Te Ara o Ketu in Avalon is named after a ketu, a pointed, paddle-shaped gardening tool used in earthworks and cultivation. This implement symbolises the deep horticultural history of Motutawa Pā, where such tools supported the settlement’s gardening and food production in the 1840s. The name acknowledges the role of these implements in the Māori […]
Te Ara o Timo in Avalon is named after a traditional wooden digging tool known as a timo. This implement was used for loosening soil during cultivation and often crafted from forked branches with a flattened blade and a rounded handle. The timo represents the practical ingenuity of Māori horticultural practices at Motutawa Pā, where […]
Te Ara o Kōpiha in Avalon is named after kōpiha, a type of storage pit used for preserving kūmara and other food crops. These rua kōpiha were vital to the sustainability of Motutawa Pā, which in the 1840s was a kāinga (settlement) with surrounding cultivated land. The name acknowledges the food production and preservation practices […]
Te Ara o Kāheru in Avalon is named after a traditional wooden spade called a kāheru, which was used for light cultivation tasks such as loosening soil and weeding. The name honours the cultivation heritage of Motutawa Pā, a kāinga (settlement) in the 1840s where such tools would have been essential. Kāheru were not for […]
Named after the Mazzola family who were market gardeners in the area since 1942. Pictured is Francesco Mazzola in 1968. The nearby street Cataldo Mews is named after a member of the Mazzola family, Cataldo Mazzola.
A new subdivision was created on the land at 959 High Street, which had formerly belonged to Mr Cataldo Mazzola. The new street joined High Street on the property that was previously numbered as 963 High Street. The original driveway to 959 High Street was retained as a private right of way. During the development […]
Avery Grove in Avalon is named after the Avery family, who arrived in New Zealand aboard the “Bolton” in 1840. The family consisted of Thomas, Elizabeth, and their children, who hailed from Kent. By the mid-1860s, Thomas had acquired land in Waiwhetu, while his son George farmed in Taita, which is now part of Avalon. […]
Mabey Road in Avalon takes its name from the Mabey family, who owned this land in the 1863. Job Mabey, had leased the land from absentee owner John Stancliffe since the 1840s, and in 1863, Job Charles purchased three acres from him on the western side of High Street, where Mabey Road is today. 1 […]
Athlone Crescent is a residential street located in the Avalon suburb of Lower Hutt. The street was named by James Stellin, who was the subdivider of the area in the 1920s. At the time, King George V was on the throne and the first and last Earl of Athlone, Alexander Cambridge (1894-1957), was a prominent […]
Allen Street in Avalon, Lower Hutt is believed to have been named after William Allen, the bugler for the garrison at Boulcott Stockade. The stockade was a fortified defensive structure built by the British colonial forces during the New Zealand Wars in the mid-19th century. The stockade was located in what is now Boulcott, a […]