In a fairly major policy change, the Wellington City Council have just announced that it is possible to apply retrospectively for funding from the council’s Heritage Fund for earthquake strengthening, which has a budget of 1.2 million for 2016-2017. This will allow owners who had to carry out urgent repairs, or pay for engineering assessments,…
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The changing pace of heritage
In the first of a series of blogs by students at the excellent post-graduate Museums and Heritage Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington, Anna Abernethy reflects on Wellington Mayor Justin Lester’s recent announcement of his intention to reduce the deadlines for owners of earthquake-prone buildings to upgrade, or demolish, their buildings. Growing up in Auckland in the…
Heritage news: WCC funding for conservation
Eleven heritage buildings around Wellington have jointly received $274,600 in March 2016 from a funding pool to go towards seismic strengthening work and conservation.
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