Caroline Williams05:00, Apr 30 2021
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The United Church of Tonga is at a stalemate with Auckland Council over the destiny of 134-year-old Carlile House in Ponsonby. (Video first published in 2018)
Carlile House in Auckland’s Grey Lynn is slowly crumbling away. Its owners, the United Church of Tonga, claim the land’s significance as home to the first Tongan congregation in New Zealand is being neglected by Auckland Council, in favour of its history as an orphanage, preventing the site from being developed.
Stuff has previously reported on Auckland’s mysterious million-dollar dumps, including several which are publicly owned. In part four of Caroline Williams’ investigation, she reveals that the landmark has been officially deemed dangerous.
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The Takapuna Boating Club is seeking a change of wording in the legislation that stipulates how it may use its Bayswater clubhouse, which was gifted to the club by an Act of Parliament in 1923
Locals on Auckland’s North Shore have long wondered why a grand, three-storey heritage building visible from the Harbour Bridge has sat dilapidated for years.
Stuff has previously reported on Auckland’s mysterious million-dollar dumps, including several which are publicly owned. In part three of Caroline Williams’ investigation, she reveals the legislation binding what can – and can’t – be done with the Bayswater clubhouse.
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Property demand continues to outstrip supply, driving record median prices even higher. In Auckland, where the average house price is more than $1 million, there’s a jarring number of empty derelicts.
New Zealand is in a housing crisis. Around the country, the demand for property continues to outstrip supply, driving record median prices even higher. Last month
Stuff featured Auckland s million-dollar dumps – derelict residential properties worth seven figures. In part two of Caroline Williams’ investigation, she reveals some of the million-dollar dumps owned by the Auckland Council and the Government. To the side of East Auckland’s Te Ara ki Uta ki Tai cycleway, nestled in overgrown greenery, is a building that wouldn’t get a second glance if it weren’t for hot pink graffiti.