89-514: Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building (also known as Shed 7 ) is a historic building on Jervois Quay erected by the Wellington Harbour Board in Wellington , New Zealand. The building, is classified as a Category 1 Historic Place ( places of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value" ) by Heritage New Zealand . The building currently houses
178-622: A self-propelled floating steam crane, in 1925. Hikitia was constructed in Scotland and sailed to Wellington under its own power. As of 2023 it is still in working order and thought to be the only working steam crane of its kind in the world. Although the Harbour Board controlled the wharves, Wellington City Council retained control of the Te Aro seabed and foreshore. From 1884 to 1889 the Council conducted
267-528: A 1914 workforce of 14,000, enlisted during the war, and many casual workers also served. The roll was unveiled by Prime Minister William Massey in the Railways Department's head office in Featherston St on 30 April 1922. It originally listed 446 names, including two out of alphabetical order at the end, presumably late additions. Four names were added later, including those of three men who died after
356-436: A commanding view of the station platforms and main lines entering the station. In 2021/2022 additional crossovers and connections to the station approaches will provide extra capacity and resilience ($ 4.5 million) and the signal interlocking may be replaced with a computer based system ($ 8 million). A second lead track is to be provided to the train storage yards to facilitate faster platform clearance (2020; $ 5.9 million). When
445-610: A derailed goods wagon near the Interisland terminal damaged both tracks through the yard out of Wellington on 3 July 2019 commuter service to the Hutt Valley and Kapiti lines were seriously disrupted for two days. The closed Kaiwharawhara railway station is to be developed as an emergency Wellington terminal. The station copes with large daily passenger numbers with very little alteration having proved necessary. In its first year, 7,600 passengers made 15,200 trips on 140 trains daily. In
534-506: A detailed quantity schedule, for which they were paid 1% of the estimated cost. Because of the impact of the Depression on Government finances, it was decided to reduce the cost by eliminating a mailroom and a section of the West wing along Featherston Street and by transferring the £28,000 cost of the platforms and verandahs to a separate budget. As a result, the official estimated cost of the station
623-639: A large publicly-owned wharf. Wellington Provincial Council gave permission, and Queens Wharf was built in 1862. It was managed by a Wharf Committee of the Provincial Council. In 1870, Wellington City Corporation (now Wellington City Council) came into being and in 1871 the Provincial Council sold its interest in Queens Wharf to the City Council, along with the bond store at the wharf and some newly-reclaimed land. The City Council leased wharf operations to
712-446: A local chocolate manufacturing firm. In 1972, NZR proposed developing the airspace above the station's platforms. The proposed development included four buildings built north of the current station over the platforms and part of the marshalling yards. The development would include a 200-bed hotel, tavern, car-parking, shopping facilities and a revolving restaurant. NZR made an application to Wellington City Council for consent to begin
801-641: A new commercial company called Port of Wellington (now known as CentrePort) formed on 1 October 1988. Ownership of the Port of Wellington company was vested in Greater Wellington Regional Council and Horizons Regional Council . When the port company was formed, it owned approximately 72 hectares (180 acres) of Wellington waterfront property including wharves. The remainder of the Wellington waterfront area, from Shed 21 to Clyde Quay Wharf, including all
890-502: A new double-track line, train marshalling areas, goods yards and sheds and using fill from the Tawa Flat Deviation . The Thorndon reclamation began in 1923 and was on track to be completed by 1932, which allowed the government in 1929 to confirm that Bunny Street would be the location of a new station, so removing the inconvenience of two separate stations. In 1929, W. Gray Young , an architect known for his neo-Georgian styles, of
979-474: A pilot boat. Uta served the Harbour Board until 1950, and was replaced by Tiakina in 1953. In 1925 Wellington Harbour Board acquired a purpose-built deep water salvage tug, which it named Toia ('to pull'), on loan from the British Admiralty. The Board also commissioned construction of a floating crane, HIkitia ('to lift') and a new harbourmaster's launch, Arahina ('to lead'). In 1949 Toia
