Heritage Buildings and Wellington City Council
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Destroying our past
- Wellington Scoop
- Heritage is contested by many and loved by others. The Mayor and Councillor McNulty want it as just a political whim. They’ve written a letter to RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop asking for the power to remove heritage buildings from district plan rules by a simple Council majority vote. The letter says this request is “on behalf of the Wellington City Council,” though it was never discussed by councillors.
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Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Gordon Wilson is Dead, Long Live Affordable Housing
- Salient
- Last Thursday, Wellington City Council passed what Councillor Nīkau Wi Neera described as “the most pro-housing, ambitious set of amendments that we could”, as the council voted on changes to the District Plan. The meeting saw the council’s biggest break from the NIMBY-ism which has defined housing policy in the city for decades. W after W for affordable housing flashed onto the council’s voting screens. So overwhelming were the wins for affordable housing that Councillor Nicola Young may have been left with a mild case of amnesia, saying “I’m so numb about the district plan I can barely remember what [the amendments] are.”
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Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Restoring Wellington’s vital organ
- Wellington City Council
- The year was 1906. The most intricate technologies of the time were pipe organs, steam engines, and clocks. Yet, 15 years before we had radio in New Zealand, Wellington had music from the Town Hall organ.
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dominion Building Dome restored to former glory
- Wellington City Council
- Situated on the curved corner of Victoria and Mercer streets, the Dominion Building is a prominent heritage building in Wellington’s townscape and the historical home of the Dominion newspaper and printery for almost fifty years.
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Dominion Building, Mercer Street, Lambton, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council update #5 on Toomath’s Building fire
- Wellington City Council
- Work on the fire damaged Toomath’s Building has progressed quickly and the cordon along Ghuznee Street has been lifted today (Monday 23 October).
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Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council update #4 on Toomath’s Building fire
- Wellington City Council
- The Toomath’s Building owners have engaged a contractor to start demolition of the fire damaged building with the aim to open Ghuznee Street early next week.
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Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council update #3 on Toomath’s Building fire
- Wellington City Council
- Following engineer reports, Wellington City Council has issued a dangerous building notice requiring urgent works for public safety to the owners of the Toomath’s Building.
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Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council update #2 on Toomath’s Building fire
- Wellington City Council
- The investigation into the Ghuznee Street building fire is on-going and the cordon remains in place for the foreseeable future.
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Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington City Council update on Toomath’s Building fire
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council building officers, welfare team and environmental health officers are currently assisting FENZ and Police following a fire in the Toomath’s Building at 43 - 47 Ghuznee Street.
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Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Do you have a heritage building? There's a new guide
- INNER-CITY WELLINGTON
- From WCC We've produced a new guide to support heritage building owners who need to strengthen their properties against earthquakes.
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Bond Store to be issued with Earthquake-Prone Building notice
- Wellington City Council
- The Bond Store building, home to Wellington Museum, will receive an Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) notice next month.
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Wellington Museum, Jervois Quay, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Behind the scenes of Wellington Town Hall's redevelopment
- Wellington City Council
- The Te Whare Whakarauiki Wellington Town Hall redevelopment made great strides in 2022 with the removal of the crane, a prominent feature of the city’s skyline since 2020. Read on to find out about the next stages of the project in 2023.
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Council and Heritage building rainbows
- Wellington City Council
- Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (HNZPT) is working with Wellington City Council to recognise queer history in the Capital’s heritage listings.
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Friday Five: Things you didn't know about St James Theatre
- Wellington City Council
- To celebrate the long-awaited reopening of the St James, here’s five things you may not know about the iconic theatre.
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St James Theatre, 77, Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Ghosts of St James Theatre
- Wellington City Council
- Rumoured to have several resident ghosts, the St James Theatre offers a unique type of stage fright.
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St James Theatre, 77, Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The history of St James Theatre
- Wellington City Council
- 1912 was a historic year for Wellington, New Zealand, and the world. It was the year the unsinkable ship The Titanic sank on its maiden vouge from Southampton, England to New York, USA. While New Zealand had three Prime Ministers – Joseph Ward was briefly succeeded by fellow Liberal Thomas MacKenzie, before Reform politician William Massey took over.
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St James Theatre, 77, Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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St James Theatre to reopen by late June 2022
- Wellington City Council
- After three years of significant strengthening and refurbishment works the St James Theatre is planned to reopen by the end of June.
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St James Theatre, 77, Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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High Court win on EQP buildings
- Wellington City Council
- The High Court has upheld Wellington City Council’s appeals regarding two heritage buildings with expired earthquake-prone buildings notices at 43 Ghuznee St (Toomath’s Building) and 114 Adelaide Rd (former Tramway Hotel).
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Adelaide Hotel (former), Drummond Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New heritage fund to focus on resilient future
- Wellington City Council
- Council has approved officer’s recommendation to disestablish the Built Heritage Incentive Fund (BHIF) and establish in its place the Heritage Resilience and Regeneration Fund (HRRF).
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Strengthening history at the seams
- Wellington City Council
- The future of a 122-year-old building in the heart of Newtown is looking rosier thanks to a helping hand from Wellington City Council.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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128 Abel Smith Street a treasure trove of history
- Wellington City Council
- A true Wellington landmark, 128 Abel Smith Street has held a special and sometimes controversial place in our city's history.
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Earthquake-prone and heritage building funds open
- Wellington City Council
- Two funds to help owners of earthquake-prone and heritage buildings in Wellington have opened for applications today (31 October).
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Wellington Town Hall’s Future
- WCC Watch
- Debate around the future of Wellington’s earthquake-prone historic town hall is rearing its head again after Wellington City Council CEO Kevin Lavery asked councillors to seriously consider whether it’s worth upgrading: As Mr Lavery briefed councillors yesterday on plans to strengthen the 109-year-old building at a cost of $43.
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Wellington Town Hall, MFC Town Hall L3 Link, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Doing the right thing for Thorndon
- Wellington Scoop
- The survival of the little narrow streets and the old houses of Thorndon is a miracle. And at last the city council is doing the right thing for this lovely heritage area.
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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In place of the Maritime Building we got this new building!
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Some of you will have forgotten what the maritime building was replaced with and some of you forgot to vote. With a 42 percent turnout at the last Council election we got more of this.
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