Heritage Grants Awarded

Published on 02 December 2024

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At the meeting of the Heritage Grant Committee on October 15 2024, the following grants were awarded for the following projects in the Waitaki District.

These involved repairing window-panes at the Palmerston-Dunback Presbyterian Church, repairing and repainting the frontages of Thames Street buildings and replacing the roof of another Thames Street building, toilet facilities upgrade at a church and fixing the gutters at Oamaru’s Masonic Lodge.

The Waitaki Heritage Fund was established in 1992, replacing the North Otago Heritage Fund. In 2021 the fund was restructured. The purpose of the fund is encourage heritage place owners to retain, preserve, conserve and maintain historic buildings and sites.

More details can be found here: Waitaki Heritage Fund

Applicant Project Granted
House of Breakthrough Upgrade of toilet facilities $5,000
Palmerston-Dunback Presbyterian Church Repair and replace cracked and broken windowpanes $22,030.74
Just Two Nominees Limited Reroofing $5,000
Rangitane Trust Repairs to dampness in the Oamaru Stone $6,947.50
Masonic Lodge Gutter Repair $1,330
Iand and Shirley Morris, C Williams Plasterer Ltd and Oamaru Surf Ltd Repairs to improve the appearance of the first-floor street frontage $15,000

ENDS

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