Regulatory Committee Agenda - Waipa District Council

• Heritage buildings should be conserved and history maintained along with
architectural pleasure relating to Cambridge. Should not be throwing away
another significant building for the sake of money.
• Although building was altered over the years, its appearance is still a fine
example of early local colonial architecture and has most of its original exterior
features worth of preserving.
• Built of hard timbers in 1877. It's perfectly sound and has a future life for a range
of purposes. It has been rewired, re-plumbed ad re-piled.
• RSA members voted to sell in 2003 based on the assurance that the 'historic
significance of the building be maintained' (Waikato Times 10 Dec 2003) .
Demolition of the building is not in keeping with that.
• Demolishing the RSA goes against all principles of Waipa Heritage Council and is
a major departure from WDC's heritage protection regulations/policy. Heritage
buildings need to be protected and not destroyed.
• Building has been given protection by WDC for its value as an early character
structure of significance to the town and therefore needs to be preserved.
• It is situated in the CBD 'character zone'- one of the few remaining examples of
its type.
• It is not up to NZHPT to determine whether heritage buildings in Waipa can go or
not. It's the decision of the Waipa Community. NZHPT deal with national
buildings.
• Total demolition of the building with no attempt of any salvage would go down
as a sad chapter in Cambridge's history.
5.5 The key decisions/outcomes sought by the submitters include the following:
• The building needs to be saved from demolition or removal.
• Council have a duty to stand by our principles and uphold the protection of our
heritage buildings.
• Relocate the building within the CBD or nearby.
• Council has to insist that it is offered for removal.
• Building not to be removed from the site as building and site go hand in hand
from historical point of view.
• The assurances given to the RSA upon its sale should be respected .
• If building is demolished, a plague be erected on site to acknowledge the early
significance of the site.
• No commercial housing or cafes to be built on the site- if building is removed.
Report to Regulatory Committee Meeting- (19 November 2012)
To demolish a Heritage Item- Cambridge RSA
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