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- Annual Open Day sees tours of Alington House and Futuna Chapel
  - 23 Mar 2025
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - Working together with the Wellington Branch of the NZIA and the owners, the Futuna Chapel Trust have organised six back-to-back tours of Alington House, a 1960’s heritage modernist building in Karori.
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- Francis Kere to present Futuna Lecture Series 2025
  - 5 Mar 2025
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - It is with great pleasure and excitement that the Futuna Chapel Trust is able to announce that the Futuna Lecturer for the 2025 Futuna Lecture Series will be multi-award-winning architect, Francis Kéré.
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- Colours of Futuna Concert Series Returns
  - 5 Mar 2025
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - With sold-out performances last year, the Colours of Futuna concert series 2025 is gearing up to be a spine-tingling experience again this year with an exceptional lineup of talented musicians from Wellington and Christchurch ready woo audiences. The series will run from 6 April – 22 June this year with 11 concerts from a diverse… Continue reading Colours of Futuna Concert Series Returns
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- 2025 Italian Design Day ‘How to mend the fractures of humanity’
  - 25 Feb 2025
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - Join us for an inspiring presentation by AKAU and FIRST LIGHT Studio as part of the renowned 2025 Italian Design Day, Friday 21 March at Futuna Chapel.
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- Annual Report
  - 15 Feb 2025
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - We are delighted to release our 2024 Annual Report.
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- News release – waitangi day 2025
  - 6 Jan 2025
  - Wrights Hill Fortress
  - FOR IMMEDIATE USE – Jan/Feb 2025 WAITANGI DAY OPEN DAY-THURSDAY, 6th February 10AM – 4PM.
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- Time for a (small) change
  - 6 Nov 2024
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - Changes are happening at Futuna Chapel with a new name and new people bringing in fresh ideas and abilities within the Chapel and beyond in 2024. What once was the ‘Friends of Futuna Chapel’ is now ‘Futuna Chapel Trust’ – that’s right, we’ve changed our name. Coinciding with the establishment of the Futuna Chapel Fund with Nikau… Continue reading Time for a (small) change
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- Blue Plaque unveiled!
  - 4 Nov 2024
  - Inner-City Wellington
  - On Sunday, 3 November, the curtain was pulled away and the latest Blue Plaque in the city was unveiled! The unveiling was part of the Heritage Festival on Sunday, 3 November.
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- Halloween in Friend Street
  - 31 Oct 2024
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - Hundreds of ghosts, ghouls and witches flocked to Futuna Chapel this Halloween as Friend Street once again closed the road for an evening of scary, sugary fun. This was the first time the Chapel has opened its doors for Halloween with Chairman Nick Bevin dressed in black and dishing out sweets and an estimated 400… Continue reading Halloween in Friend Street
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- Centenary of a landmark
  - 29 Oct 2024
  - Wellington Scoop
  - Originally called the de Luxe, the Embassy Theatre was one of the grandest picture theatres in New Zealand when it opened on 31 October 1924. Designed to be the primary focus of Courtenay Place, it remains an imposing Wellington landmark as it celebrates its centenary this week.
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- Massey House – restored
  - 26 Oct 2024
  - Wellington Scoop
  - For mid-century architectural buffs, the refurbished and strengthened Massey House on Lambton Quay is really exciting. Opened in 1957, it was a building that projected New Zealand’s export-based prosperity in a modern world. Minister of Agriculture (later Prime Minister) Keith Holyoake was pictured looking out a top floor window from the Meat and Dairy Boards’ headquarters.
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- Yellow stickered for its centenary
  - 18 Oct 2024
  - Wellington Scoop
  - The Wellington City Council is celebrating the centenary of the Embassy Theatre in Courtenay Place, at the same time as it is categorising the heritage cinema as “earthquake prone,” with yellow stickers which carry a confusion of conflicting messages.
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- Focus Weekend: Wellington City, 26th - 29th October 2024
  - 13 Oct 2024
  - Wellington Heritage Week
  - Wellington Heritage Festival 2024 spans over 4 weekends between 26th October - 17th November, each with a different regional focus. We're kicking off with an exciting lineup of events in and around Pōneke over the Labour Day long weekend from Saturday, 26th October to Monday, 29th October. With our Focus Weekends system, you can experience multiple heritage-themed events across the city in a single weekend, minimizing travel time and maximizing your experience. Whether you're interested in walking tours, creative heritage, or unique historical insights, there's something for everyone.
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- News release – labour day 2024 – open day
  - 13 Oct 2024
  - Wrights Hill Fortress
  - Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be opened for public inspection again on LABOUR DAY, Monday 28th October, one of the first official functions of Wellington Heritage Festival. The World War Two coastal battery will be accessible between 10am and 4pm. The post NEWS RELEASE – LABOUR DAY 2024 – OPEN DAY appeared first on Wrights Hill Fortress.
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- Holding a talk in a work of art
  - 11 Oct 2024
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - Architectural writer John Walsh wrote a review of our long history of Futuna Lectures, and in particular our 2023 lecture, ‘Designing better futures for Aotearoa New Zealand: He tirohanga Māori, a Māori perspective’, given by Hawkes Bay-based designers Jacob Scott and Karl Wixon.
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- Common Ground?
