This is a nice story about Mary O’Keeffe’s archaeological work on the Kapiti Coast on the Mackays to Peka Peka Expressway for the NZTA, and the 200 new archaeological sites found during the project, which she says has been the real highlight of her career.
The Jungle Takes Over
This Wellington building had been closed for only 18 months, while it waited for earthquake strengthening, when I took this photo. Clearly it doesn’t take very long for buildings to be taken back into the jungle. A further reminder to me about the importance of day-to-day maintanence of heritage buildings, and about how small, incremental damage can be done to…
Layers of Meaning
Old St Paul’s church in Wellington is about to reach its 150th anniversary. The church has been a big part of my career for the last few years – I first wrote social history of the church for its Conservation Plan concentrating of the active life of the church, then started an on-going project to…
Bay Heritage Consultants Wellington 