Mairehau

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Suburb: Mairehau
City: Christchurch
Island: South Island
Surrounded by:
 to the north Marshland
 to the east Shirley
 to the south St Albans
 to the west Papanui

Mairehau is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located four kilometres north of the city centre, close to the edge of the urbanised central city area. Much new development is being carried out on the northern edge of Mairehau.

The suburb was named in 1916 after Mrs Mairehau Hutton, on account of her father Arthur Gravenor Rhodes being a major local property owner. The name Mairehau is derived from the New Zealand shrub mairehau, Phebalium nudum, named after Maire an invisible Maori mist maiden.

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