Waihi Street Names
This list is an attempt to explore the source of Waihi street names. A list has appeared twice in the Ohinemuri Regional History Journals, and these entries have been acknowledged in the "Source" column; see Journal 23: Waihi Streets, and Journal 32: Origins of Waihi Street Names. Included lower in the table is a list of streets that no longer exist, or streets that may never have been formed. Some of these are still unformed legal roads.
Information about Waihi streets and roads has been taken from modern cadastral data, and from early Borough maps. There are circa 158 street names in current usage. 28 street names are no longer in usage.
If you have information to update or add to this data, please be in touch.
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Named after… |
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Adams St |
Joseph Adams, Draper Or Henry Hopper Adams (1851-1928) |
HH Adams built the first batteries in Waihi, for the Martha Company and the Waihi Company (both 1882). He reconstructed the Silverton Battery in 1896, and purchased it as the Union Battery after the Waihi Gold Mining Co. closed it in 1911. |
ORHJ No. 23 EL |
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Albert St |
Royalty |
Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee, Cyclopedia 1902 | |
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Ashman Rd |
Daisy Ashman Family |
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Austin Rd |
Austen Family, lived cnr Cambridge and Savage Rd |
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Baber St |
J. W. Baber, Life Insurance Agent |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Baker St |
Baker family |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Banks St |
Edwin Gripper Banks, Mining Engineer |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Barry Rd |
Hubert Percy Barry, Mine Superintendent |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Baxter Rd |
Baxter family owned farm at end of road |
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Bellamys Rd |
C and S. Bellamy Ltd., Grocers.? |
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Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee |
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Boundary Rd |
Boundary between Waihi Borough Council and Ohinemuri County Council |
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Boyd Rd |
J. D. Boyd, Estate Agent. Dudley Boyd owned farm on North side of Matangia Rd. Also known as the "Magazine track" (explosives magazine) |
Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee |
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Bradford St |
Sergeant-Major George Roland Bradford, a member of the Ohinemuri Contingent. Bradford was the first New Zealander to be killed during the war [Boer War – E]. |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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Brickfield Rd |
Laurie Bros. Brickworks |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Buller St |
Sir Redvers Buller, British Army General |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Bulltown Rd |
Bull Family |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Cambridge Rd |
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Canon St |
Canon E. S. Wayne, or Canon J. L. A. Kayll - Church of England vicars? |
Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee |
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Carrick Robertson Pl |
Sir Carrick Robertson, Superintendent of the Waihi Hospital circa 1912 |
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Chapel Lane |
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at Hospital |
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Christensen St |
C. Christensen, Ohinemuri County Councillor, Waihi (Waihi Riding), 1938 - 1945+. Mayor of Waihi 1956 - 1965 |
Ohinemuri County Diamond Jubilee 1885-1945, Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee, Jnl 32 |
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Clarke St |
T.P. Clarke, Battery Engineer, father of the late Tom Clarke |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Colebrook Rd |
Very early Waihi family, Colebrook, George: Butcher (1900). And carpenter |
A recent name for a new street. Roger Smith, developer of this subdivision, said it was an old street name, perhaps for an earlier street in this area. |
Ohinemuri County Diamond Jubilee 1885-1945, Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee. Waihi Topo map 1900 shows a block of land a little north labelled Colebrook as owner |
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Connell St |
Richard Connell, Father-in-law of W.H. Johnston |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Consols St |
Waihi Consols Mining Property |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Corbett Rd |
Tom Corbett, one of very early prospectors in Waihi, hotel keeper, or H.M. Corbett, Ohinemuri County Councillor, 1908, and Chairman 1911 to 1916 and 1926 to 1929 or E.M. (Edward Mann) Corbett, Ohinemuri County Councillor, first councillor 1885-1890, 1893-1898. |
Also a Corbett St in Paeroa |
Pukewa Waihi 2003, Lockwood. Ohinemuri County Diamond Jubilee 1885-1945 |
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Cornwall St |
1901 HMS Ophir took the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) on their tour of the British Empire (including New Zealand).Or named for Cornwall in UK, many early miners were from there |
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RMS_Ophir |
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Crean Rd
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J.C. Crean, Waikino Brass Band 1907. Or Tom and Wm. Crean (may be JCs children). Crean family broke in land and farmed there |
