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Why this Christchurch hillside hut is much more than a basic wee building
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They were designed in the 1950s by Sir Miles Warren when he was a young architect. The council will pay for the grant out of its Heritage Incentive Grant fund, which has annual budget of about $1.5 million for the 2021 financial year. During a debate, some councillors questioned the purpose of the fund if a category-1 building could not access it, while others did not back giving the owners a helping hand with ratepayer money. Sam MacDonald said he did not want an attitude of “because there’s money in a budget, we should therefore spend it”. “It does become frustrating, because it becomes a constant excuse.”
A NEW museum has opened to celebrate the Scottish heroine who led the women’s suffrage movement in New Zealand. Kate Sheppard, who grew up in Nairn and emigrated when she was around 21-years-old, was instrumental in the campaign which resulted in New Zealand becoming the first country in the world to grant all women the vote in 1893. Her picture already appears on the country’s $10 dollar banknote and now her home in Christchurch has been turned into a museum to recognise her life and achievements. The Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House was purchased by the New Zealand government last year for $4.5 million (£2.4m) and officially opened last week by prime minister Jacinda Ardern.