Heritage Fund Projects

Waitaki Heritage Fund June 2024

• Bristola Piano Building

Address: 119 Thames St, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: CC 2 in the Proposed District Plan
Grant Amount: $9,770.51

Works funded: Repairs to stonework, spouting and paint

• Stone House

Address: 26 Wayneston Rd, Palmerston
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: Listed as HH 130 in the operative District Plan, HH 269 in the Proposed District Plan.
Grant Amount: $10,000

Works funded: Pointing Repairs

• Cagney’s Bookshop (Former)

Address: 129 Thames Street, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: CC 4 in the Proposed District Plan.
Grant Amount: $7,000

Works funded: Roof replacement

• McFarlane Buildings (Former)

Address: 22 Tees Street, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: CC 35 in the Proposed District Plan.
Grant Amount: $6,500

Works funded: Roof replacement

• Tokarahi Station Homestead

Address: 47 Dip Hill Road, Tokarahi
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: HNZPT list #2431. #104iii in the Heritage Appendix of the operative Waitaki District Plan.
Grant Amount: $10,000

Works funded: Restoration of large skylight in grand entrance hall

• Smith’s Grain Store

Address: 9 Tyne Street, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: HNZPT List entry 4380, category 1. #97 in App. B of the District Plan, category A.
Grant Amount: $10,593.50

Works funded: Upgrades to code. Replacement of the main switchboard and upgrading of power metering.

• Kurow Maternity Hospital (Former), Whalan Lodge

Address: 5 Diggers Gully Road, Kurow
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: HH109 in the Proposed District Plan
Grant Amount: $27,173.91

Works funded: Replacement of Veranda doors and all windows with a look alike aluminium double-glazed glass

Waitaki Heritage Fund October 2024

• Clark Hall

Address: 78 Tiverton Street, Palmerston
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: #69 in the operative District Plan, category A. HNZPT List # 3247, category 1.
Grant Amount: $22,030.74

Works funded: Repair and restoration of windows, window frames and door frames.

• Formerly Columba Presbyterian Church, House of Breakthrough

Address: 33 Wansbeck St, Oamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: Category 2, item 7313 on HNZPT’s list. Category B, item 153 in the operative District Plan.
Grant Amount: $5,000.00

Works funded: Upgrades to code for toilet facilities to enable contemporary use of a heritage place.

• Cagney’s Bookshop (Former)

Address: 129, 131, 133 Thames Street, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: CC 4 in the Proposed District Plan.
Grant Amount: $15,000.00

Works funded: Repairs to improve the appearance of the first-floor street frontage. Specifically masonry repairs, priming and painting already painted façade, repair and paint window frames and scaffolding.

• McDiarmid’s Building

Address: 70 – 81 Thames Street, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: CC 20 in the Proposed District Plan.
Grant Amount: $5,000.00

Works funded: Reroofing

• Bootmaker’s Shop (Former)

Address: 36 Tees Street, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: CC 44 in the Proposed District Plan.
Grant Amount: $6,947.50

Works funded: Repairs to address dampness in the Ōamaru stone.

• Wansbeck Street Masonic Lodge Buildings

Address: 10 Wansbeck Street, Ōamaru
WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No.: HH 59 in the Proposed District Plan.
Grant Amount: $1,330.00

Works funded: Gutter repair

• Wait House (Former)
  Address: 1 Ure St, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Assessed as a B for inclusion in the District Plan after nomination in the wake of the release of the draft District Plan.
  Grant Amount: $12,000
  Works funded: Ōamaru stone repair / pointing on 1875 Italianate Ōamaru stone Forrester & Lemon residence and stable

• Organ within the Hall of Memories
  Address: Waitaki Boys High School, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. :  Heritage appendix Item #52 / HNZ No. 2309.
  Grant Amount: $15,000
  Works funded: Repairs to the organ within the Hall of Memories

• Junction Hotel
  Address: 62 Wansbeck, St Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Heritage appendix Item #167 / HNZ No. 7638.
  Grant Amount: $20,419.64
  Works funded: Restoration, painting, safety upgrades, urgent mould remediation

• Kakanui Hall and Athenaeum (Former)
  Address: 2 High Street, Kakanui
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Listed as HH 184 in the draft District Plan
  Grant Amount: $27,500
  Works funded: Roof and guttering repair and replacement

• Dalgety, Rattray and Company Manager's Cottage (Former)
  Current site of Pottery on Tyne.
  Address: 44 Tyne Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Appears in the draft District Plan as HH 53
  Grant Amount: $3,791
  Works funded: Replace electrical wiring and updating electrical plugs and wiring to ensure safety and longevity of the building

• North Western Hotel
  Address: 17 Sanday Street/33 Tiverton Street, Palmerston
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Heritage appendix Item #117
  Grant Amount: $15,000
  Works funded: Re-Roof, paint exterior, plus safety works such as the removal of the brick chimneys

