A new road in Mosgiel is to be named after a man with no connections to Otago.
The private way off Cemetery Rd will be called Jollie Lane after 19th-century surveyor and politician Edward Jollie (1825-1894).
Born in England, Jollie surveyed the site of central Christchurch, was a Canterbury Provincial Council member and member of Parliament for Cheviot.
He farmed in Canterbury and lived in Taranaki when he retired.