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#17330858988821068-567: A private company until 1876, when it took over direct responsibility for the wharf. Continuing expansion of the city and shipping trade led the Chamber of Commerce to push for a separate entity to manage the business of the port. The government passed the Harbours Act in November 1878 to regulate management of harbours around New Zealand, and this led to the establishment of Wellington Harbour Board under
1157-514: A programme of reclamation which brought it into conflict with the Harbour Board. Further reclamation would continue throughout the life of the board. Major reclamation at Thorndon was proposed in 1916 but work did not begin until 1923. In 1930, Wellington was the main trans-shipping port in New Zealand, with over 3000 trading vessels visiting in the previous year. The port handled 62% of New Zealand's hemp exports, 50% of cheese exports and 28% of
1246-436: A queue of freighters waiting to berth, and by the end of March, 38 ships were in the harbour waiting to discharge 70,000 tons of cargo. As Harbour Board employees refused to work, the government called in hundreds of army and navy servicemen to unload ships. At the end of March, Harbour Board employees voted to return to work, but other workers on the wharves remained on strike. The dispute lasted 151 days and led to changes in
1335-457: A salary. Another deep-water wharf was completed in April 1880: Railway Wharf had been built by the government on newly reclaimed land near Wellington Railway Station . Three railway tracks were laid down on the wharf so that goods could be transported directly from the railway station. The wharf was angled on a north-north-west /south-south-east axis, the same as Queens Wharf, because at the time it
1424-550: A sealed surface under verandahs held up by railway irons. Platform 9 was designed to be a roadway without rails for the terminus for certain services provided by New Zealand Railways Road Services . A park was created in the forecourt with lawns and paths of paving stones with brick edging arranged in a herringbone pattern. The construction tender closed on 25 September 1933, extended by two weeks in an attempt to encourage local manufacturers to offer locally manufactured materials. Twelve tenders were received, with Fletcher Building
1513-442: A temporary terminus of the railway line to the Hutt Valley. A series of reclamations allowed the line to reach well down Featherston Street and in 1880 a new Wellington railway station was, as it turned out, temporarily placed near the goods station for the new Railway Wharf. Traffic at the wharf quickly grew beyond expectations. The 1880 building was pulled north on rollers in 1885 to a less congested site on Featherston Street opposite
1602-553: A tower, retail outlets, apartments and 12,000 seat indoor stadium. In August 2018, the proposed sale of the building by KiwiRail was stopped by Winston Peters as the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises as "premature". The building required earthquake strengthening (cost $ 62 million), and the anticipated sale price of $ 80 million had already been included in KiwiRail's budget. The Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust decided not to purchase
1691-481: Is on the south side via a colonnade of eight 13-metre- [42-foot]-high Doric columns opening into a large booking hall decorated with delicately mottled dados extending to a high vaulted ceiling. The glazed-roof concourse contained waiting rooms and toilets, a large dining room, a barber shop, book and fruit stalls and a first aid room. There was a nursery on the top floor to allow parents to leave their children while they shopped or waited for their train. When completed
1780-621: Is the main railway station serving Wellington , New Zealand , and is the southern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk , Wairarapa Line and Johnsonville Line . The station opened in June 1937, replacing the two previous Wellington termini, Lambton and Thorndon . The building was originally the head office of the New Zealand Railways Department or NZR. Today, the building houses the Wellington office of KiwiRail in
1869-463: The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and 25 luxurious inner-city apartments. [REDACTED] Media related to Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building at Wikimedia Commons This article about a New Zealand building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wellington Harbour Board Wellington Harbour Board was the body which formerly managed
