Christchurch Place Names:N-Z - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch Place Names:N-Z - Christchurch City Libraries
Christchurch Place Names:N-Z - Christchurch City Libraries
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<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>Place</strong> <strong>Names</strong>: N - Z<br />
Current name Former name Origin of name Where Additional<br />
information<br />
Peacocks<br />
Gallop<br />
Shag Rock<br />
Reserve<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
Updated July 2013<br />
Named after John<br />
Jenkins Peacock<br />
(1798-1868).<br />
On the Main<br />
Road at the base<br />
of Clifton Hill<br />
and opposite<br />
Shag Rock.<br />
Named Shag Rock as<br />
early as 1854.<br />
The Māori name for it<br />
is Rapanui. The<br />
meaning of this is<br />
discussed in the Star in<br />
1903.<br />
In 1940 members of<br />
the Sumner Beach<br />
Improvement and<br />
Beautifying<br />
Association arranged<br />
for the planting of 150<br />
native shrubs<br />
purchased from J. N.<br />
Baxter of Mount<br />
Pleasant.<br />
Peacock was a<br />
merchant and trader<br />
who owned numerous<br />
small vessels. He rode<br />
to <strong>Christchurch</strong> via<br />
Sumner and, according<br />
to family legend, he<br />
was afraid of rocks<br />
falling from the cliffs<br />
between Sumner and<br />
Page 16 of 126<br />
See Source Related sources<br />
Sumner-Redcliffs<br />
Historical Society<br />
Moncks Bay to<br />
Scarborough beach<br />
parks : issues and<br />
opportunities, p 23<br />
“Galloping Peacock -<br />
fact or myth”, The<br />
Press, 4 December<br />
2006, p A9<br />
“Peacock identified”,<br />
The Press, 18<br />
December 2006, p A5<br />
Search of relevant<br />
minute books<br />
undertaken by Chris<br />
Adam, regional<br />
archivist at Archives<br />
New Zealand. These<br />
books are now held by<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Council archives.<br />
Hagley/Ferrymead<br />
Community Board<br />
Extraordinary Agenda<br />
G R Macdonald<br />
dictionary of<br />
Canterbury<br />
biographies: P233
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