Arts, Culture & Heritage Minister Maggie Barry said on Friday the Government would put $12 million into a contestable new fund over the next 4 years to support retention of built heritage. The Property Council called it “underwhelming”.
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Council offers $15 million towards St James restoration
Auckland Council’s finance & performance committee agreed last week to contribute $15 million toward restoring the St James Theatre.
Read more →First use of council heritage fund is for Wong Doo building & Airedale cottages
Auckland Council will use its built heritage acquisition fund for the first time to refurbish the historic Wong Doo building (1884-85) at the corner of Hobson & Cook Sts and Airedale Cottages (1856) on Airedale St in the cbd.
Read more →Mayor seeks heritage protection report
Published 16 February 2011 Auckland Council’s strategy & finance committee skipped over a brief report on funding to protect heritage buildings on Monday. The mayor, Len Brown, said he understood the legacy councils’ long-term plans had some budget provision, so he wouldn’t try to increase the budget for heritage protection in the new council’s first […]
Read more →New heritage framework includes charitable trust, but old questions remain
Published 16 November 2009 One of the arguments against enforced heritage protection is that there’s been no compensation to the property owner for the cost of what becomes a community asset. That, essentially, was the basis for a move at the Auckland City Council towards financial incentives for heritage protection. But what council […]
Read more →Council heritage incentive options – detail
Published 12 September 2007A paper presented to Auckland City Council’s environment, heritage & urban form committee on 7 September sets out 7 incentive options (numbered 1-8, with 3 missing), with pluses & minuses, to encourage property owners to preserve city heritage rather than destroy it for development. The proposals are in a report by the […]
Read more →Council to consider heritage incentive options in November, trust idea ignored – and councillors want law considered to stop destruction by neglect
Published 7 September 2007An Auckland City Council committee wants to discuss with the Government how to stop destruction of heritage buildings by neglect. The recommendation to find ways of intervening where property owners don’t maintain heritage buildings – either deliberately because they want the site for development, or because they don’t have the money to […]
Read more →Applications to heritage fund open
Published 29 November 2006 Auckland City Council has opened its built heritage fund up for the annual applications round. The council offers $50,000/year for restoration projects on homes & larger buildings. Applications close on Thursday 15 March. Cllr Christine Caughey, chairman of the council’s environment, heritage & urban form committee, said: “Auckland has some beautiful […]
Read more →Council seeks heritage grant applications
Published: 4 September 2005 Auckland City Council has opened its built heritage fund up to applications, with $50,000 available for the year. The fund provides grants to enable property owners to conserve, restore & protect aspects of Auckland’s built heritage. Among criteria: buildings must be of heritage significance and currently on the council’s district plan […]
Read more →6 heritage fund beneficiaries chosen
Published: 10 July 2005 3 churches are among the owners of 6 heritage buildings which will benefit from Auckland City Council’s $50,000 built heritage fund in its first year. The fund is designed to complement private owners’ own restoration & repair work, in recognition of the contribution these buildings make to the overall visual quality […]
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