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#17330858988821958-805: The Tiakina , in 1953. Tiakina arrived in Wellington in 1954 and was in service until 1992. As of 2023 it is used as a private charter boat in Dunedin. When the Wahine ran aground in 1968, killing 51 people, the Union Steam Ship Company's tug Tapuhi was not strong enough to assist the ship. Responding to the disaster, the Harbour Board bought new, bigger tugs: Kupe , which went into service in 1971, Toia (1972) and Ngahue (1977). The Harbour Board's successor, CentrePort, sold Kupe in 2009, and Toia and Ngahue in 2014. The Harbour Board bought Hikitia,
2047-619: The Waterfront Dispute took place. Waterfront workers around New Zealand refused to work overtime on the wharves, demanding more pay, better working conditions and a repeal of restrictions enforced by the Government during World War 2. Shipping companies refused to employ workers unless they agreed to work overtime. Workers were then locked out of the wharves, which at that time were fenced and able to have access restricted. On 15 February 1951 there were 21 foreign ships berthed in Wellington and
2136-481: The 1981 film Goodbye Pork Pie , in which the protagonists drive a Mini through the station concourse in order to escape pursuing police officers. The station was used in a 2009 TV advert in the United Kingdom for train ticketing company TheTrainLine , where a large flock of sheep use the facilities. In May 2014, the station foyer was used by celebrity chef Nigella Lawson to film a commercial for Whittaker's
2225-399: The 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force embarked from Wellington. In 1946 Wellington was still New Zealand's busiest trans-shipping port, with 70% of New Zealand's tonnage moving through the port. By weight, Wellington accounted for 43% of New Zealand's cheese exports, 24% of frozen meat, 19% of wool bales and 14% of butter exports. In February 1951, major industrial action now known as
2314-501: The Chamber of Commerce), William Valentine Jackson and Paul Coffey (elected by ratepayers), Henry Rose (of the New Zealand Shipping Company, representing shipping interests), Stephen Lancaster (representing Hutt County Council), and Frederick Augustus Krull (a Wellington businessman representing Wairarapa). Wellington Harbour board was unique amongst New Zealand harbour boards because as well as control and regulation of
2403-530: The Government, the mayor, one person elected by the Chamber of Commerce, two members elected by Wellington ratepayers, one representing shipping interests, one elected by Hutt County Council, and one to represent the Wairarapa County Councils. The members of the first Harbour Board were William Hort Levin , Edward Pearce and William Robert Williams (government appointees); William Hutchison (Mayor of Wellington), Joseph Edward Nathan (representing
2492-558: The Harbour Board, so in an arrangement with the Government the board ceded these areas to the airport development and received land near the Hutt River estuary in exchange. The board reclaimed 47.5 acres (19.2 ha) of land near its Point Howard oil wharf for leasing to oil companies. By 1960 there were 15 men on the board, representing Manawatu, Wairarapa, Upper Hutt/Lower Hutt/Petone, Hutt County/Eastbourne/Tawa, and Wellington city. The board had 739 permanent staff in four departments:
2581-825: The Lambton Harbour Development Project was transferred to Wellington City Council under the provisions of the Local Government (Wellington Region) Reorganisation Order 1989. From this time, Lambton Harbour Management was wholly owned by Wellington City Council but operated separately. Wellington Harbour Board was officially dissolved on 1 November 1989. The following is a complete list of chairmen of Wellington Harbour Board. 41°17′07″S 174°46′41″E / 41.285161°S 174.778039°E / -41.285161; 174.778039 Wellington railway station Wellington railway station , Wellington Central station , or simply Wellington station ,
2670-475: The Railways Department. The application of a more commercial attitude to the running of the organisation resulted in a large reduction in staff employed at the Wellington railway station. Due to the reduction of railway staff numbers in the 1980s, large parts of the building became underutilized. In 1991, as a result of a major restructuring of the New Zealand Railways Corporation, ownership of
2759-507: The Railways-run bookstall and cafeteria were closed with subsequently the barber's shop and men's toilets being converted into Trax Bar and Cafe, while the women's waiting rooms were converted into toilet blocks. The original dining hall and kitchen were converted to office space. At about this time platforms 2 to 7 were shortened at the concourse end to provide increased space for waiting passengers. Large concrete planter boxes were installed at
