have a York Street and even with limiting how many papers to look at there were a lot of entries. In 1918 it was proposed to rename the street Weka Place but the residents objected because there was already a Weka St in Fendalton. One of the councillors came up with the name Nova and it is Avon spelt backwards. I wasn’t expecting this as Nova means star and I thought that this would be the reason for the name.There was a letter of complaint to the Council about the renaming of the street. The reason for the complaint was that the street had been York Street for 45 years and was named by Edward Jollie and Captain Thomas after a bishopric. The person who complained died the next year.This is a sad looking street with empty sections and rundown buildings except for the one on the corner with Barbadoes St. At the end of the street is a large building and car park belonging to a Bridge Club. The QV website said 10 properties mostly built in the 1990s with a couple in 2017 and one in 1950 and this surprised me. A certain developer has signs all over the place here so expect cheaply built apartments that sell for over the top prices to appear here.

Horatio Street -Named after Horatio Henwood (1833-1919). Henwood was a carpenter of Antigua Street, Christchurch. He built the first railway station in Christchurch. Horatio Street was owned by him in 1874.This road has now been closed because it is the on the site of where the new sports venue will be built.

Crusader Lane – Named after the Crusaders’ rugby team. Developed at 26 Churchill Street. Named in 1999.A wee bit of information from the library website. This is a tiny street near Barbadoes St and it wasn’t possible to actually walk it. Lots of flats crowded onto a section and I wouldn’t like to live here as you would be too close to your neighbours. Note there wasn’t any fuss about this street name when there was the big fuss about the name of the rugby team.

Coventry Street – Formerly Chapel Street. There is no church listed there in street directories. Re-named Coventry Street. Named after the English cathedral city. This street was formed on the site of the Ferry Road Nursery belonging to William Barbour Wilson (1819-1897). Formed when the nursery land was subdivided in 1877. Chapel Street is mentioned in an advertisement in The Press in 1878. Re-named Coventry Street in 1909. A small amount of information from the library website. On the website Papers Past there were several ads for the sale of sections in 1879 and 1880. There was also a new house and shop for sale in 1877. By 1940 there was a warehouse and factory for sale but still a few residents living here. I found several mentions about the renaming of the street in Papers Past in 1909 but it is highly likely that it was renamed because there was another Chapel St in St Albans near Holly Rd. There were at least three letters to the editor of The Press protesting the renaming of the street. Two of the objections related to the position of the street to the Catholic Cathedral as they believed that the name of the street was because of the Cathedral. I enjoyed the letter dated 4th December 1909 because of the wording. One sentence said The Special Committee of the City Council has experienced another spasm of street renaming. I loved this sentence. In another sentence they asked if the City Fathers will erect a statue of Lady Godiva. It is possible that the street was called Chapel Street after a nearby Wesleyan Chapel on High Street. I couldn’t actually walk this street as it was mostly blocked off and it runs through the centre of Ara Institute formerly CPIT. In 1909 there was a Seddon Memorial Technical College on Moorhouse Ave.

Conference Street – Named to commemorate the first general conference of the Methodist Church in New Zealand held in Christchurch in 1874. Its formation was discussed by the Municipal Council and reported in the Star in 1875. Appears in street directories as early as 1878. Not recognised as a public street by the Christchurch City Council until 1960.A bit of information from the library website. A mixture of new and old houses plus housing complexes that looked like social housing. Managed several photos here.