Recent updates and additions
Latest listed at top. - Don't forget to check the Detailed Index also.
35mm slides converted to digital format - Click here for details.- Kaikorai Cable Car Route - superimposed on current aerial view from Nairn Street to the Octagon. Click on any location with a rectangular block to view a photo of a cable car there before the line closed in 1947.
- Constable Excell photographs added to Roslyn Police Station section.
- Added Oban Street listing to the [Streets List] section.
- ODT article High Street Cable Car - Cable car trust to seek Govt funding.
- Re-designed 'Maps' Index - with thumbnails to give better idea of page content.
- Highgate Bridge - Separate Index created - views before, during and after construction.
- Updated Roslyn Map showing changes to area between 1950 and 2002 street names, etc.
- Some web site content now available on DVD if desired.
- Added Kaikorai Shell Service Station - view in the snow of 1957
- Added Steamship 'Kaikorai' - did you know there was one?
- Added Toilets & Restrooms to Businesses & Amenities (listed alphabetically by type).
- Added a 'hint' to the search function on the Home Page when searching for a person.
- Added page on Roslyn Police Station and which constables were there.
- Added page on Wakari Drill Hall & Wakari Rifles, Nairn Street, early 1900s.
- Added Chapman & Oates Streets to [Street Lists].
- Added Culloden, Gibson, Greenock, Hastings, & Mount Streets to [Street Lists].
- Added Ayr, Beresford, Brighton, Dale, Fife & Mardale Streets to [Street Lists].
- Added Lismore Lane, Malta St, Tyne St, Wairoa st, & Wright St to [Street Lists].
- Added Begg St, Frasers Rd, Gowry Pl, Hood St to [Street Lists] 1919, 1936, 1942, 1950, 1951.
- Added a .PDF file showing streets that have been included in the [Street Lists] section.
- Added Walton Street 1919 listing to the [Street Lists] section.
- Added Shetland Street to the [Street Lists] section for 1936, 1942 and 1950.
- Added Erin Street to the [Street Lists] section - Erin St was King St before 1913.
- Added Laurensons Bakery some photos & other information.
- Added 1932 Dux Medal to Kaikorai School pages.
- Added a 'Help' page for the 'Find' function on 'Home' page.
- Added Historic Events in Otago - 1840-1940.
- Added 1971 view of Methodist Church in Taieri Road being demolished.
- Added 1967 view of store on corner of Taieri Road and Wairoa Street.
- Updated list of People mentioned on this site mainly businesses - more to do yet.
- Added page showing locations of old shops on 1947 aerial view of Kaikorai.
- Added photographs of Gordon's Store, 52 Chapman Street.
- Added photographs of Georges Store, 49 Nairn Street.
- Added aerial view of Frasers Road Baths in 1947.
- Added aerial view of Nairn Street/Taieri Road area in both 1947 and 2007.
- Added view of Nairn Street/Taieri Road area C1900.
- Goodley & Sons
- Family Grocers, Roslyn. Early photographs.
- Kaikorai Crossword created - have a go. (Print it from the 'Print Page' button).
- Added Kaikorai School Dux Honours Rolls & Head Teachers List till 1987 from 125th Celebrations Booklet January 1994.
- Added Kaikorai School Jubilee Souvenir Booklet of 1869-1919 (44 pages) - see in Kaikorai Primary School Index.
- Street Directory Updates - Ann, Falcon, Farley & Hereford St listings for 1919, 1936, 1942 & 1950 added. Kaikorai Valley Road listing for 1950 added.
- Roslyn Post Office - photographs of official opening 1908.
- Derelict cable car and trams near Cromwell - after services ended in Dunedin.
- Roslyn shops demolished June 2008 - now you see them - now you don't.
- List of shops (Kaikorai & Roslyn) - sorted by business type, some with links to photographs both old and recent.
- New cable arrives for Kaikorai cable car line.
- Extra photographs added on first day of Kaikorai cable cars.
- Kaikorai view from Gilmore Street c1900 - with comparison photograph taken in 2008.
- Chronological List - of Historical Events around Roslyn & Kaikorai.
- Kaikorai Shops - Buttons added to Kaikorai Shops list in the Maps Index for easier access to shop location photographs.
- Roslyn Scouts - some pages on the formation of this group.
- Kaikorai Cricket Club - some pages on the history of this group.
- What we did updated pages on what we got up to, making things, etc.
- Cable Cars Index - additional items added - including DCT tokens.
- Transport Modes - Index - to more easily find items on trucks, early cars, motorcycles and such.
- Help Page Provided - for 'Print Page' fault finding or screen layout problems.
- Builders at No.62 School St - now shown on Kaikorai Shops Map.
- Shops button provided - for direct link to shop index.
- Toy Spinning Tops - addition to 'What we did' section. A look back at some of those we used.
- Kaikorai Shops - a photographic record with links to associated articles. More photographs required yet please.
- Roslyn Methodist Church - Some limited information.
- Tui Hutton - Roslyn School of Music
- Frasers Road Baths - additional photographs added.
- Wm Wilson Bootmaker, had a small shop at the front of 25 Kaikorai Valley Road.
- Kaikorai Brass Band - photograph ex ODT 100 years ago with names.
- Roslyn Recollections - contributed by John Park.
- The Coal Yard & other stories - contributed by David Still.
- Jigsaw Puzzles of Kaikorai related photographs - FREE to download. Possibly more to add later as time permits.
- 1902 Street Directory - Kaikorai/Roslyn - listing this is a big job but progressing. I'm now also adding the current names for the streets mention in the 1902 listing to lessen confusion. Now completed !
- 1902 street map - with ability to switch between 1920 version and the same map but with 2007 street names in place. Toggle between maps to see the changes.
- Roslyn Institute - Photograph and some information.
- Street name changes over the years.
- Occupations & Trades in 1902.
- Maori Hill Electric Trams - two views in Roslyn.
- Don't forget to check the Detailed Index also.