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Golden Home With A Heart Of Steel

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 15/10/2012 - 12:00am

When self-described ‘town boy’ David Grigor decided it was time to move to the ‘country’ to be closer to his business, he and his wife Donna knew exactly what they wanted out of a new home.

While many people move away from the city to retreat from work and city life, for David commuting...

Leigh Marine Centre

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 15/10/2012 - 12:00am

Since the early 1960s the University of Auckland’s Marine Laboratory at Leigh has played a vital role in marine science research and education. Over the years the centre has grown to accommodate the increasing numbers of academic staff and those doing undergraduate and postgraduate work on the...

Pelorus Trust Sportshouse Hutt City

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 15/10/2012 - 12:00am

Hutt Park is one of the treasures of Hutt City with its ports fields, nine-hole golf course and camping ground among its many facilities. But when harness racing’s Hutt Park Raceway folded in 2002, Hutt City Council was left with a bit of an eyesore at the southern end of the park with the old...

Copthorne Hotel

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

The Copthorne Hotel in central Auckland is an established and high profile landmark, that is strategically sited on Anzac Avenue, in Auckland’s Central Business District, just “down the hill” from the University of Auckland Campus and close to the Vector Arena.

The...

Providing Safe Cover For Students

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

Many schools in New Zealand were built prior to the current building standards, in 1998 the New Zealand Ministry of Education undertook a nationwide structural survey of all school buildings and site structures in order to identify specific structural defects that could potentially cause death...

Sustainable Solution

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

Pooling equity to create an extended family home seemed a logical step to Neil Jacka and Jacqui Simpson. The couple had planned to build a home behind Neil’s parents’ house in the Auckland suburb of Avondale once the property was subdivided.

Because they wanted a well-designed,...

The Tornado-Proof Roof

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

On Tuesday 3rd May 2011, the Auckland suburb of Albany experienced ‘an extreme weather event’. A large tornado touched down at 3.15pm and slammed through a shopping mall before moving south leaving a 5km trail of destruction.

Weather Watch chief analyst Philip Duncan said that the speed...

The Tree House

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/06/2012 - 12:00am

Owners Maddie Leach and Gary Bridle, when planning their new home, had a vision of a simple  structure reminiscent of the kiwi “Doc Hut”. The practical  implicity of open space providing shelter, warmth and strength appealed to their artistic values. “Simplicity is part of the built language of...

Te Hana Te Ao Marama

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 11/06/2012 - 12:00am

The opening of an educational and cultural tourist village in Te Hana  as signalled a new dawn for what was once a community in crisis.

In fact, such were Te Hana’s problems with poor housing, crime and a polluted water supply that authorities wanted to close down the town, which is just...

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