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READ MOREOnce called the Capitol Theatre and purpose built in 1928 to screen silent films, the cinema was converted in 1932 to screen 'talkies' making it the last theatre in Wellington to do so. After a period as a shopping mall the cinema has be...
ViewThis cutting edge 2015 Municipal service success is amongst the victories to emerge from the ruins of the Canterbury Earthquake. Designed by Warren and Mahoney the understated yet impressive structure was built to house the Taonga (treasure...
ViewA seven storey success story by Warren and Mahoney on land owned by Auckland Council. Completed in 2014, the Manukau Institute of Technology arrivals hall doubles as a central learning building and also serves the community. It is upheld...
ViewNew Zealand's most famous visual image, has provided a muse for thousands of artists and photographers. Not our highest peak by any stretch at 1692m, it is renowned for it's glacier carved sides, reminiscent of Scandinavian scenes. Take a ...
ViewThe home of the Auckland Theatre Company.
ViewSteampunk Oamaru is headquartered in a former elevator building designed by Forrester and Lemon.
ViewThurlby Domainwas the estate of Bendix Hallenstein the early Otago businessman who founded the Hallenstein Brothers clothing company, which is still in business today.
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Kahikatea and rimu rain forests surround Okarito Lagoon, New Zealand's largest unmodified wetland. Shallow open water covers over 3000 hectares to form the lagoon; a bird watcher's paradise. Commercially-run kayaking tours will take you ...
ViewSt Andrews was built in 1872-73 and enlarged in 1903-04. It is a community hub of Howick in the present day with the Hall complex and kindergarten dwarfing the chapel as well as complementing it.
ViewFrom swampy bush, to farmland and orchards, to a carpark, to an architectural triumph, the University of Waikato's dedicated Law and Management Building reached completion in 2016, more than half a century after the University struck out on...
ViewThis strong Ngati Kahungungu Marae, east of Carterton and south of Masterton, has joined the growing set of Iwi organisations who are building Papakainga, housing to bring their people home. Their bungalow-turned meetinghouse on the pla...
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