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2848-512: The Stout Building (1930) Weir House (1930), and later the Kirk Building (1938). The need to review building techniques after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake and the impact of the Depression on finances delayed the government formally committing to the project until June 1933. As the planned location was on reclaimed land, test piles were driven in 1928 to test the quality of the soil. On
2937-638: The Thorndon container terminal, other parts of the waterfront could be redeveloped. In 1986 the Lambton Harbour Group – a collection of architects, urban designers and town planners – was formed to develop concept plans for 22 hectares of the waterfront between Wellington Railway Station / Waterloo Quay and the Overseas Passenger Terminal (formerly Clyde Quay Wharf). Lambton Harbour Group was later renamed Lambton Harbour Management. About 80% of
3026-799: The Traffic Department received and delivered cargo; the Harbour Department controlled the movement of ships in the harbour, mooring and pilotage; the Engineers Department handled repairs to facilities and planned new works; and the Accounts Department handled financial matters and statistics. The board also employed almost 500 casual workers on the wharves. During 1959, there were 2579 shipping arrivals in Wellington from New Zealand and foreign ports. The port handled 68% of New Zealand's trans-shipment tonnage. Primary produce made up much of
3115-554: The Wellington Harbour Board Act 1879.The act came into effect on 1 January 1880, and the board held its first meeting in February 1880. The Board was an autonomous authority, with responsibility for planning and constructing harbour facilities, regulating the use of wharves, determining port charges and controlling navigation within the harbour limits. The Harbour Board initially consisted of 10 members: three appointed by
3204-494: The Wellington architectural firm of Gray Young, Morton & Young, was selected (without a design competition) to design the new station, over the Auckland firm of Gummer & Ford, which had designed Auckland railway station. Gray Young, Morton and Young was formed in 1923 and consisted of William Gray Young, Hubert Morton and Gray Young's brother Jack. The firm had recently finished large commissions for Victoria University, designing
3293-517: The Wharf Office Building was built opposite the Head Office and Bond Store at the entrance to Queens Wharf. Art Nouveau gates made of iron were installed in 1899 between these two buildings at the wharf entrance. As of 2023 the Wharf Office Building houses apartments and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts . A patent slip for hauling up ships for repair was built at Evans Bay in 1873. It
3382-743: The area was owned by the Harbour Board. The Board and Wellington City Council would together choose which concept they preferred for the area. Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington City Council and the Wellington Civic Trust jointly won an award from the New Zealand Planning Institute for the Lambton Harbour Development Project in April 1988. The president of the Institute said that the Lambton Harbour project
3471-407: The basis of the test results the decision was made to use Vibro cast-in-place piles to support the structure. The building was the first major New Zealand structure to incorporate a significant measure of earthquake resistance. Gray Young was paid a 4% fee based on the initially estimated cost of £470,000. This cost rose to £483,000 once the quantity surveying firm of Maltby & Sommerville compiled
3560-527: The board bought a Priestman dredge so that it could remove silt and increase the depth of some berths. In 1902, that dredge was replaced with a new steam dredge. The dredge, named Whakarire ('to deepen water'), was built by Lobnitz and Co. in Renfrew, Scotland and sailed to New Zealand via the Suez Canal and Torres Strait. Whakarire was sold to Napier Harbour Board in 1934 and replaced by Kerimoana ('to dig
3649-429: The building in 2016. The Wellington railway yard incorporates marshalling and storage tracks and buildings and a Multiple Unit Depot (MUD) for servicing EMUs. A rail line under the overhead stadium walkway goes to the container terminal and other freight facilities on the Port wharves, with a level crossing on Aotea Quay. The principal Wellington signal box known as the "A Box" is near the overhead stadium walkway with
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3738-508: The buildings and the area covered by the Lambton Harbour Development Project, was transferred to Wellington City Council. In 1988, Australia was New Zealand's biggest trading partner but most of the new Port of Wellington's business was with Europe and Japan. Meat and manufactured goods were the main products exported from Wellington, and other products shipped through the port included bulk wheat and cement, machinery, steel, imported cars, meat, dairy and wool. The Harbour Board's interest in
