Iconic state house saved from demolition, transformed into theatre
Mount Roskill residents fight to keep an iconic state house from demolition. The bulldozers were outside 3 Roseman Ave when John Leach realised what he needed to do to save the old state house. He was on the phone to Kāinga Ora immediately: “I had to say to them – I’ve had the idea, it’s actually really good and you’ll have to take away the bulldozers.” Like so many others in the Auckland neighbourhood, the Mt Roskill state house was slated for demolition. David White/Stuff...
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