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Read our latest newsletter below or sign up to receive newsletters straight to your inbox. Welcome to Heritage EQUIP News – providing advice, industry updates and information on access to funding for heritage building owners. The Hurunui...

Finding a restoration project Photo courtesy of Katrina Menzies Looking for a new project, Katrina was keen on the idea of restoring a building. She had managed earthquake strengthening and renovations for her own home in Christchurch, and felt...

Media release from the Acting Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Iconic Wellington landmark The Manor, a building that houses Nelson’s famed Lambretta’s café and a highly ornamented Christchurch substation from the 1920s are to receive funding for...

Read our latest newsletter below or sign up to receive newsletters straight to your inbox. Welcome to Heritage EQUIP News – providing advice, industry updates and information on access to funding for heritage building owners. Seismic funding...

Read our latest newsletter below or sign up to receive newsletters straight to your inbox. Welcome to Heritage EQUIP News – providing advice, industry updates and information on access to funding for heritage building owners. Case study...

Heritage EQUIP has supported more than twenty earthquake-strengthening projects from around New Zealand to date. These photographs of projects currently under way provide an insight into the different types of buildings that are being...

A University of Canterbury research project that aims to create ‘eco-rubber seismic-isolation foundation systems’ that will improve the seismic resilience of low-rise buildings has been approved for funding of $1 million by the Ministry of Business...

Read our latest newsletter below or sign up to receive newsletters straight to your inbox. Welcome to Heritage EQUIP News – providing advice, industry updates and information on access to funding for heritage building owners....

Heritage buildings in Wellington, Nelson’s State Cinema and the former post office in Onehunga, Auckland are receiving funding to help with earthquake strengthening, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage announced today. The former Onehunga Post...

Industrial beginnings The Milton Street substation in Sydenham was built in 1928 by the Municipal Electricity Department (MED) and designed by the company’s own draughtsmen. The decorative style of the substation was probably chosen in order to please...

The Farmers building upgrade project has received $250,000. The building is a Heritage New Zealand Category 2 Historic Place and was designed by Joshua Charlesworth, a prominent local architect who also designed the Wellington Town Hall. The building...

The State Cinema project received $58,917 to contribute towards the strengthening of the street-facing front parapet. The State Chambers Building, which incorporates the State Cinema, is a Category 2 Historic Place and Group B heritage building in the...

The Former Post Office is the oldest surviving building in Onehunga’s business centre. It is listed as a Category 2 Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand and a Category A historic heritage place by Auckland City Council. The building was designed by...

The upgrade project of Ashleigh Court has been awarded $183,171 in funding, in order for earthquake strengthening to take place which will see the building achieve 67% of the new building standard (NBS). Ashleigh Court, which sits at the juncture of...

This building, known as the Red Post Building, has been awarded $200,000 in Heritage EQUIP funding to undertake framing and foundation work. One of the last remaining heritage buildings in this part of Devon Street East, this building is notable...

Heritage EQUIP is providing $100,000 towards a significant seismic upgrade of this office, residential and retail building in the city’s iconic Cuba Mall. The project involves installing a multi floor K-brace, and strengthening diaphragms...

Munster Chambers has been awarded $17,500 towards the costs of removing the internal non-structural unreinforced masonry walls. In addition to the walls contributing to building mass, they posed a risk to building occupants. The building was ...

A project to strengthen Ford Motor Company Workshop was awarded $273,448. The funding will assist with upgrading the foundations and columns, installing shear walls and bracing. Constructed in 1935, the industrial building has steel frames and an...

The TG Macarthy building was awarded $250,000 towards seismic upgrade work on foundations, shear walls, diaphragms and tying back the façade. Designed by James O’Dea in 1897, the late Victorian commercial building had an additional storey added in 1904...

The seismic upgrade of a rare example of international style architecture in Napier has been awarded $52,632 in funding. The building was built as the offices of the Automobile Association in 1939. It was designed by LG Williams, who also worked on the...

The former Red Cross Building has been awarded $294,857 of Heritage EQUIP funding for a comprehensive seismic upgrade. The prominent Edwardian-era Tudor-style building was designed by William Turnbull and completed in 1908. Originally built as a...

The Hurunui Hotel was awarded $132,503 towards strengthening work including the repair of stonework damaged in the Hurunui/Kaikōura earthquakes. Built in 1868, the Hurunui Hotel holds one of the oldest operating licences in New Zealand. The two-storey...

Two connected buildings located along Petone’s main shopping street have been awarded $100,000. The grant will be used towards foundation and bracing work including steel portals and a shear wall. The owners fast-tracked seismic upgrade work because Hutt...

The Marshall Building upgrade project was awarded $48,000 towards steel bracing, floor diaphragms, and securing work for the façade and parapet. Designed in the 1880s by prominent architectural firm Forrester and Lemon, the two-storey commercial...

One of Christchurch’s largest early substations will be strengthened with the support of $186,709 in Heritage EQUIP funding. The building is the largest of the ornamental, classically influenced substations built in Christchurch during the 1920s and...

The National Tobacco Company building has been awarded $10,000 towards parapet strengthening. The building was originally used as a tobacco processing factory, but will soon be home to a craft brewery and urban winery. The art deco entrance was designed...

The former Union Steamship Company Store has been awarded $12,000 towards strengthening one of its floors, as part of a major refit.  The Union Steamship Company store was originally a warehouse for the South Pacific shipping company. The...

The AE Kitchen building has been awarded $15,700. The grant will contribute towards the costs of: tying back the decorative façade columns to the façade tying the balustrade to the façade restraining the side parapets to the roof and tying with...

Mid City Plaza is a collection of interconnected buildings located between Emerson Street and Dickens Street in Napier. A project to strengthen the Dickens Street building was awarded $150,000. The grant contributed to the costs of:...

The Gallate's Building has been awarded $14,753 to strengthen the unreinforced masonry side walls. This will be completed by bolting beams under the roof framing to connect each wall. This is a relatively low cost solution that lifts seismic performance...

The Pumphouse upgrade project has been awarded $200,000. The grant will contribute to the costs of: installation of roof diaphragms repairing and tying brickwork improving connections between the roof, walls and floor installing brace framing....

Stage one of the former New Zealand Insurance company (NZI) building upgrade project was awarded $94,700. The grant contributed towards: securing the masonry parapets to the roof trusses retrofitting roof and wall bracing to restrain columns and...

The Bank of New South Wales upgrade project was awarded a $230,637 grant. The building owners have investigated 34% NBS and 67% NBS strengthening options that include: tying back the façade and parapet installing shear walls adding new diaphragms...

St James Theatre has been awarded $1.5 million. The grant will contribute towards the costs of foundation piling and substructure works, in preparation for base isolation. The St James Theatre was built in 1928 to replace the Fullers Opera House which...

The Jubilee Hall is attached to the rear of the prominent Category 1 listed Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Main Building in the Auckland suburb of Parnell. Designed by noted architect Edward Bartley, it was built as the last element of the...

Kilwinning Lodge was built in 1881 on a Canterbury Street property  overlooking Lyttelton Harbour. It was originally a single-story masonry structure, named in honour of what is believed to be the oldest masonic lodge in Scotland. The building was...