3827-620: The canopies of platforms 7/8 and 9 were shortened to the same length as platforms 3/4 and 5/6. In the office entrance to the station, a roll of honour lists 450 members of the New Zealand Railways Department who lost their lives in World War I . ( Transcript of the names with links to their records on the Auckland War Memorial Museum's Cenotaph database .) As many as 5,000 of the department's permanent staff, out of
3916-459: The cast-in-place piles called for in the original design, the decision was made to use 1615 15 x 15 inch and 16 x 16 inch reinforced concrete piles. These were driven by a steam-powered hammer. On top of the piles a five- and six-storey steel-framed structure was built. The steel was encased in reinforced concrete and 1.75 million bricks. 21,000 cubic yards of aggregate from the Hutt River with cement from Whangarei were mixed on-site to create
4005-549: The chauffeur to the Railways Department's General Manager. The station was opened on 19 June 1937 by the Governor-General of New Zealand , Viscount Galway. Lambton closed on 19 June 1937 and Thorndon on 8 June 1937. The Railways Head office had been combined in an ornate three-story brick building at 75 Featherston Street in 1903. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Cornwall (later King George V) on 21 June 1901. One of
4094-521: The commissioning of a crane intended to load containers onto railway wagons at the port. The crane was finally put into service in August 1975. In November 1976, funding was approved for a third container crane at the port. Industrial disputes involving the Wellington boilermakers and the Federation of Labour caused a delay of almost 12 months in the construction and commissioning of the crane. The delays to
4183-476: The concrete. The bricks used for the outer cladding were of a special design, with slots to accommodate vertical corrosion–resistant steel rods that reinforced the brickwork and bound it to the structural members. 1500 tons of decorative Hanmer and Whangārei granite and marble were used to clad the interior and the entranceway. 2500 gallons of paint were used. The roof was clad in Marseille tiles . The main entrance
4272-553: The construction of Chateau Tongariro , Massey College and earthquake reconstruction in Hastings. His management skills, supported by a large team of experienced foremen and a close working relationship with the architect, ensured that construction progressed very smoothly on a project that was very profitable for Fletchers. Work commenced on site in January 1934 with a workforce of 12, which built up to 161 in January 1936. Fletchers reduced
4361-517: The construction of the container crane, along with more protracted delays to the construction of the steel structure of the BNZ building in Willis Street, led building developers to change designs and move away from the use of steel as a main structural element in building construction. In the 1979 financial year, the Harbour Board reported 85,257 container movements. With the shift of port facilities to
4450-407: The cost of the construction steel to £70,000 from an estimated £85,000 by directly importing it rather than purchasing it from local steel merchants, and had it fabricated on-site by Wm Cable Ltd. Progress was rapid, with 1500 of the piles driven by the time the foundation stone was laid on 17 December 1934 by the Duke of Gloucester, an occasion witnessed by an estimated 5,000 people. The contract
4539-519: The country's wool exports. Other products exported from Wellington included butter, frozen meat and apples – in total, an average of 26% of New Zealand's exports. By this time there were 14 members on the board, and almost 400 permanent staff. In addition, the board employed an average of around 350 casual wharf labourers each day. Harbour Board facilities included 10 inner-harbour wharves, oil wharves at Evans Bay and Point Howard, suburban wharves, Clyde Quay marina for pleasure craft, 35 goods stores along
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#17330858988824628-434: The east wing of the building. Victoria University of Wellington occupies the west wing. A number of alterations have been made to the railway station over the years. The building was registered on 25 September 1986 as a Category 1 Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand . The capital's first Wellington railway station was a group of small buildings at Pipitea Point built in 1874 on earthquake-raised harbour floor for
