The café and cinema at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision will close at the end of the year, ahead of the office moving next year from Taranaki Street to the National Library building on Molesworth Street. The move of the Wellington office was made necessary with the reclassification of the premises as earthquake prone in …
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Wellington City Council went against engineering advice when it approved a major waterfront building that ended up irreparably damaged in the Kaikōura earthquake. RNZ story by reporter Phil Pennington BNZ Harbour Quays building. Photo: RNZ / Phil Pennington Engineers who appraised the building raised multiple concerns about the BNZ Harbour Quays including about how much it might …
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The average asking property price in Wellington hit a new high for the third consecutive month in November, climbing 9.4 per cent on last year to $616,700. “That’s a $50,000 increase in 12 months,” according to Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries. He said every region in the country experienced a year-on-year increase, with …
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The Wellington City Council will decide on Thursday whether to proceed with a new Convention and Exhibition Centre. Artist’s impression of the proposed convention centre on Cable Street It will consider a proposal that the centre be developed on Council-owned land on Cable Street, opposite Te Papa, at a cost of $154.3million. The building with …
Public feedback on a Wellington City Council plan for a future community in Upper Stebbings Valley and Glenside West closes at 8.00pm next Sunday, 16 December. With 80,000 more people expected to be living in Wellington by 2043, more homes are urgently needed. The Council wants public feedback on a future northern community in one …
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The wider Wellington region recorded a 4 per cent quarterly increase and an 8.1 per cent annual rise in the latest Quotable Value house price index. Content provided by BusinessDesk, “the only business news source you need”. A ten-day free trial is available at https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/ by Jenny Ruth Quotable Value says its nationwide house price index rose 3.5 …
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The Court of Appeal has quashed resource consents that were granted for a $500 million development in Wellington at Shelly Bay. Story by RNZ Artists impression of Shelly Bay development. Photo supplied. The Court of Appeal found that the Wellington City Council made an error of law when determining whether or not to grant the …
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The summer rental rush has begun in the capital with more listings than last year – but at higher prices. The median weekly rent in Wellington has risen ten per cent on last year to reach $495.00 per week in October, according to the latest Trade Me Rental Price Index. Rents in Wellington typically start …
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Submissions close at 5.00pm tomorrow, 23 November, for Wellington City Council’s consultation to identify priority earthquake-prone buildings. Some priority buildings are identified by Government legislation and others by councils in consultation with their community. The aim is to ensure the cities are safe for the public and can continue to operate following a damaging quake. …
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This month I am going to change what I would normally write about, and talk about a subject that I believe every successful professional person struggles with in today’s fast-paced world. by James Copeland Recently I have been faced with a very unfamiliar situation that revolves around the loss or passing of a loved one. …
Wellington’s average asking price cracked the $600,000 mark for the first time after climbing 9.9 per cent on last year to reach $602,950, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index. The Wellington property market continued its upward trend in October with many districts in the region breaking records. “ The latest rateable value …
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Three suburbs that posted average valuations exceeding one million dollars in the 2015 QV adjustment– Seatoun, Oriental Bay and Kelburn – have been joined by six more in the latest round, as values in those suburbs leap nearly 50 per cent. But the increases shown in Broadmeadows, Hataitai, Khandallah, Mount Victoria, Northland, Te Aro and Thorndon were …
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Having set up a bunch of keen comers to fill holes in the saddest stretch of the Golden Mile, commercial property specialists Bryan Block and David Grant are continuing their quest to change Wellington’s retail sector one street at a time. Story and photos by Mark Cubey David Grant (left) and Bryan Block of Crown …
Tenants in Wellington should expect rents to keep rising, with median rents up 6.7 per cent compared to last year, hitting $480.00 per week in September. And the increases are being experienced all across the region. “While the median weekly rent in Wellington City has seen strong annual growth of 9.3 per cent to $530.00, …
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The Wellington City Council has opened a Government-required consultation to identify priority earthquake-prone buildings, including those on key transport routes, which will need to be strengthened in a shorter timeframe. Changes to the Building Act following the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes mean ‘priority’ buildings must be strengthened in seven-and-a-half years rather than the normal 15 …
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Prospective home buyers are facing record property prices in the Wellington region after the average asking price climbed 12.3 per cent from last year to reach $593,250, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index. Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries said the Wellington property market isn’t showing any sign of slowing …
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Four significant buildings in Wellington will receive Heritage EQUIP funding to help with earthquake strengthening in the latest round administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. New Zealand’s Heritage Earthquake Upgrade Incentive Programme, provides private building owners with up to 50 per cent of the funding required for seismic strengthening of heritage listed buildings. …
The development of Press Hall won McKee Fehl the Archaus Urban Design Award and the Greenwood Roche Supreme Award last night at the Property Council Wellington Property People Awards. The awards for the development at 80 Willis Street to 22 Boulcott Street were part of a celebration of the people who are shaping Wellington through …
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New Zealand house prices rose to a record in September as a lack of listings led to fewer sales in the month and longer closing periods, the Real Estate Institute says. by Paul McBeth Content provided by BusinessDesk, “the only business news source you need”. A ten-day free trial is available at https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/ The REINZ house price index …
