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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 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 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 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 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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Mary Muller Drive in Hillsborough – Named after Mary Jeanette Muller (1912-1995). Mary Muller was for many years the principal of Muller’s Transport in Port Hills Road. The road passes over the land where her business and her home were situated. Named in 2000. A small amount of information from the library website. Mary Muller …

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Lock Crescent in Hillsborough – formerly Lock Place. Named because the name “Lock” is a family name that has been prominent in the area “in past years”. Named Lock Place in 2 April 2002. It was later extended to continue out to Chapmans Road, creating a “Crescent”. The name change was requested in 2006 by …

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Brightlings Rd in Hillsborough – Named after John Brightling (1842- 1928). Brightling established a brick works there in 1893. First appears in street directories in 1980. A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past had an obituary for John Brightling in 1928. He arrived in Lyttelton on the John Templar in June …

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Caerphilly Place in Hillsborough- Named after Caerphilly, a town in the county borough of Caerphilly in South Wales. Developed post-1997. A tiny amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name. This street is in the business area that runs off Port Hills area and there was a …

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Vaila Place in Woolston – Named after Vaila, one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The Thomson family emigrated to Stewart Island in the 1860s from Vaila. A descendant is a director of the company that carried out the subdivision. Named in 2013. A small amount of information from the library website. The name Vaila …

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