4717-501: The end of the tracks to assist in stopping runaway trains. In 2010, the former social hall was converted into 660 square metres of boutique office space. As part of the creation of the WestpacTrust Stadium (completed November 1999) on surplus railway land to the north of the station, an elevated walkway from Thorndon Quay to the stadium was installed with access via ramps from platforms 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8. To facilitate this work,
4806-566: The first Wellington buildings reinforced against earthquakes, the style was Classical Baroque and Jacobean; ornamented in white Oamaru stone with carved cornicles and balustrades and roofed with Marsiette tiles. In 1937 it became the Defence Department headquarters but the decorative features, high roof and lighting turrets were removed, and it was demolished in 1982. In 1982, the New Zealand Railways Corporation replaced
4895-486: The goods exported: 30% of New Zealand's cheese exports by weight and 16% of its frozen meat exports left from Wellington. Other commodities exported included wool, hides and skins and apples. Imports coming through Wellington included cars, tractors, iron and steel, cotton and synthetic piece goods, petrol and tobacco. In 1969, the Government approved a recommendation from the New Zealand Ports Authority for
4984-573: The ground floor. This coincided with the closure of the Railway Kiosk and the American Hotdog vendor. The ground floor has always provided services for long-distance travellers and local passengers including a restaurant, cafes, a bar, a shoe repair shop, and a dry cleaners. The New World Railway Metro supermarket occupied part of the ground floor from 2006 until its closure in March 2024. In 1988,
5073-455: The harbour entrance. With the business of the port expanding, the Harbour Board commissioned a new administration building and bond store to replace earlier wooden buildings. The building was built on Jervois Quay at the entrance to Queens Wharf, and was completed in 1892. As of 2023 it houses the Museum of Wellington . The Harbour Board's board room is still on site and open to the public. In 1896
5162-476: The harbour, it initially had no assets. The board was entitled to take a loan from central government. In October 1881 the Harbour Board paid the City Council £64000 for Queens Wharf and the bond store, and the wharf became its centre of operations. Harbour Board employees in October 1881 consisted of the harbourmaster, outward pilot, four boatmen, pilot, coxswain, and two signalmen. The board members did not receive
5251-499: The installation of a container crane at the ports of Auckland and Wellington. Construction of the Wellington container handling terminal was underway by 1971, including a 49 ha (120 acres) reclamation at the end of Aotea and Fryatt Quays. Two new tugs, Kupe and Toia, were purchased to handle the larger ships expected, and a 40 tonne container crane was ordered. Erection of the container crane began in early 1971. The first container ship arrived in Wellington in June 1971, but
5340-569: The junction of Mulgrave Street and Sydney Street now Kate Sheppard Place. The third site named Wellington railway station was only the passenger terminus for the Hutt and Wairarapa lines. After the Government took control of the Manawatu line in December 1908, the Wellington railway station was renamed Wellington Lambton station and the Manawatu station which became the terminus for the North Island Main Trunk
5429-611: The land and buildings was retained by the Railways Corporation while a new organisation known as New Zealand Rail Limited took over rail operations including freight distribution, commuter and long-distance passenger services and the Interisland ferry service. Both organisations retained offices in the building. In 1993, New Zealand Rail Limited was sold to a private business consortium, which became Tranz Rail Holdings Limited in 1995. In 2000, Tranz Rail moved its head office to Auckland but retained space for operational management of
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#17330858988825518-435: The lowest at £339,000. The next lowest was £350,000 from J T Julian & Son, who had constructed a significant part of the Auckland railway station. Fletchers was awarded what was believed to be the largest single-building contract let in New Zealand up to that time, to which a performance bond of £3000 was applied. Fletchers appointed 26-year-old Joe Craig to manage his first major project. His prior experience had been in
5607-490: The original design to reduce its cost. This was undertaken as a separate project at a cost of £59,662. A two-storey brick building with a mansard roof containing a social hall and a garage was built in 1937 facing Waterloo Quay to the north of the East wing, at a cost of £15,000. The garage was on the ground floor with the social hall occupying part of the ground floor and the entire first storey. The garage also incorporated rooms for
