Vernon Tava of the Waitemata Local Board highlights the plight of heritage villas at 16-18 Crummer Rd., Ponsonby. He discusses the incomplete protection that the Pre 1944 Heritage Overlay is proving to be. These two well-loved Victorian villas are about to be demolished, as they were removed from the Heritage...
This WW1 memorial church, situated on Khyber Pass, Grafton, and built in 1927 has been closed since late 2014 and needs earthquake strengthening. Friends of St David’s, a group with a mission to stop demolition, to fundraise and restore the church, and to ensure it has an on-going community use,...
Civic Trust was represented at the latest port protest on Sunday 3 May. Organised by the group Stop Stealing Our Harbour, the protest drew 1500 people, who marched down Quay St to the Viaduct to hear speeches from councillors, MPs, and representatives from Ngati Whatua and the yachting community. To support...
There was a good turnout on land, on the water as well as in the air for the protest on Sunday afternoon against the extension of Bledisloe Wharf.
Civic Trust’s guest Donovan Rypkema, who is in Auckland to present at Auckland Conversations council event, was featured in an on-line NZ Herald article, with the heading “Older, Smaller Buildings Preferred”. Link here www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/
Last week Donovan Rypkema from Washington DC, an expert in the economics of heritage preservation, visited Auckland as a guest of Civic Trust Auckland. This was his second visit to NZ. He also spent time in Wellington and Christchurch, discussing and presenting on seismic strengthening issues for heritage preservation. In...
St Heliers Spanish Mission Style houses demolished:
A ban on large tourist buses has been in force on the mountain during 2012
This off-ramp is valuable resource waiting to be put to good use. It would be ideal for those travelling