Winter Lecture 2: Donner House, Titirangi

Civic Trust’s second Winter Lecture was held in brilliant winter sunshine at the modernist Donner House in Titirangi, on Sunday 30 July 2017. Owner Paul Jenkins, an architect, has spent the best part of the last 20 years restoring and maintaining the 1940’s house that noted City Architect Tibor Donner...

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Winter Lecture 2: Donner House, Titirangi

Civic Trust’s second Winter Lecture was held in brilliant winter sunshine at the modernist Donner House in Titirangi, on Sunday 30 July. Owner Paul Jenkins, an architect, has spent the best part of the last 20 years restoring and maintaining the 1940’s house that noted City Architect Tibor Donner built...

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Waitemata Interactive Heritage Map

Waitematā Local Board member Vernon Tava has created an interactive map of heritage sites in the local board area. Vernon Tava says, “Auckland Council holds a wealth of information about historic and cultural heritage but it isn’t always in a form that is readily accessible. I am very proud of...

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Mayor Supports Cathedral Restoration

Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel says if there is to be any certainty on the Christ Church Cathedral’s future, the Anglican Church’s synod must vote in favour of restoration. At Thursday’s city council meeting Dalziel said there was only one decision the synod could make in September that would provide that...

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Polls on the Christchurch Cathedral

The results of the dubious poll on the future of the Christchurch Cathedral, commissioned by the Anglican Church, have been released. 58% of respondents favour restoration, and most interesting was the strongest support for restoration was from the youngest age group…69% support for restoration. For full details about the survey results...

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