5696-401: The port from domestic and international locations and was responsible for the safe movement of vessels within the harbour. Wellington city was settled by British colonists in 1840 and quickly became an important port and business centre. Small private wharves built in the 1840s became inadequate as trade grew and visiting ships became larger. From 1856 the Chamber of Commerce began agitating for
5785-428: The port, supplying water to ships, and providing cool storage, it acted as wharfinger, responsible for taking goods from ships and delivering them to other ships or to destinations in the city. This was said to be cheaper and more efficient than having other businesses do the work, and gave the harbour board strong authority. Although the Harbour Board was set up with powers to manage shipping, wharf charges and trade in
5874-409: The project in 1977. The plan was revised in 1986 in a joint venture between Mainzeal and the Railways Corporation under the "Gateway Development." The development included seven tower blocks, a hotel, retail and recreational facilities. In 2017 the plans were unveiled for a $ 1 billion redevelopment of Wellington railway station and the concourse to the stadium, named "Project Kupe" and incorporating
5963-484: The railway network. In 2004, Tranz Rail was sold and renamed Toll NZ Ltd, which then sold the track and infrastructure back to the Railways Corporation. Between August 2003 and October 2008, the building was refurbished at a cost of NZ$ 14.6 million to house part of Victoria University in the West wing and Toll NZ (now KiwiRail ) in the East wing. This work included a seismic upgrade, restoration and refurbishment, and installation of three new lifts and dedicated access in
6052-403: The sea') in 1938. Kerimoana was scrapped in 1981. Various privately-owned vessels acted as tugs and pilots on the harbour during the 19th and 20th centuries. For example, Wellington Harbour Ferries operated a tug called Duco between 1892 and 1909, and the Union Steam Ship Company bought a tug named Natone in 1904. In 1900 Wellington Harbour Board bought a launch it named Uta, to use as
6141-443: The second one was upgraded. It closed in 1980. One of the triggers of the 1913 Great Strike was a demand by Wellington shipwrights that they be paid travelling time when they had to go to Evans Bay to work at the patent slip. In 1898 local yachtsmen complained that reclamation at Te Aro and other work around Railway Wharf was displacing moorings for small boats. The Harbour Board suggested that yachts could be moored at Evans Bay but
6230-403: The shipping and commercial affairs of the port of Wellington in New Zealand. It was constituted in 1880 and was disestablished in 1989. During its 110-year tenure the Harbour Board reclaimed land around Wellington Harbour, and built and maintained facilities including quays, wharves, goods sheds, a marina, and a floating dock for ship repairs. The Board managed goods and passengers passing through
6319-472: The southwest corner to the university wing from the concourse. The architect was Athfield Architects with construction undertaken by Fletcher Construction . As part of this reorganisation of the building, the 24-hour train control centre was relocated from the western wing to the eastern side of the southern part of the building. On 4 December 2006, the New World Railway Metro supermarket opened on
6408-423: The station was New Zealand's largest building, partly covering 0.6 hectares and with a combined floor area of two hectares. It was designed to accommodate the 675 staff of the Railways Department head office and the Wellington district office, which until then had been accommodated in 11 leased buildings throughout the city. The platforms, designed to accommodate up to 12 carriages, are made of concrete covered with
6497-414: The unionisation and employment conditions of waterfront workers. Between 1950 and 1960 the board built bulk-handling facilities for coal and wheat at Aotea Quay and began development for a roll on/roll off road and rail ferry at Interisland Wharf. The ferry Aramoana came into service in 1962. Development of Wellington Airport, which opened in 1959, required land, foreshore and harbour areas controlled by
6586-483: The war. When the station opened in 1937, the memorial was moved along the road to its present location. The station was registered on 25 September 1986 as a Category I Historic Place. Category I historic places are "places of special or outstanding historical or cultural significance" according to Heritage New Zealand . The Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand classified the station as "Category A" heritage building. Wellington railway station featured prominently in
