{"id":158367,"date":"2025-11-28T17:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/158367\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T17:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:39:10","slug":"whanganui-buildings-awarded-two-of-three-heritage-prizes-at-new-zealand-architecture-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/158367\/","title":{"rendered":"Whanganui buildings awarded two of three Heritage prizes at New Zealand Architecture Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWorking with Ralph Roberts and Warren and Mahoney<\/a> was a real once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The $79.4 million gallery reopened to the public last November.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarjeant curator Greg Donson said it was a piece of civil architecture that would serve the community well into the future. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe heritage building was beautiful in its own right, but to now see people being able to access the shop, cafe, classroom, library and event spaces as well as our wonderful galleries, gives people a great experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re really lucky to have some of the most beautifully scaled gallery spaces in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parties involved with the redevelopment project have been recognised at several events this year, including the Concrete Construction Awards, the NZ Property Industry Awards, the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards, and the Interior Awards.<\/p>\n

\"CraigCraig Dalgleish says the p\u0101taka is being used as a storge space and classroom. Photo \/ Simon Devitt<\/p>\n

Sarjeant director Andrew Clifford said the redevelopment\u2019s success across all major award programmes was a huge validation for the team and community.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people have contributed to this project over a long period of time and not only have we completed this long-held vision, but we can also now confirm that it is a huge success. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom industry acclaim to huge visitation numbers<\/a>, we are off to a flying start as one of the most significant cultural projects in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both projects were winners<\/a> at this year\u2019s Western Architecture Awards, putting them in the running for the national awards.<\/p>\n

The p\u0101taka is being used at P\u016btiki by the Ng\u0101ti Ruaka hap\u016b as a teaching space for Te Morehu Whenua, a youth-led environmental group.<\/p>\n

Dalgleish Architects director Craig Dalgleish<\/a> said Ng\u0101ti Ruaka had a similar building at R\u0101nana that collapsed many years ago.<\/p>\n

Te Atawhai o Te Ao director and R\u0101nana Marae Reservation Trust chairman Dr R\u0101wiri Tinirau invited him to visit it, Dalgleish said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tracked into the bush and found the remnants, which were well covered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a great day, measuring and understanding what we could. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe remnants were an influence. It\u2019s not a copy. This is its grandchild, as it were.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said there were community gardens alongside the p\u0101taka<\/a>, where children grew vegetables to supply to hap\u016b members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin the p\u0101taka, there is storage, of course, but there is certainly room for lessons as well. It\u2019s partly a classroom.\u201d <\/p>\n

He said the award was \u201crecognition at the highest level\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing above it, at least not in this country, so we\u2019re very pleased.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt [p\u0101taka] has captured the imagination of a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kumeroa said awards went towards measuring success, but the true achievement was when people were in the gallery enjoying exhibitions, \u201cor just having a coffee and kai\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what puts the \u2018mauri\u2019 into our space, especially when we hear laughter, children, singing and music.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also a validation of why it is important to keep strong relationships between tangata whenua and government, both local and national.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chronicle. Since starting in March 2020, he has dabbled in everything from sport to music. At present his focus is local government, primarily Whanganui District Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWorking with Ralph Roberts and Warren and Mahoney was a real once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.\u201d The $79.4 million gallery reopened…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1889,1975,1567,10779,1558,3390,12683,1887,9828,305,8993,10136,117,111,43,139,69,1118,13807,104558,1961,1529,1237,104557,1883,1530,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-158367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-architecture","9":"tag-at","10":"tag-awarded","11":"tag-awards","12":"tag-been","13":"tag-best","14":"tag-buildings","15":"tag-countrys","16":"tag-different","17":"tag-have","18":"tag-heritage","19":"tag-named","20":"tag-new","21":"tag-new-zealand","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-newzealand","24":"tag-nz","25":"tag-of","26":"tag-prizes","27":"tag-sizes","28":"tag-this","29":"tag-three","30":"tag-two","31":"tag-vastly","32":"tag-whanganui","33":"tag-years","34":"tag-zealand"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}