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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St James Theatre restoration on hold

The restoration of the St James Theatre is on hold at present, due to the proposed associated apartment complex not proceeding. A $250m 39-level apartment building was meant to be built next to it, but that’s been cancelled. Steve Bielby, in charge of the restoration, said all works were suspended....

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Heartland Heritage at risk in the regions

Bill McKay from the Architecture faculty at the University of Auckland had a very thoughtful discussion on Radio NZ today, about the risk to heritage in the regions, following the legislation enacted after the Christchurch earthquakes. He points out that many heritage buildings in the regions are either empty or...

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