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Brooklyn people want to save unsafe building
BROOKLYN residents don’t want an earthquake-prone building’s rich history to go unnoticed when the decision is made to tear it down. A final notice requiring the owners to either strengthen or demolish...
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Media training centre closes for urgent quake work
FINAL studies came to an abrupt end at one of New Zealand’s biggest journalism schools today when it was closed because of earthquake risk. Students and staff in their second-to-last week at Whitireia...
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Property hunters want earthquake guarantee
QUAKE FEARS: A mockup picture shows a Wellington real estate sign superimposed on a photo of Christchurch. A NEW addition to real estate signs may soon become a familiar sight on the streets of...
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Fred’s home for art and music closes its doors
NEWTOWN DRUMS: Newtown based percussion group Sendam Orchestra play for the crowd. WELLINGTON’S avant-garde music scene has been struck a blow by the closure of Fred’s, the rickety old Chinese Mission...
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Basin Reserve scores despite quake cuts
AFTER announcements that the Council must slash its budget to accommodate $74 million of earthquake strengthening, the Basin Reserve Trust has been given a major funding increase. The Trust has...
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City council faces tough decisions on quake-safing
QUAKE DILEMMA: Heritage buildings - Wellington town hall and council administration building. TO quake-strengthen or demolish heritage buildings like these – that’s the choice facing organisations like...
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Getting the old ivories tinkling again at Wilton Playcentre
WILTON Playcentre children (from left) Ellen Stevenson (3), Anna Dixon (1) and Liam Schicker (4) try their luck with the centre’s newly restored piano. They will be part of a concert at the centre this...
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Sixteen stories up with nowhere to go – quake nightmare
THE advice is to drop, cover and hold – but for one Wellington man, dropping was the last thing he wanted to do. Work was under way at a construction site in Taranaki street during Sunday’s 6.5 quake....
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Final rewind for Wellington dance venue
WELLINGTON’S primary late night dance music venue Sandwiches is closing its doors due to earthquake compliance costs. The Majoribanks Street bar has been the hub of drum and bass music for the past...
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Rongotai’s ethnic food fair welcomed back
COMMUNITY BOND: City councilor Sarah Free, Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, centre, and Rongotai College principal Kevin Carter RONGOTAI COLLEGE’S annual ethnic food fair made a return last Friday evening...
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