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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Dodgy earthquakes rules “waste of money”

See here for a recent Opinion piece in the Herald, by architect David Kernohan. He is of the opinion that the legislation requiring earthquake strengthening of heritage buildings is creating unnecessary costs. He worries that the current legislation may see the demise of many country towns and older city precincts....

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