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Documents released by the Wellington City Council show the lengths the council went to get a movie museum built in its planned convention centre. Story from RNZ by Reporter Laura Dooney @ljdooney [email protected] In August it was announced Sir Peter Jackson and the team behind the museum were walking away from the project. It was first announced in 2015 …
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CentrePort will have the BNZ building on Harbour Quays demolished after reaching a $170 million settlement with its insurers. by Paul McBeth Content provided by BusinessDesk, “the only business news source you need”. A ten-day free trial is available at https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/ The building has been vacant since the November 2016 Kaikoura earthquake and tenant Bank of New Zealand …
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Today’s meeting of the City Strategy Committee approved a recommended grant of $168,500 from the Built Heritage Incentive Fund for strengthening work on St John’s in the City. Photo of St John’s in the City by Luke Jackson Twelve smaller BHIF grants to properties were approved during the Grants Subcommittee meeting on 19 September, but the …
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Residential property values across the region from Wellington city through to Porirua, Kapiti and the Hutt Valley rose 9.6 per cent overall in the year to September and increased 1.6 per cent over the past quarter. The average property value is now $664,418. Paul McCorry, senior consultant with QV Wellington, says that the Wellington housing …
All but one of the potentially unreinforced masonry (URM) façades of 113 Wellington buildings have now been secured. Maguire’s Building, 168-174 Cuba Street; designed by prominent Wellington architectural firm Thomas Turnbull and Son in 1900, and now well reinforced. Photo by Mark Cubey The owners of the offending buildings have had 18 months to secure the …
The receivers for Wellington firm Ebert Construction expect most of the $33.8 million owed to tradespeople and subcontractors won’t be repaid. by Paul McBeth Content provided by BusinessDesk, “the only business news source you need”. A ten-day free trial is available at https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/ PwC’s Lara Bennett, John Fisk and Richard Longman said there isn’t likely to be any surplus …
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A high school, a private hospital and several apartment blocks are among the 49 Wellington buildings identified with combustible cladding similar to what fuelled the fatal Grenfell Tower fire in London last year. Report from RNZ by Phil Pennington @pjppenn [email protected] Photo of Grenfell Tower, by ChiralJon (CC2) The Wellington City Council was ordered by the …
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More than 100 new social housing units have been unveiled in Wellington. Report from RNZ, 17 September 2018 The development has one- to four-bedroom apartments and five are designed for people with accessibility needs. Photo: RNZ / Katie Doyle The 104 unit-development, Te Māra apartments in the inner-city suburb of Mount Cook, replaces the 57-unit 1970’s …
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St John’s in the City, the 132-year-old Presbyterian church on the corner of Willis and Dixon Streets, launched a $4.2 million fund-raising campaign yesterday. The funds are needed to carry out seismic strengthening to 70% of the New Building Standard on the Category 1 historic building, which is currently deemed “earthquake prone” at 25% of …
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The Green Building Council hopes an award-winning Wellington building will show others that old office blocks can become great spaces. Report from RNZ by Tom Furley, 9 September 2018 [email protected] Aorangi House Photo: New Zealand Green Building Council This week Aorangi House on Molesworth Street won an international green award in Singapore for its sustainable design. The 1970s building had …
Wellington apartment owners are still frustrated by a lack of help for those who cannot afford to make their buildings earthquake safe. Report from RNZ by Laura Dooney @ljdooney [email protected] Photo of Oriental Bay supplied by RNZ Last November Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson said he was urging the government to look at all options to help apartment owners. …
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Sept. 6 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand house values shrank in August as the market cooled in winter, according to state-owned valuer Quotable Value. By Sophie Boot Content provided by BusinessDesk, “the only business news source you need”. A ten-day free trial is available at https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/ National residential property values dropped 1.6 percent in the three months through August to $672,504, …
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The Wellington property market is showing no sign of slowing down, at a time of year when prices are expected to stall. TradeMe reports that the average asking price for Wellington homes rose 0.2 per cent in June, to $581,500. “There are plenty of buyers actively looking at properties in the capital,” said Head of …
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An 8-7 vote by yesterday’s meeting of the City Strategy Committee of the WCC removed the special housing legislation that enabled controversial developments in Shelly Bay and Erskine. The legislation enabling nine Special Housing Areas (SHA) in Wellington lapsed this week. Council staff had recommended that this be rolled over until 16 September 2019, in …
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The Te Aro franchise of the Quinovic property management group has issued an apology after pulling a Facebook advertising campaign that attacked renters. But the apology has failed to satisfy many renters, landlords and members of the public offended by the campaign. Quinovic Te Aro, which recently moved its office from Lambton Quay to Tory …
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Content provided by BusinessDesk, “the only business news source you need”. A ten-day free trial is available at https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/ by Rebecca Howard Aug. 10 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s central bank is vacating its Wellington headquarters for about three months to remediate asbestos issues. The central bank’s currency, payments and settlements, and markets operations will not be affected as …
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There will be a planned evacuation today from the Reserve Bank building on the corner of The Terrace and Bowen Street so that job of removing asbestos can begin next week. The building houses public service staff from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, State Services Commission and other organisations, including Defence staff relocated after …
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House values in Wellington continue to rise, though increases for the year to June don’t match those in the Hutt Valley, Porirua and Kapiti Coast. Sales activity is highest in the northern suburbs. Photo by Anete Lusina from Pexels The latest monthly QV House Price Index shows that residential property values across the whole Wellington …
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