Timeline of Development in Hataitai
| 28 Jan 1884 | Kilbirnie School opened |
| 19 Aug 1894 | All Saints’ Church opened |
| 21 Oct 1896 | Hataitai Methodist Church (aka Kilbirnie Wesleyan Church) opened |
| 1901 | Hataitai Land Company formed |
| 18 Oct 1905 | Start of work on Tram Tunnel |
| 16 Apr 1907 | Tram Tunnel opened to public |
| 3 Dec 1910 | Hataitai Bowling Club opened |
| Sep 1913 | Methodist church moved from Moxham Ave to Waitoa Rd |
| 12 Sep 1916 | Hataitai School opens as off-shoot of Roseneath |
| 14 Sep 1928 | New brick All Saints church opened in Moxham Ave |
| 3 Nov 1928 | New brick Methodist church opened in Waitoa Rd |
| Sep 1929 | Mt Carmel School opened |
| Dec 1929 | Tunneling began on Mt Victoria Tunnel |
| 12 Oct 1931 | Mt Victoria Tunnel opened |
| 6 Jul 1962 | Latter-Day Saints church opened |
| 1963 | Tram Tunnel altered for trolley buses |
| 1974 | Pilot tunnel for second traffic tunnel put through |
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