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Whaka Tce in Huntsbury – formerly Whakakake or Whakakaka Road. Hancock’s Road was an early informal name. Named by Hannah Hancock (1854?- 1950) who said “whakekake” means superior”. Whakekake Road was named in 1923 at a meeting of the Heathcote County Council. Whakakake or Whakakaka Road appears in street directories 1938-1955. Hannah Hancock is the …

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Mamaku Lane in Huntsbury. It is too new to be on the library website or google maps but weirdly it showed up on apple maps. I didn’t walk the street as it honestly just looked like a driveway to one house. There are apparently 6 houses here all built in 2020. It runs off Woodlau …

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Woodlau Rise in Huntsbury – First appears in street directories in 1987. A tiny amount of information from the library website. Nothing about the name of the street on the library website. In Papers Past there was several mentions of a property called Woodlau in Prebbleton. Most entries were from early 1900s and I did …

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Sunhaven Place in Huntsbury and nothing on the library website. I assume that the name is because it is a sunny spot. A tiny street with no footpaths. Only 10 houses here and most were built in 1990s and 2000s. Not really a lot that I can say about it.

Lookaway Lane and Lookaway Place in Huntsbury – First appears in street directories in 1991. A tiny amount of information from the library website and it only refers to Lookaway Lane as Lookaway Place wasn’t on the library website. I am assuming that the name comes from the views across Christchurch towards the mountains. Most …

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Brickworks Lane in Huntsbury – Named after the brick makers who operated in Centaurus Road. Wigram Bros., maltsters & brickyards, operated there from 1886. Their business was taken over by the Murphy Bros. (Chch) Ltd, brick and drain pipe manufacturers in 1924. Their premises were on the intersection of Port Hills Road (later Centaurus Road) …

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Austin Kirk Lane in Huntsbury – Named after Austin, Kirk and Co., owners of the Farnley Brick and Tile Works. John Austen (1824- 1903), William Austen (1835-1910), Thomas Austen (1844-1918) and Henry Bland Kirk (1842-1927) owned the first of the local brickworks to produce domestic wares. They operated from a site in Port Hills Road …

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Sepia Lane in Huntsbury and nothing on the library website. This is a steep wee street that runs off Centaurus Rd. Most houses were built in 1990s and 2000s. At least one house was advertised as an over 60s unit but the rest promoted being convenient to the nearest school.

Bowenvale Ave in Cashmere – Named because it runs through Bowenvale which in turn, is named after Charles Bowen (1804-1871). Bowen, an original land purchaser in 1850, bought Rural Section 82, 50 acres on the “south bank River Heathcote, foot of hills”. He was the first Speaker of the Canterbury Provincial Council but eventually returned …

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Matthams Lane in Cashmere and this lane doesn’t seem to actually exist. There are 6 houses here but the addresses for them are 44 Bowenvale Ave. They are B, C, D, E, F and G. There is a sign post for this lane and it is on google maps. There is even street view for …

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