Civic Trust Auckland newsletter no. 2 July 2018

For over 20 years in the 1980s and 1990s 29 Princes St, known as Hamurana, was the home of Civic Trust Auckland. One of the five merchant houses still preserved on Princes St, backing on to Albert Park, Hamurana has an important place in the history of Civic Trust Auckland....

For over 20 years in the 1980s and 1990s 29 Princes St, known as Hamurana, was the home of Civic Trust Auckland. One of the five merchant houses still preserved on Princes St, backing on to Albert Park, Hamurana has an important place in the history of Civic Trust Auckland....

City Rail Link has employed an archaeologist to document, and where appropriate preserve, archaeological finds found during the CRL construction.       See here for a list of the artefacts and archaeological finds uncovered in the CRL construction. See here for information on saving some of Auckland’s earliest roading...

Save Chamberlain Park group has lost its judicial review against the Albert-Eden Local Board turning the Chamberlain Park 18 hole public golf course into a 9 hole course. See here for  NZ Herald article – See here for Save Chamberlain Park’s comment – See here for comments from the Albert-Eden Local...

Extra funding in the 2018 Budget delights Heritage New Zealand – the item below is from their monthly email newsletter: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is delighted with the allocation of an extra $6.3 million over four years announced in the Coalition Government’s budget on 17 May.Prime Minister and Minister...

The final Auckland Plan 2050 was adopted by councilors on Tuesday. Despite over 40,000 people participating in the “Have Your Say” process, and various heritage groups submitting on the lack of heritage in the Plan to council workshops, there have been no changes regarding heritage. See Herald article here:  An...

One of Auckland’s most prominent architects, David Mitchell, has passed away. Civic Trust Auckland offers it’s condolences to his family. His son, Julian Mitchell, has been a long-time Civic Trust Board member until recently. Simon Wilson gives an account of David and his career in a Herald obituary on Monday...

The Environment Court has upheld the Unitary Plan provisions to keep Crater Hill volcano on the Pukaki peninsula at Papatoetoe safe from future housing developments. This is great win for the natural environment and the remaining volcanic fields in Auckland. See Herald article here: There is also more information on...

Friends of St David’s Trust warmly invites you, your family and friends to join us for the opening night of Southern Star – Te Tonga Whetu o te Rangi. Opening night includes live musical performances choreographed to architectural-scale, light artworks by Jeff Smith and Johann Nortje projected onto the historic...