Latest Heritage Buildings to Benefit from Government Fund

Latest news from Heritage Equip – Earthquake Upgrade Incentive Programme: Ten projects from Auckland, Waikato, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Lower Hutt, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Timaru and New Plymouth were named in last week’s announcement by Hon Grant Robertson: https://heritageequip.govt.nz/news-and-events/latest-heritage-buildings-benefit-government-fund   This round allocated nearly $1 million in funding, and included the first...

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Fresh hope for Carlile House, Richmond Rd

The stately, two-storey Carlile House on Richmond Rd is in a perilous state after 15 years of fruitless negotiations between council and a Tongan church which has owned it for the past 40 years or so. The derelict, ex-orphanage in Grey Lynn  could be saved following a breakthrough between the...

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St Anne’s heritage home on the market

One of Auckland’s most admired heritage homes, with a rich history  – plus a precisely manicured formal garden – is on the market. The Arney Rd home, listed Category 2 by Heritage NZ, and scheduled Category B by Auckland Council, was built in 1914 for Charles Isaac Nathan, of the...

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Presentation: Corporate Funding of Heritage Conservation

On Tuesday 2 April, Civic Trust had a presentation, “Corporate Funding of Heritage Conservation,” by Kok Hong Wan, a Master of Urban Planning (Prof) and Heritage Conservation student, as notified in the February newsletter (https://civictrustauckland.org.nz/newsletters/). The presentation, held at Kinder House, started at  4:45pm and was followed by the Board’s...

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