  - 23 Sep 2024
  - Thistle Hall Community Venue
  - This event is part of the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture, by Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. When Kaikoura shook, photographer Andy Spain got Wellington's list of earthquake prone buildings and started photographing them. The idea of fixing time became appealing, as many of the buildings were demolished. When asked to exhibit them together however, Andy began to ask what these remnants meant. He visited the petals saved from Athfield's church of First Church of Christ Scientist and saw their fragility. He talked to architects about remedial work which never saw the light of day. What were the consequences of all these traces existing in a time when the fates of many Wellington buildings are so contested? Where heritage competes with social housing, which competes with sustainable reuse, and so on. So, this exhibition is not about the photographs that have been taken, or the drawings drawn, or the artworks saved. It is about how we decide to use these remnants, and what stories we want them to tell.
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- Talking books with emily perkins
  - 16 Sep 2024
  - Katherine Mansfield House
  - On Tuesday 3 September 2024 we hosted award-winning writer Emily Perkins for a memorable fundraising event to support Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Here are some of the books and writers she mentioned.
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- Welcome Home!
  - 8 Jun 2024
  - Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
  - Did you feel the space as you came through the foyer? Did you look up as you entered the nave and see the beautiful ceiling, now white and duck-egg blue? […]
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- Meet the medlar
  - 30 May 2024
  - Katherine Mansfield House
  - British orchardist Jane Steward gave a fascinating talk about medlar trees and their fruit which is now available online. We have a medlar tree at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and use its fruit to make jelly each year.
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- News release – kings birthday open day
  - 25 May 2024
  - Wrights Hill Fortress
  - KING’S BIRTHDAY– OPEN DAY MONDAY 3RD JUNE, 10AM- 4PM Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be opening for public inspection again on King’s Birthday, Monday 3rd June. The World War Two coastal battery first opened to the public in 1989 and will be accessible between 10am and 4pm. On King’s Birthday people are invited to self-guide themselves through the tunnels and gun emplacements. The walk usually takes about one hour, so bring a torch with you for some fun! Visitors will be able to explore the 620 metres of underground tunnels with a free map and history pamphlet. They will see the engine room, shell stores, plotting rooms and the huge gun pit where Gun Number 1 used to stand, as well as a replica of the 10 metre-long gun barrel.
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- Position Statement: The Architectural Centre
  - 10 May 2024
  - Architectural Centre Inc
  - Photo above: Mr and Mrs W.
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- In memory of leslie heron beauchamp
  - 23 Apr 2024
  - Katherine Mansfield House
  - Each year on 25 April, Anzac Day commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and honours returned service personnel. At Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, we particularly remember Katherine Mansfield’s younger brother, Leslie Heron Beauchamp, who died in the First World War, aged 21.
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- “Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments”
  - 21 Apr 2024
  - Architectural Centre Inc
  - What is in a name? You may be wondering why we are calling are calling them this – rather than the Gordon Wilson Flats. Well, here you can see Minister of Housing Mr Fox (on the right looking at the camera), standing in front of the still incomplete building in 1959. This small article, published […]
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- Recent Media Attention
  - 21 Apr 2024
  - Architectural Centre Inc
  - The open letter to Hon Chris Bishop has stimulated a bit of a response from the media.
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- 150 bedrooms – recycling the flats
  - 20 Apr 2024
  - Wellington Scoop
  - The Architectural Centre has written to the Minister for Housing Chris Bishop giving reasons for the retention and refurbishment of the Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments on the Terrace. It says: “We acknowledge this is a critical time in the building’s future with your pending decision on whether to retain its heritage listing. Your decision will impact its retention.” The letter gives these reasons why the building should be retained and re-used.
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- Last-ditch bid to save fantastic Modernist building
  - 19 Apr 2024
  - Eye of the Fish
  - A group fighting to keep the Gordon Wilson Flats from being demolished, despite the building having sat empty for years, has come up with a...
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- Adapted reuse scheme for Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments
  - 17 Apr 2024
  - Architectural Centre Inc
  - Refer below to open letter authored by The Architectural Centre addressed to Minister for Housing. We provide a robust, contemporary rationale for the retention and refurbishment of 320 The Terrace, also known as the Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments (GWMA): Tēnā koe Hon. Chris Bishop, An open letter – 320 The Terrace (Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments) […]
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- Adapted reuse scheme for Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments
  - 17 Apr 2024
  - Architectural Centre Inc
  - Refer below to open letter authored by The Architectural Centre addressed to Minister for Housing. We provide a robust, contemporary rationale for the retention and refurbishment of 320 The Terrace, also known as the Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments (GWMA): Tēnā koe Hon. Chris Bishop, An open letter – 320 The Terrace (Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments) […]
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- Adapted reuse scheme for Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments
  - 17 Apr 2024
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  - Refer below to open letter authored by The Architectural Centre addressed to Minister for Housing. We provide a robust, contemporary rationale for the retention and refurbishment of 320 The Terrace, also known as the Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments (GWMA): Tēnā koe Hon. Chris Bishop, An open letter – 320 The Terrace (Gordon Wilson Memorial Apartments) […]
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- News Release – ANZAC DAY 2024 – Open Day
  - 16 Apr 2024
  - Wrights Hill Fortress
  - NEWS RELEASE :FOR IMMEDIATE USE … April 2024ANZAC DAY – OPEN DAY- Thursday 25th April: 10AM – 4PM.
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