Henry Kulka (1900–71) is often cited as a forerunner of New Zealand modern architecture.

Remuera Heritage notes with sadness the death of Dave Lennard as a result of the floods in Auckland on the 27th and 28th January 2023, aged 78.

Lillian Chrystall was an exceptionally gifted award-winning architect. She was accepted into the University of Auckland (UoA) School of Architecture as one of only five women and designed several houses in Remuera.

Remuera Heritage notes with sadness the passing of Ngaire Bailey in January 2023, aged 93. Ngaire was a member of Remuera Heritage and the granddaughter of Leonard John Keys, the first store owner in Remuera.

Remuera Heritage wishes to acknowledge the huge contribution to heritage architecture, restoration and preservation. He was particularly helpful last year in assisting Remuera residents to identify the special character and heritage features of their properties in response to Council’s Plan Change 78 re housing intensification. He has left a huge legacy for New Zealand heritage.

It was wet and windy for our Christmas party but thanks to the hospitality of Sotheby’s Remuera, we were warmly hosted inside the old Remuera Post Office, the historic landmark building in Remuera. There was a guest piper to brighten the day, 21-year-old Finlay John Cameron who is here from Lochaber, Scotland.

Two upcoming symposia are looking at the current challenges for historic heritage in New Zealand.

2.00 - 400pm, Sunday 20 November 2022 at Sotheby's International Real Estate in the Old Remuera Post Office.

Dr Bruce Hayward, geologist and marine ecologist, gave a hugely informative and entertaining talk on the eruption and formation of Ohinerau Mt Hobson, Mt St John and the Orakei Basin, at our Auckland Heritage Festival event on 7 October 2022.

The Heritage Counts programme started in 2018. It involves collecting statistics and research on Auckland's heritage places.

Celebrate this event with an 'At Home' on Saturday 26 November 2022 from 1pm to 4pm.

Nine Remuera Heritage members braved the elements on the coldest, wettest and windiest day of the year to visit Ngāti Whātua’s Pourewa.

Read our submission on Plan Change 78

Previously described as ‘an English country cottage on a grand scale’, St Ann’s is a notable example of the domestic work of architect, B. C. Chilwell and makes an important contribution to one of Remuera’s most prestigious streetscapes.

Designed in 1927, by Roy A. Lippincott, ‘Binswood’ has important associations with a number of individuals who made significant contributions in their respective fields.

On her first visit to New Zealand in 1953, newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II, with her husband the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a Boxing Day meeting at Ellerslie racecourse.

At a Remuera Heritage event on 9 September 2022 Vivienne Wilson spoke about her Taylor ancestor Lieutenant General William Taylor and the houses he and his family built in Auckland.

6.30pm, Friday 7 October 2022 at Remuera Library

7.30pm, Thursday 22 September 2022 at Remuera Library.

The Tree Council welcomes the recent Auckland Council Planning Committee’s decision to put forward additional trees to be added to Schedule 10 (Notable Trees) in the upcoming notification of the August 2022 Unitary Plan change.