The closure of the Leys Institute in December 2019, the 4 years of community consultation and the advocacy of the Waitematā Local Board for the seismic strengthening and restoration of these treasured regionally and nationally significant heritage buildings have been reported on in several earlier CTA posts. Friends of Leys...
CTA’s submission on the government’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill was one of around 27,000 submissions, and we were one of the many groups that also presented at the select committee hearings. Our president spoke on our behalf on 27 May and can be seen in this video from 1:03:54 – 1:13:30....
This fund (NHPIF), administered by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga to assist with projects to conserve privately owned places on the New Zealand Heritage List Rārangi Kōrero, closes on 21 June, with decisions made by the Board in August. Priorities for funding grants are: conservation and preservation of sites of...
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has released these stories about mid-century Waiatarau Freemans Bay, from the memories of Janice Cheeseman, who was 6 years old when living there with her family. https://visit-heritage.shorthandstories.com/big-enough-for-our-family-of-three/index.html
The Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill has been tabled, the first of two amendments to the RMA. It will make the following changes to the principal Act and national direction made under it: It will exclude the hierarchy of Te Mana o te Wai in the National...
CTA submissions to Auckland Council have often included words like the following: “We suggest that there should be much less building waste. Too much existing building fabric gets thrown out, including native timber, and there should be the necessary investment in education and the development of rules to encourage or...
The Environmental Defence Society has stated in their submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill that there is no need for this Bill. It is “purporting to speed up decision-making when its real purpose is to enable environmental harm with impunity,” says EDS Chief Executive, Gary Taylor. “Ministers will have unprecedented...
12 countries and 100 cities (to date) are seeking a negotiating mandate for a Fossil Fuel Treaty. These countries are: Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Niue, Timor-Leste, Antigua and Barbuda, Palau, Colombia, Samoa, and Nauru. They have been supported by the World Health Organization, the European Parliament and thousands...
Auckland Council’s urban forest and botanic specialists have chosen six new exotic species to add to the domain’s collection. Senior Urban Forest Specialist Bernardo Santos says heritage protection of the domain and its governing framework mean the chance to plant new specimen trees within Auckland’s oldest park is rare. Restoration...
Using built heritage conservation contractors, the first part of an important repair and restoration project of the Town Hall has commenced. The distinctive classical-styled stone façade of the building, completed in 1911, needs a range of repairs in response to ongoing decay and atmospheric factors. Ōamaru stone is being used...