Waikino and the Victoria Battery, AM Isdale 2000 |
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Cuba St |
Waihi mining claim |
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Mines Statement 1899: 24/8/98. 24 0 20; Waihi . ..; XIV.; Ohinemuri; Cuba; Ohinemuri Syndicate (Ltd.). |
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Darby St |
Darby family |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Deam Rd |
Deam family, early land owners at Waitawheta |
Dean's Flat shown on Aroha Katikati 1912 map, on Waitawheta river where Deam Rd is now, also Dean Creek or Stream, but note different spelling |
The Patchwork Quilt, LP Wheeler, 1970 |
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Dean Cres |
A. J. Dean, Chartered Accountant, Mayor 1971-77. |
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ORHJ No. 32 |
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Devon St |
Devon County, adjacent to Cornwall, UK |
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Dobson St |
Dobson’s Boarding House |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Domain Rd |
Beside Ngatikoi Domain (Black Hill) |
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Donnelly St |
D. Donnelly? |
early Waihi family |
Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee, Waihi High School Diamond Jubilee 1890-1950 |
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Durham St |
ss Durham, a ship on the Ohinemuri 1876? |
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ORHJ No. 31 |
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Elliot St |
Adam Elliot, Miner |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Evans St |
James Arthur Evans, Mine Manager of the Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Company, 1896 | Cyclopedia 1902 | |
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Favona St |
Favona Mine |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Featon Rd |
John Featon, Mining Speculator |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Fisher Rd |
County Chairman Blanch Fisher? |
or earlier family |
Waihi Rugby Union 1897-1997 |
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Fleet St |
Visit of the American Fleet in 1908? |
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Ford Rd |
Family? Or ford over stream (Fred Pratt via DMcL) |
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Franklin Rd |
C. Franklin, Ohinemuri County Councillor, 1902-1905, 1908-1914 |
or: F. L. Franklin, Ohinemuri County Councillor, Waitawheta (Waihi West Riding), 1938 - 1945+. Franklin Flat shown on Aroha Katikati 1912 map, on Waitawheta river |
Ohinemuri County Diamond Jubilee 1885-1945 |
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Frankton Rd |
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Galbraith St |
James Galbraith, Journalist, Editor of the "Waihi Miner". |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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George St |
King George V, accession to the Throne 1910 |
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Gilmour St |
Thomas Gilmour, Mine Manager |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Gladstone Rd |
Waihi Gladstone Mine |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Golden Valley Rd |
i, yellow ash soil, ii, prolific gorse or broom flowering, iii, golden opportunities for farming by Danish settlers | ||
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Governor Grv |
Governor Hobson? |
recent new name for Hobson St east |
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Grey St |
Sir George Grey |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Haszard St |
H.D.M. Haszard, Chief Surveyor, or Norman F.J. Haszard, early surveyor of the town | ORHJ No. 23 | |
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Heard Rd |
Family? |
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Heath Rd |
W. Heath? |
old Waihi family |
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Highland Rd |
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recently changed I think |
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Hobson St |
Governor Hobson? |
hence the other part of the road called Governor Grv? |
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Homunga Rd |
Homunga Bay |
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Hume Rd |
Hume, W. Waihi Borough Councillor, 1905-06? Or Hume who operated a sawmill at Waimata 1899 |
Ran a livery and bait stable in Rosemont Rd circa 1910. |
Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee, Pukewa Waihi 2003, Lockwood, Ohinemuri Gazette |
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Islington Tce |
Miss L.A. Roberts, after her home town in England. She was Infant Mistress at Central School from 1896-1923 and held property in this street |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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Johnston St |
Walter H. Johnston, who, with N.F.J. Haszard, surveyed Waihi. |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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Kalma Rd |
Kalma family. A new road to access their property |
Have a kiwifruit orchard |
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Kelly Rd |
Kelly family who owned a farm there. J. A. Kelly Headmaster Waihi South School, 1935-? (or 32-36) was a son. Or John Kelly, owner of Rob Roy in 1904 |
Waihi Borough Diamond Jubilee, The Patchwork Quilt, LP Wheeler, 1970 |
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Kenny St |
H. Eyre Kenny, Warden and Magistrate. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Kensington Rd |
