George Copeland died in 1866. He was active in social and political matters and the Wesleyan Church. He farmed at Waiwhetu and had a large family.
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Buick Street
Buick Street is likely named after D. Buick who owned 5 1/4 acres of land in Petone in 1852. In September, 1866, a framed group photograph of the band, as reproduced on the next page, was presented to Mr. Valentine, containing the following inscription:— “Presented to Mr. N. Valentine.by the inhabitants of the Hutt District […]
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Jackson Street
Edwin Jackson arrived in New Zealand in 1857 and settled in Petone in 1868. He set up in business as a farmer and bricklayer. He eventually acquired a substantial block of land in the town which he subsequently subdivided with unsurveyed rights of way, which is the reason why Jackson Street is so crooked in […]
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Martha Turnell Crescent
Named after Martha Brewin Moody nee Turnell. Hutt City Council decided on the new name on the 10th December 2019 (Report no: HCC2019/1(2)/234) The developer requested the name be considered after the developer’s client’s great-great-grandmother Matha Turnell. Martha was born on 28th Sept 1822 in Sheffield Yorkshire UK, was the youngest daughter of seven siblings. […]
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Te Ara o Paetutu
Translates as the “Path of Paetutu”. This street is located near the former site of the Paetutu Pā. The new street name was required following the subdivision of 429 Jackson Street, Petone. The name was adopted by the Hutt City Council on the 17 September 2019 , so may not appear on maps yet.
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Alice Street
Alice Street in Alicetown, Lower Hutt, is named after Alice Maud Fitzherbert, the eldest daughter of Lower Hutt Mayor William Alfred Fitzherbert. On January 4, 1905, she married George von Zedlitz, a notable New Zealand educator, at Lower Hutt. In celebration of their union, Alice’s father built them a house called Norbury in Lower Hutt, […]
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Knights Road
William Knight, his wife Mary Ann, nee Penrose, and family arrived in the ”Duke of Roxburgh” February 1840. They owned land in what is now Penrose Street and Knights Road.
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Bell Road
Francis Henry Dillon Bell, son of the Hon. Sir Francis Dillon Bell, was a barrister and solicitor from 1873. He was Mayor of Wellington 1891-93 and an M.P. in 1893. He had a summer home at Lowry Bay (called Taumaru) and was active in community and sporting life. He was chairman of the Hutt Park […]
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Te Ara o Maraenuku
Named after Maraenuku pā, which was built nearby in 1842. No trace of it remains. It was built by Taringa Kuri (Te Kāeaea) to assert the Ngāti Tama iwi’s claim to the land. For its part, the New Zealand Company claimed to have purchased the land from Te Ātiawa. The pā was destroyed by British […]
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Dyer Street
Walter Dyer, C.B.E., died in 1965. He was chairman of the Wellington Education Board 1934-46 and was for nine years a member of the Hutt County Council.