Always a tram in sight!
James is the Tramway Project Manager at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), as well as a volunteer tram driver. His talk covered the growth of trams in Auckland and their decline in the 1950s due to competition from buses.
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Railway Enthusiasts visit the Remuera Railway Station
Remuera Heritage welcomed the Railway Enthusiasts' Society to the Remuera Railway Station during the Auckland Heritage Festival 2025.
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5 Pere Street has won a NZ Master Painters award for a character house
5 Pere Street has won a NZ Master Painters award for the exterior painting of a character house by master painter PBF Ltd.
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Auckland intensification plan gets a reprieve
Auckland Council granted concession by Chris Bishop on housing intensification plans
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Public meetings about proposed zoning changes in Remuera September 2025
There are three important public meetings in Remuera and St Heliers next week about the proposed upzoning, downzoning and removal of special character area overlays in Remuera.
Read MoreAUCKLAND’S HOUSING PLAN NEEDS A REALITY CHECK
Opinion piece by Councillor Christine Fletcher and Troy Churton, Orakei Local Board member, on Auckland Council's Replacement Plan Change for Plan Change 78
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Painter of Paradise
Martin Law spoke about his heritage restoration work and paintings of heritage villas and buildings.
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Plan Change 78 on housing intensification – update
The Hon. Chris Bishop has published the “Going for Housing Growth Proposal: Providing for Urban Development in the New Resource Management System” as a discussion paper in June 2025. How will this affect Remuera? Submissions are required by 17 August 2025.
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Remuera Sports Quiz at the Auckland Heritage Festival 2025
The theme this year for the Auckland Heritage Festival is Auckland at Play: a celebration of sport and play! In 2011, Remuera Heritage presented a quiz on key Remuera sportspeople. Now we've updated and expanded it!
Read More Always a Tram in Sight!
James Duncan, Tramway Project Manager at MOTAT, will tell the story behind Auckland’s much loved electric trams. Friday 17th October.
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Johnnie’s Dancing School
Johnnie’s Dancing School, also known as Johnny’s, was a Remuera social institution from the 1920s through to the 1950s.
Read MoreMartin Law – Painter of Paradise and Heritage Restoration
Come and hear Martin Law speak about his heritage restoration work and paintings of heritage villas and buildings.
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Greener pastures at the Remuera Bowling Club
The Remuera Bowling Club (RBC), was formed in 1895, and the land purchased for the club in the same year.
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Remuera women who signed the Women’s Suffrage Petition of 1893
In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in national elections. Approx. 70 Remuera women signed the Women’s Suffrage Petition.
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Our Remuera Story
Our Remuera Story is a StoryMap created using a digital online application to tell the story of our heritage and history.
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REMUERA HERITAGE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2025
The Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 13th June 2025 at the Remuera Library at 6.30pm. Speakers will include Troy Churton of the Orakei Local Board and Sally Hughes, Chair of the Character Coalition.
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