Owners of Kensington Freehold |
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Kent Cres |
English |
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Kimberley Rd |
Kimberley in South Africa was besieged at the time this street was surveyed. |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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King St |
King George V, accession to the Throne 1910? |
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Kingsley Rd |
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Kitchener St |
Lord Kitchener, British General. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Knowles Cres |
Named after a long-time resident of this street. |
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ORHJ No. 32 |
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Lambert St |
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Landlyst Rd |
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Lawrence Rd |
Bill Lawrence |
owned farm here |
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Mackay St |
James Mackay? |
On early maps it was spelt as Macky, the way Mackay pronounced his name |
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Maddocks St |
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Magnolia Lane |
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new subdivision |
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Mangatoetoe St |
Mangatoetoe Stream |
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Margaret St |
Margaret Gilmour, wife of Thomas Gilmour. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Martha St |
Martha Mine. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Martin Rd |
Tom Martin, little old miner who had the first shanty in this road |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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Mataura Rd |
Mataura Stream, Mataura mine? |
Mataura mine, north-east of Waihi |
Geological Bulletin 26 |
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Mathers Rd |
Mathers family |
Mathers family farms here |
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McKinney Rd |
McKinney family |
McKinney family farmed here |
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Mclean Rd |
W. McLean |
Early settlers |
The Patchwork Quilt, LP Wheeler, 1970 |
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Miners Pl |
new name for a section of Bulltown Rd |
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Moore St |
John Moore, or W.H. Moore Silverton mine |
There are several Moores associated with early Waihi: John H. Moore, manager of the Martha mine c.1884 to 1887 and of the Silverton c.1886-7, William Moore, Netherton, an Ohinemuri County Councillor, and Henry Moore, brewer of Paeroa. |
Biographies - E Lens |
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Moresby Ave |
Tracy A. Moresby, Mining Registrar at Paeroa. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Morgan St |
Robert Morgan, Manager Grand Junction Battery. Father of Evan and David. |
Gone |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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Mueller St |
Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Newman St |
Walter Newman, Accountant with Waihi Company. Grandfather of John Newman. |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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Ngatitangata Rd |
Ngati Tangata Maori Reserve |
Gave access to the Ngati Tangata Maori Reserve; it included the access road to Homunga Bay |
Waitangi Tribunal Hauraki Report (Wai 686) map. Page 439 Fig 47 |
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Old Tauranga Rd |
First road built from Paeroa to Katikati. It bypassed Waihi entirely |
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Oldfield Rd |
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Orchard Rd |
Road to Tony and Theo Belcher's orchard, and the Waitete Restaurant they established |
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Orokawa Heights Rd |
Recent name. Orokawa beach below |
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Parry Palm Ave |
Hon. W. E. Parry (formerly part of Seddon and before that Broadway). |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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Pickett Pl |
H. J. (Snow) Pickett, Mayor 1947-56. |
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ORHJ No. 32 |
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Pipe Lane |
High pressure water race pipes to Waihi Battery on Union Hill |
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Pitt St |
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Poets Corner Rd |
Recent name |
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Princes St |
Royalty? |
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Pukekauri Rd |
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near Mutu Hgaherehere? Transl: small remnant of forest. |
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Pukewera Rd |
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Quarry Rd |
Waihi Borough Council used to operate a quarry here? |
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Queen St |
Royalty? |
The bridge on Matangia Rd was once called Queen Bridge |
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Rata St |
Hollis Bush, rata trees |
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Regent St |
Royalty? |
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Regina Dr |
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at Hospital |
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Reservoir Rd |
New name based on Municipal water supply dam |
Used to be Upper Walmsley? |
