A Vision for Auckland: Designing with future generations in mind Watch this conversation here. Auckland’s city centre plays a critical role in the success of both Auckland and New Zealand. In March 2020 a refreshed City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) was adopted by Auckland Council’s Planning Committee. This Auckland Conversation looked at...
Deep sea oil drilling has now ended in Aotearoa, except inTaranaki. However, Austrian oil giant OMV has announced that a programme to drill exploratory wells in the Taranaki Basin has been postponed immediately amid the COVID crisis, and it has no plans to bring a new rig to New Zealand....
The following letter to The New Zealand Herald was published on April 30 under the heading “Bad fellers are running amok in Auckland,” signed by Allan Matson, the President of Civic Trust Auckland: Clearly, the felling of mature urban trees, both exotics and natives, is of increasing concern for Aucklanders,...
The National Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund, administered by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, provides financial incentives to encourage the conservation of privately owned heritage places recognised on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Applications for 2021 consideration open on 4 May and will close with regional offices of Heritage New...
Aotearoa Unearthed: Archaeology for Everyone is a new podcast by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, produced in partnership with the New Zealand Archaeological Association. Eight episodes were released for New Zealand Archaeology Week, April 24-May 2. Katharine Watson, a former president of the New Zealand Archeological Association, said, “The NZAA is...
Tohu Whenua’s goal is to connect New Zealanders with their Kiwi heritage by promoting significant historical and cultural sites around Aotearoa that offer great visitor experiences. It now has a new-look website. The website now includes regional stories (the programme currently operates in Te Tai Tokerau Northland, Otago and Te Tai Poutini...
“Housing in New Zealand” – 15 min, 32 sec In 1935, there were more than 40,000 families in New Zealand who needed homes. This 1946 film surveys New Zealand housing: from settler huts to Ernest Plischke’s modernist flats. Architect William Page bemoans sun-spurning Victorian slums with their unneeded “elaboration.” Michael...
On 6 April, Auckland’s historic Chief Post Office reopened, to resume its role as the main entrance to the Britomart Transport Centre. The 109-year-old Category A-listed heritage building now opens onto a new public square on lower Queen Street. The upper levels of the building will be used for offices....
3 March is UN World Wildlife Day, the day the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed in 1973. The day celebrates and raises awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. World Wildlife Day 2021 has the theme “Forests and...
The Hotel Titirangi (Former), Te Uru Gallery and the Treasure House (Former) have been added to the New Zealand Heritage List as a Category 1 historic place. The complex has functioned as a hub for the arts community since 1986. “It has been a long journey for the Trust (and...