Mission Bay Development Consent Declined

A plan to build a $200 million high rise housing and retail block on Mission Bay’s beachfront has been refused resource consent because it would be too tall. The proposal by developers Urban Partners would have seen Mission Bay given a major facelift but would have required the demolition of...

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Heritage Funding Seminar

The information below is from Auckland Council’s Spring Te Kahu heritage newsletter: A heritage funding seminar (co-presented by Auckland Council’s Heritage Unit, Heritage New Zealand and Foundation North) will be held on Thursday 14 November from 5-6pm at the Ellen Melville Centre (Betty Wark Room), High St, City Centre. Anyone...

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Auckland Heritage Festival 2019

From 5 October to 28 October Discover the generations of Aucklanders who have journeyed here by sea, air or land to create the city we share together. From Auckland’s most ancient trees to the games children played on board the earliest ships arriving here, to recognition of the courage and...

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Documenting Derelict NZ

An Auckland photographer is featured on the Stuff website today, talking about his passion for photographing derelict and abandoned heritage buildings throughout New Zealand. Working in manufacturing full-time, Harley devotes as much of his free time as he can to travelling around New Zealand in search of abandoned sites to...

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Artist to paint thousands of heritage buildings

This heartwarming article appeared in the July 21st Sunday Star-Times. It profiles English artist Martin Law, who now lives in Mt Eden. He plans to spend the next three decades painting thousands of historic New Zealand buildings he fears will be lost to neglect, property development and natural disasters. Law, originally...

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