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Richmal St |
English |
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Rifle Range Rd |
There was a rifle range there |
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Riverbank Tce |
runs along Ohinemuri River |
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Roberts St |
family of Zillah Roberts? |
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Robin St |
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Roland Pl |
Roland Pl was originally part of Bradford St but as it did not connect with the rest of Bradford St it was renamed and called Roland because that was one of Bradford's Christian names |
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M. Carmine |
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Rosemont Rd |
Rosemont Mine |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Roycroft St |
George Roycroft, an early settler |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Russell St |
T. H. Russell, Mining Promoter. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Samson Rd |
Ian Samson owned a run-off (farmland) there |
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Savage Rd |
Henry Clinton Savage and Mary Ann Savage, owners of the freehold. |
ORHJ No. 23 |
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School Lane |
School of Mines |
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Seddon St |
Right Hon. Richard John Seddon (formerly Main Street and before that Waihi Street). |
Diamond Jubilee 1902-62 |
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Settlers Dr |
new subdivision |
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Silverton Rd |
Silverton Battery |
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Slevin St |
Joseph E. Slevin. |
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Diamond Jubilee 1902-62 |
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Smith St |
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Somerset St |
New name |
Used to be Corbett St |
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Spence Rd |
There was a Spence family living in the Waihi area - don't know much about them but maybe they had a farm there. "Waihi Borough Council Diamond Jubilee Booklet 1902-1962" has an image of WAIHI BOROUGH COUNCIL and Staff, October 1935, showing Spence Traffic Inspector. |
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M. Carmine |
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Stafford St |
Berkeley H. Stafford, on office staff of the Waihi Company. |
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Diamond Jubilee 1902-62 |
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Station Rd |
original access road to railway station? |
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Surrey St |
English |
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Symonds St |
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Taieri Rd |
Taieri Stream |
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Tauranga Rd |
Short cut road to align with new bridge (Coronation Bridge) |
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Thomas Pl |
Albert Thomas, Mayor |
new name, used to be Evans St cut by railway |
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Toomey St |
Nicholas Toomey. |
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ORHJ No. 32 |
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Trig Rd |
Trig station 1404 beside road near Waimata Hall, or Matangia trig 65? |
Ohinemuri, Waihi North map 1923, Waihi Topo Plan 1900 |
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Union St |
Union Mine. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Upper Walmsley Rd |
Horatio Walmsley, owner of large area of bush-covered land at end of road. Uncle of Stewart Walmsley. |
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ORHJ No. 32 |
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Victoria St |
Queen Victoria, her Jubilee or death? |
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Village Way |
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at Hospital |
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Violet St |
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Waihi Beach Rd |
Road to Waihi Beach |
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Waitawheta Rd |
Road to Waitawheta |
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Waitete Rd |
Waitete Valley and stream |
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Walker St |
J. W. (Long Drive) Walker. |
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ORHJ No. 23 |
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Walls Rd |
Walls family |
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Walmsley Rd |
Horatio Walmsley, owner of large area of bush-covered land at end of the road. Uncle of Stewart Walmsley. |
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Diamond Jubilee 1902-62 |
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Wellington St |
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Wenlock St |
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Wharry Rd |
Wharry family |
used to be called Willows Rd |
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William St |
William Sharman Crawford (Billy) Nicholl? |
Prospector who "discovered" the Martha lode |
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Willows Rd |
Willows by the Ohinemuri River |
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Wilson St |
John Wilson of Katikati held property in this street. |
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ORHJ No. 32 |
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Woodland Rd |
The timber and saw mills serviced by this road |
