Plan Change 7 to the Unitary Plan has seen the addition of over 40 buildings to the Heritage Schedule. St David’s Memorial Church in Khyber Pass has been scheduled as a Category A building. This is a gratifying result, after several years of sustained community pressure, and over 300 submissions...
The information below is from Auckland Council and has been copied from the email newsletter Our Auckland, dated 7 March. Valuing Auckland’s water is not just about using less. It’s also about ensuring it stays clean and healthy. One key step is to keep your household pipes clear and pollutant-free....
“This is our harbour and we do not want an unnecessary extension to our people’s wharf.“ This was the strong message sent by several hundred protesters on land and sea, including CTA members, yesterday afternoon, 10 March. The protest was organised by Stop Stealing our Harbour and M.Ced by its...
Stop Stealing our Harbour pressure group, along with various other community groups under the banner of Urban Auckland, are encouraging people to attend a rally on land at Queen’s Wharf, 3pm this Sunday 3 March. There is also an on-water rally, encouraging boats to mass on the harbour around Queen’s...
Civic Trust Auckland newsletter no1 February 2019
Auckland Council’s Heritage team has started publication of an annual report called “Auckland’s Heritage Counts”. Begun in 2018, this programme involves collecting statistics and research on Auckland’s heritage places to raise awareness of the economic and social benefits they bring. It’s very colourful, with lots of easy to digest statistics,...
The Environment Court has released it’s final decision on the fate of the fire-damaged St James Church Hall. The decision allows for the total demolition of the single storey remains still standing on the Esplanade Rd frontage. The church congregration is now actively marketing the entire site, including the listed...
As detailed in a previous post, just before Christmas, Environment Court Judge Smith granted a demolition consent, subject to conditions to be set in February. Inexplicably, between Christmas and New Year, while congregation members were meeting in the church next door, a fire took hold in the 1885 hall, and...
Last week Environment Court Judge Jeff Smith upheld the appeal by developers View West to demolish the Category B listed St James Church Hall in Mt Eden. Auckland Council and Civic Trust argued strongly that the decision to decline the original consent should stand. Heritage NZ staff advocated for retention...
Civic Trust President Allan Matson was featured on Radio NZ on Wallace Chapman’s Sunday Morning programme today. See here for the link to listen to the RNZ item. Allan was also interviewed on facadism by the NZ Herald earlier on in the year – see link here: