Tag: Napier

Bringing Heritage together in NZ, 29th – 30th October (2016) An Invitation (Updated)

HPA logo and textBringing Heritage together in NZ, 29th -30th October

Historic Places Aotearoa invites heritage groups and heritage advocates to the Hawkes Bay for a weekend of events and workshops.

The aim of the weekend is to help strengthen the heritage networks in New Zealand and to consider how these networks can be developed to better advocate for the protection our heritage throughout New Zealand.

The workshop on the Saturday afternoon will be facilitated with this aim in mind.

We believe that it is important that Heritage Groups and Advocates develop a strong voice, so that as a collective we can greater influence government and local government, to ensure that our heritage is recognised and protected for future generations to enjoy and cherish.napier-hpa-agm-image-1

“Each of us on our own can only do so much – speaking together, as one, our voice will carry so much further,” says HPA President James Blackburne

When:     29th and 30th October

Where:
MTG Century Theatre
65 Marine Parade
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A Report To Be Aware Of: “Seismic Considerations for the Art Deco Interwar Reinforced Concrete Buildings of Napier, New Zealand”

The following extracts have been  taken from an article “ART DECO BUILDINGS: EARTHQUAKE PRONE OR EARTHQUAKE PROOF?” (Hawke's Bay Heritage News  April 2016) that summarises the findings of the "Seismic Considerations for the Art Deco Interwar Reinforced Concrete Buildings of Napier, New Zealand" report.

“ Professor Ingham concluded that the structural design of the Hawke’s Bay Art Deco buildings of the 1930s was probably well ahead of its time because, when they examined the concrete structural parts of these buildings, the research team found that columns and other structural components had been constructed with plenty of well placed reinforcing steel – and also that there were plenty of these columns and components to ensure the building’s strength. Tests showed that the concrete and steel used were both equal in strength to that in current use and overall the concrete structure of the Art Deco era buildings generally exceeded the current new building standard. ”

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Seismic Considerations for the Art Deco Interwar Reinforced Concrete Buildings of Napier, New Zealand By Kevin Q Walsh, Kenneth J Elwood, and Jason M Ingham Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland February 2015)

Seismic Considerations for the Art Deco Interwar Reinforced Concrete Buildings of Napier, New Zealand
Kevin Q Walsh, Kenneth J Elwood, and Jason M Ingham Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland February 2015

You can download a copy of the report at the following link:

Seismic Considerations for the Art Deco Interwar Reinforced Concrete Buildings of Napier, New Zealand

This is a copy of the report referenced in the Historic Places Hawkes Bay Newsletter article :
“ART DECO BUILDINGS: EARTHQUAKE PRONE OR EARTH QUAKE PROOF?”

Read Our Latest Newsletter, April 2016

“Story of cities #23: how disaster sparked Napier’s art deco renaissance” The Guardian Online Article

"Story of cities #23: how disaster sparked Napier's art deco renaissance" The Guardian online Article

"After the ruinous Hawke’s Bay earthquake, rebuilding a city in the midst of the Great Depression seemed impossible. But through artistry and enterprise, Napier became home to the highest concentration of art deco buildings in the world ..."
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/15/story-of-cities-napier-disaster-art-deco-renaissance

The Beacons (A History)

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The Beacons (Image sourced From Hawke's Bay Today)

The Beacons are a prominent landmark near the foreshore between Napier and Bay View. They were erected in what was then part of the Inner Harbour in 1907 by the then Napier Harbour Board, to serve as leading lights guiding shipping into the Port of Napier through the channel at the south end of the Pania Reef.   The reef is fully submerged and extends from about 500 metres off the Port north east for about 1.6Km

 

 

 

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Historic Places Hawkes Bay Submission To Resource Consent Application – Re: Former Soldiers Club in Napier

historic_places_hawkes_bay_logoThe NZHPT Registration Number is: 9967 Napier Soldiers' Club (Former)
(Link to NZHPT Registration -) http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=9967

The Dominion Post has an article online: "Residents take a dim view of apartment plan"

The following is the text of the Historic Places Hawke's Bay Submission.

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Historic Places Hawke’s Bay: Napier Heritage Update (August 2013)

The Christchurch Earthquakes are impacting on heritage all overNew Zealand, and particularly in areas which experience earthquakes. Hawke’s Bay, being the site of New Zealand’s most devastating quake, in terms of lives lost, is no exception, although buildings here have either survived the Richter 7.8 shake of 1931 or been built since then. (more…)