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Wrigley St |
James Marsden Wrigley, Journalist. Father of Keith and Wynn. |
ORHJ No. 32 |
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Alexandra St |
Reef in the Martha Mine |
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Austin Rd |
Austen Family, (Andy) lived cnr Cambridge and Savage Rd |
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Bond St |
Ethel E. Bond teacher 1902? |
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Waihi High School Diamond Jubilee 1890-1950 |
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Byron Rd |
Byron, M. (went to WWII)? Or Byron Bay, a claim at Komata. Or English poet? |
Now called Baxter Rd |
Diamond Jubilee 1902-62, Mines Statements |
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Corbett St |
as per Corbett Rd above? |
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Darby St |
as above |
Lost in pit |
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Dickens Rd |
Charles Dickens? Or family name, eg Valerie Dickens |
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South School Waihi Diamond Jubilee 1909-1969 |
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Domain Rd |
as above |
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Essex St |
English Or family name eg W.H. Essex |
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Waikino and the Victoria Battery, AM Isdale 2000 v310 |
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Hamilton Rd |
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Hamilton St |
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Jackson St |
Jackson, A. A., Waihi Borough Councillor, 1909-13? Or Jackson, C. P. M., killed WWI. Or Local Member of Parliament Jackson Palmer? |
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Junction Rd |
Access to Grand Junction property |
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London St |
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Matangia Rd |
Matangia hill 320m, original trig station 65 |
appears to be called Golden Valley Rd now |
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May St |
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Mitchell St |
Mitchell, J. Waihi Borough Councillor, 1931-38? |
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Morgan St |
Morgan family? |
Lost in pit |
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Morpeth St |
Mr H. D. Morpeth first Waihi Town Clerk 1902-18? |
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Diamond Jubilee 1902-62 |
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Nelson St |
Nelson claim, early mining claim near Union Hill? |
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Ophir Rd |
1901 HMS Ophir took the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) on their tour of the British Empire (including New Zealand). Or Ophir mining company? |
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Oxford St |
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Park Rd |
The Hospital had a park, hence Park Rd? |
Part of it is now Village Way |
Diamond Jubilee 1902-62 |
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Quarry Rd |
Quarry reserve |
Part of road is still used (off SH2) |
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Ranfurly Rd |
Lord Ranfurly, Governor General |
Visited Waihi c.1899 |
Pukewa Waihi 2003, Lockwood |
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Robertson Rd |
Dr. Carrick (later Sir Carrick) Robertson. |
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Pukewa Waihi 2003, Lockwood |
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Sentinel Rd |
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Shakespeare Rd |
William? |
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Stanley St |
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Teck St |
Teck was a ducal castle in the kingdom of Württemberg, immediately to the north of the Swabian Jura and south of the town of Kirchheim unter Teck (now in the district of Esslingen), taking its name from the ridge, 2544 feet high, which it crowned. It was destroyed in the German Peasants' War (1525). The castle was reconstructed during the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 1863, the title "Prince of Teck" was conferred as a courtesy title by King William I of Württemberg upon the children of his cousin Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804–85) by his morganatic marriage with Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812–41), ennobled as countess of Hohenstein. In 1871, Prince Francis, the eldest son of Duke Alexander, was created Duke of Teck. His eldest son Adolphus (born 1868) was the holder of the title in 1910. The most famous of the Teck family is considered to be Duke Francis's daughter, Mary of Teck, Queen consort to George V of the United Kingdom and Empress of India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teck |
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Tennyson Rd |
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Upper Walmsley? |
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Victor St |
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View Rd |
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should have had a view over Waihi to east |
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Warren St |
Norman Warren, N.Z. Clothing Company |
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ORHJ No. 6 |
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York St |
1901 HMS Ophir took the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and Queen Mary) on their tour of the British Empire (including New Zealand). |
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