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1880 Despite acceptance of the ‘Kingsland’ as the name for the area and village, by about 1880 there seems to have been an alternative name, ‘Rocky Nook’ – loosely applied to the city end of the Mt Albert District. The name appears in newspapers and other documents. Council records show that there was a proposal in the late 1890’s to erect a gas lamp at ‘Rocky Nook’, and in 1903 when the Christmas Eve tram disaster occurred it was described as being ‘near the Rocky Nook Tennis Club on the New North Road’. References to this elusive place persisted but the name never gained official recognition, despite a misconception today that Kingsland used to be called Rocky Nook.  1880 The Kingsland Post Office was opened in Page’s Store Mar 29 1880 The railway from Auckland to Avondale and Glen Eden opened with stations at Mt Eden, Kingsland, Morningside, Mt Albert, Avondale, New Lynn and Glen Eden 1880 A horse-drawn bus service began on New North Road  Oct 27 1880 The first public hall opened (near the Morningside telephone exchange) 1882 John McElwain’s farm below New North Road was subdivided, with 444 allotments at 25% cash and the balance at 7% John McElwain came to New Zealand in 1848 and after spending two years in government service and two years in a merchant’s office he bought (in 1852) fifty-five acres at Kingsland which he farmed, with an adjoining sixty acres given to him by his brother George McElwain. George was the first governor of the Mount Eden prison whose stone ‘Glenmore Lodge’ stood near the junction of New North and Dominion Roads. The hill New North Road ascends westward from Kingsland was known as McElwain’s Hill and his farm lay on the north-facing slope of the gully that contains today’s motorway. 1883 The Highway Board was changed to a Road Board. Engineers were consulted to report on work to be done on the New North Road , from end to end. Works were estimated to cost 655 pounds 14 shillings  1885AW Page’s Family Grocer was established at the corner of Kingsland Road and New North Road 1885 AW Page was elected to the Road Board and was appointed supervisor of New North Roadworks. He suggested that the government subsidy for the year be spent on a mile of Kingsland footpaths near his stores. His appointment was short-lived. 1886 A toll-bar at Kingsland Road (now Elendale Road ) and New North Road intersection was introduced but abandoned a year later due to public pressure. |
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