PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF Ryman Healthcare plans to retain three heritage buildings on the Karori site, but it’s not good enough say heritage advocates.
The demolition of two heritage buildings at the former teachers’ college campus in Karori will lead to “significant cultural loss”, Historic Places Wellington warns.
Wellington Mayor Andy Foster said the decision by owners Ryman Healthcare to bowl the Waghorn and Gray buildings was made because engineers didn’t believe they could be safely strengthened to withstand a 1-in-2500-year earthquake.
But bringing in the wrecking ball has ruffled the feathers of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (HNZ), unhappy examples of the Brutalist architecture will be destroyed.
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