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READ MORE"We stand cringing opposite the unburied corpse of this bank at 125 Queen Street for two reasons, the centrality of the Bank of New Zealand to our early business history and the importance of this site." The original architect was Melbou...
ViewNow a massive storage facility, the Roslyn Mill on Kaikorai Valley Road used to be an icon of colonial industry. Historian Gavin McLean explains...
ViewThese two galleries occupy contiguous spaces up a stair from Courtenay Place. Photospace is a dealer gallery featuring contemporary New Zealand photography while the Gilberd Marriot Gallery displays fine arts. Photospace Gallery was foun...
ViewA new social heart has been constructed at the busy end of Christchurch's Cashel Mall, the Riverside Market. A 3500sqm building includes mezanine floors, several adjoining laneway...
ViewFoxton has upcycled it's cultural attractions in 2017 opening of Te Awahou Riverside Cultural Park and Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, a cultural precinct based around the town's windmill and river. Foxton, a port on the Manawatu river, was alr...
ViewWaima is a town as big on history as it is small in size, at the far end of a no-exit coastal track north of Tokomaru Bay.
ViewThis was the forward base for the British Army at the end of the Great South Road. A year after it was established in 1862 it became the headquarters for the invasion of the Waikato An interpretation centre is planned here to help acquai...
ViewIntricate Italian Marble memorial also featuring Aberdeen granite, complete with trooper on top, a rare monument to those fallen in the Boer War. Also marks the centre of Invercargill. The drinking fountain and clock are add-ons.
ViewMount Hutt is a large (by New Zealand standards) skifield with runs for all skill levels. It offers a range of tows over the 478hectare park, which usually opens in May or June for the season. 90 minutes drive from Christchurch City and...
ViewNapier's most famous "Art Deco" building has an opulence not displayed by other structures built in the wake of the earthquake which did not have its ample budget. Nor is the building strictly Art Deco, Louis Hay, its architect was influ...
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