Local History / September 2025
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Francis Kéré visit – reviews
- Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
- We are delighted with the impact that Francis Kéré’s recent lecture has had around the motu. Opening the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture in Auckland, then moving on to Christchurch and finally Wellington, the lectures have highlighted the value of architecture in ‘soothing societal ills’. In Architecture Now Shail Tiku wrote:“Kéré does not imagine architects as living in […]
- Accepted from Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust feed 2020 by feedreader
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Press Release : Re(NEW) the Gordon Wilson Flats
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Faster, greener, more affordable housing Victoria University – Te Herenga Waka (VUW) is urged to reuse the structure ofWellington’s controversial Gordon Wilson Flats (GWF) to deliver modern housing and save carbon, time, waste-to-landfill and impact on the city. The Architectural Centre has put forward an alternative plan to VUW that would replace the building’s façade […]
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Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Bill McKay ~ talking about the Gordon Wilson Flats (RNZ)
- Architectural Centre Inc
- On the 23rd of June (2025) Bill McKay, urban issues correspondent for RNZ, discussed “the government’s decision to introduce a bill to demolish Wellington’s Gordon Wilson Flats.” Bill suggests it is a ‘new low’ that the government worked on an RMA amendment to demolish this single building. the greenest building is the one that is […]
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Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Press Release : Re(NEW) the Gordon Wilson Flats
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Faster, greener, more affordable housing Victoria University – Te Herenga Waka (VUW) is urged to reuse the structure ofWellington’s controversial Gordon Wilson Flats (GWF) to deliver modern housing and save carbon, time, waste-to-landfill and impact on the city. The Architectural Centre has put forward an alternative plan to VUW that would replace the building’s façade […]
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Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Our next meeting – 9 September 2025
- Karori Historical Society
- Our next public meeting will be held on Tuesday 9 September 2025 at St Ninian’s, Newcombe Crescent, Karori at 7.30 pm. Members and friends welcome. The Great Karori ‘Spring into Spring’ Quiz How much do you really know about the history of Karori? Do you know where the original stockade was in Karori? Do you know the name of […]
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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2025 Open Sundays Cancelled
- Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
- Due to our Chapel restoration project and the disruption this is causing to both the interior and exterior of the Chapel, we have made a decision to cancel the remaining Open Sundays this year. We look forward to welcoming you back to Open Sundays in 2026.
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Gift now to save the Chapel
- Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
- As the restoration of the Chapel progresses and the aged roof tiles have been removed, it’s become clear that the extent of the deterioration to the existing plywood underneath is more significant than anticipated. A combination of leaking gutters, untreated plywood and previous installation faults means that large areas of rot have developed resulting in […]
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