• Tokarahi Station Homestead
  Address: 47 Dip Hill Road, 12C, Tokarahi
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Heritage appendix Item #104iii / HNZ No. 2431.
  Grant Amount: $3,500
  Works funded: Restore the large skylight in the grand entrance hall of the Tokarahi station homestead

• Ōamaru Railway Station
  Address: 43A Humber Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Heritage appendix Item #49 / HNZ No. 2295.
  Grant Amount: $33,547.62
  Works funded: Restoration, clean-up, lifting structure to modern codes (e.g. electrical requirements), repairs and maintenance (roof, pillars and foundations)

• Junction Hotel
  Address: 62 Wansbeck St Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Heritage appendix Item #167 / HNZ No. 7638.
  Grant Amount: $4,148.83
  Works funded: Restoration, painting, safety upgrades

• Delargy's Hall (Former), Public Hall (Former), Kurow Museum and Information Centre
  Address: 57 Bledisloe Street, Kurow
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Heritage appendix Item #169 / HNZ No. 4895.
  Grant Amount: $8,164
  Works funded: Restoration, painting, safety upgrades

• Kurow Maternity Hospital (Former), Whalan Lodge
  Address: 5 Diggers Gully Road, Kurow
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Listed as HH 109 in the draft District Plan
  Grant Amount: $20,000
  Works funded: Re-roof

• Puketiro
  Address: 7b Avon Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Listed as HH 292 in the draft District Plan
  Grant Amount: $2,659
  Works funded: The restoration and reconstruction of visible original external features

• St Paul's Church
  Address: 5 Coquet Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Heritage appendix Item #51 / HNZ No. 2300.
  Grant Amount: $16,000
  Works funded: Partial re-roof of St Paul's church, (office and storage area at south end of the church)

• Macfarlane Building
  Address: 22 Tees Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / HNZPT List No. : Listed as CC 35 in the draft District Plan
  Grant Amount: $4,015
  Works funded: Preserve and tidy the second story front façade

• McRae’s Farm Buildings and Stone Yards:
  Address: Nenthorn Road, Macraes Flat
  WDC Plan reference / Heritage NZ List No. : Heritage appendix Item #115
  Grant amount: $30,000 + GST
  Works funded: Repairs to woolshed and stone fence 

• Union Bank of Australia Building (Former):
  Address: Tyne Street,  Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / Heritage NZ List No. : Heritage appendix Item #13 / HNZ No. 2306
  Grant amount: $9,000 + GST
  Works funded: Engineer’s, heritage and condition reports

• AMP Society Building (Former):
  Address: Corner Tees and Itchen Street,  Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / Heritage NZ List No. : Heritage appendix Item #25 / HNZ No. 2278
  Grant amount: $7,401.00 + GST
  Works funded: Restore and repaint

• NZ Loan and Mercantile Company Warehouse (Former)
  Address: Harbour Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / Heritage NZ List No. : Heritage appendix Item #6 / HNZ No. 354
  Grant amount: $5,000 + GST
  Works funded: Install accessible toilet

September Round

• Doctor’s Residence – Pleasant Valley Sanatorium site
  Address: Palmerston-Waikouaiti Road, Palmerston
  WDC Plan reference / Heritage NZ List No. : Draft District Plan Heritage Schedule reference HH 231
  Grant amount: $2,370 + GST
  Works funded: Re-seating of windows and doors

• Columba Presbyterian Church (Former)
  Address: Wansbeck Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / Heritage NZ List No. : Heritage appendix Item #153 / HNZ No. 7313
  Grant amount: $4,500 + GST
  Works funded: Underfloor insulation

• Proctor’s Pharmacy (Former)
  Address: Itchen Street, Ōamaru
  WDC Plan reference / Heritage NZ List No. : Draft District Plan Schedule of Character Contributing Buildings reference CC 46
  Grant amount: $15,000 + GST
  Works funded: Roof and guttering replacement 

• St James' Presbyterian Church
  Location: Tiverton Street, Palmerston
  WDC Plan Reference/Heritage NZ List No.: Item 69 / HNZ No. 3247
  Grant: $15,000
  Works funded: Emergency repairs

• Loan and Mercantile Building
  Location: Harbour Street,  Ōamaru
  WDC Plan Reference/Heritage NZ List No.: Item 6 / HNZ No. 354
  Grant: $20,000
  Works funded: Kitchen/Bathroom 
• Junction Hotel
  Location: Wanbeck Street,  Ōamaru
  WDC Plan Reference/Heritage NZ List No.: Item 167 / HNZ No. 7638
  Grant: $55,000
  Works funded: Essential repairs/reroofing
• St James’ Presbyterian Church
  Location: Tiverton Street, Palmerston
  WDC Plan Reference/Heritage NZ List No.: Item 69 / HNZ No. 3247
  Grant: $10,000
  Works funded: Condition report
• Casa Nova House
  Location: Alt Street,  Ōamaru
  WDC Plan Reference/Heritage NZ List No.: Nominated for WDC Heritage Appendix / HNZ No. 9261
  Grant: $20,000
  Works funded: Essential repairs