Awards for two Auckland Council buildings

In the 2023 Auckland Architecture Awards, the recently re-opened Domain Wintergardens have been awarded an Enduring Architecture award, and the Symonds Street Public Convenience & Shelter won in the Heritage category. Awarded by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects, these awards celebrate projects that have stood the test...

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Saving bus no. 1301

ARA Heritage Buses is a small band of volunteers devoted to saving examples of ex Auckland Regional Authority buses. They have recently acquired the very first ARA Mercedes Benz 0305, bus no. 1301. This was the first truly modern bus in Auckland. The iconic yellow Mercedes 0305 buses became the...

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Canon Oceania 2023 Environment Grant now open

Canon Oceania has launched its biggest ever grants programme, with $25,000 worth of funding and product on offer to environmental groups, community organisations, and schools around New Zealand.  The winning recipient will receive $5,000 ($2,500 cash, $2,500 product) and also has an opportunity to win a Content Development Package valued...

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Preventing seabird bycatch

The Ministry for Primary Industries is reviewing the rules for preventing seabird bycatch in the surface longline fishery.  Some of the species inadvertently captured are already threatened or at risk of extinction. There are proven techniques fishers can use to reduce the number of seabirds caught. Forest and Bird have a...

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Support for native bees

John Kinder House, with support from the Auckland Botanic Gardens, has become a botanical pollinator sanctuary for bees and other pollinating insects, to ensure the continuation of plant populations. Native bees are some of the visitors to the garden around the house. There are 28 species of native bees in...

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New site for Erebus memorial

The Ministry of Culture and Heritage is now seeking a new site for the Erebus memorial instead of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson Park. “It’s been a team effort to defend a taonga that could not defend itself,” Dame Naida said. “No one opposes a memorial to those lost at Erebus. The...

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Corban’s Estate NZ Heritage listing event

A listing recognition event was held last month for Corban’s Winery and Mt Lebanon Vineyards (Former), now a Category I historic place.  Founded in 1902 by winemaking pioneers from Lebanon, it has  outstanding significance for demonstrating the key contribution of migrants from outside northern Europe in the development of this...

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