Keynote speaker Donovan Rypkema presented at Auckland Council’s Auckland Conversations, held at the Maritime Museum on Tuesday 10 March. His presentation on theHeritage Preservation and the Economic Benefits to Auckland was well received by an audience of 250 people, and the Question and Answer session was lively and thought-provoking. Donovan’s...
Our guest Donovan Rypkema was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan on Radio NZ’s Nine to Noon programme on Friday 13 March. The wide-ranging discussion covered many heritage preservation issues in NZ, and Donovan was an eloquent advocate for the economic benefits of retaining heritage. You can listen by clicking the link...
Civic Trust’s guest Donovan Rypkema, who is in Auckland to present at Auckland Conversations council event, was featured in an on-line NZ Herald article, with the heading “Older, Smaller Buildings Preferred”. Link here www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/
Last week Donovan Rypkema from Washington DC, an expert in the economics of heritage preservation, visited Auckland as a guest of Civic Trust Auckland. This was his second visit to NZ. He also spent time in Wellington and Christchurch, discussing and presenting on seismic strengthening issues for heritage preservation. In...
Click to view : Civic Trust Auckland newsletter no. 3 December 2014
Our event in the Auckland Heritage Festival this year is another ‘Toast to Heritage’, as held in 2011 at the Queen’s Ferry Hotel in Vulcan Lane. This time it will be in Brew on Quay, 102 Quay Street, from 3pm on Sunday 12 October – the last day of the...
Click to view : Civic Trust Auckland newsletter August 2014
Scott Homestead Open Day For the second time CTA entered this event into the Auckland Heritage Festival and again there was a good number of people visiting throughout the day, taking the opportunity to explore the historic Scott Homestead and grounds, as well as nearby Casnell Island.
St Heliers Spanish Mission Style houses demolished: