Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 9 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75. Halswell is named after Edmund Halswell QC, a government officer and member of the management commission of the Canterbury Association. He arrived in New Zealand in 1841 and …Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 9 kilometres southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75. Halswell is named after Edmund Halswell QC, a government officer and member of the management commission of the Canterbury Association. He arrived in New Zealand in 1841 and was appointed Commissioner of Native Reserves. The Māori name of Tai Tapu for the area is preserved in the name of a village located some 9 kilometres south of the centre of Halswell.
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