6675-434: The wharves and waterfront, a variety of cranes including its large new floating crane Hikitia , weighbridges, a repair shop, and a tug. A floating dock was being built, and reclamation of land at Thorndon was continuing. The Harbour Board continued to upgrade and expand its wharves and facilities. A new breastwork and reclamation in Thorndon begun in the 1920s was completed in late 1939. During World War 2, Wellington
6764-458: The wool trade. This was followed by Ferry Wharf (1897), Glasgow Wharf (1901), Taranaki Street Wharf (1906), Kings Wharf (1909), Clyde Quay Wharf (1910), Tug Wharf (1914) and Pipitea Wharf (1923). In addition to the big wharves built in the inner harbour for movement of goods and passengers, the Harbour Board oversaw construction of suburban wharves in the eastern bays from Petone around to Eastbourne as well as at Evans Bay and Seatoun and Karaka Bay at
6853-451: The yachting community objected, saying it was too far away and isolated, boats would be vandalised, and the winds there were not ideal. in 1900 the Harbour Board approved construction of a boat harbour and baths at Clyde Quay. Old structures on the beach were removed, Clyde Quay and Oriental Terrace (now Oriental Parade) were widened and a sea wall built, and public salt water baths and a boat harbour for pleasure craft were created. Some land
6942-486: Was "a good example of the enterprise planning which can be promoted to local authorities in New Zealand to ensure more efficient use and enjoyment of public resources by the people of New Zealand”. One of the first projects proposed by the Lambton Harbour Development Project was the Queens Wharf Retail Centre, initially described as a 'Festival Marketplace' or 'Market Hall'. The retail centre opened in 1995 but
7031-564: Was an immediate failure and the building was sold in 1998. Other early projects included the redevelopment of Frank Kitts Park , begun in 1989, and the refurbishment of Shed 3 as Dockside restaurant, begun in 1991. Wellington Harbour Board was disestablished after the passing of the Port Companies Act 1988 and the Local Government Act 1989, as part of the 1989 local government reforms . Operational port assets were transferred to
7120-629: Was an important port for troop movements. United States authorities were given sole use of the newly developed Aotea Quay. In October 1943, the 2nd Division of the United States Marine Corps embarked at Aotea Quay on their way to the Battle of Tarawa . The marina and boatsheds at Clyde Quay were also made available to the United States as a base for repairs and maintenance of their small craft and landing barges. Almost 72% of 120000 troops in
7209-538: Was drawn up by the Railways Department and the Wellington Harbour Board and in 1912 a new railway station was proposed, to supersede the Lambton and Thorndon stations. The government decided on a co-ordinated development that included a new station building, and after an agreement in 1922 between the Railways Department and the Wellington Harbour Board, the reclamation of about 68 acres (27 hectares) incorporating
7298-522: Was expanded to include the construction of an electric substation (commenced 1936) at a cost of £2022 and a locomotive maintenance workshop (commenced 1936) along the Thorndon Quay side of the railway yard. This cost £37,406 and is still in use. In August 1938, to accommodate increasing staff numbers, work commenced on the construction of the section of the Featherston Street Wing removed from
7387-456: Was important to moor vessels "fore-and-aft" to Wellington's prevailing winds. Following passage of the Wellington Harbour Board and Corporation Land Act in September 1880, control of Railway Wharf was transferred to the Harbour Board. More wharves were built around the inner harbour. The first wharf built by the Harbour Board was Wool Wharf (now Waterloo Quay Wharf), completed in 1883 to handle
7476-411: Was named Wellington Thorndon station . The Thorndon station had been opened in September 1885 by the private Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company . The Government bought the line from its shareholders in 1908 to incorporate the Manawatu line into their system. Once both stations were under government control, public pressure began to build for a single terminal. In 1908, a joint reclamation scheme
7565-502: Was operated by the Wellington Patent Slip Company and didn't come under Wellington Harbour Board control until 1908. The Patent Slip Company, which was 90% owned by the Union Steam Ship Company from 1908, continued to operate the slip (and a second slip built in 1922) under lease from the Harbour Board until 1969, when the Harbour Board took over direct management of both slips. The first slip was taken out of commission and
7654-401: Was reclaimed so that the board could build a row of 24 reinforced concrete boatsheds in two sections, with stairs leading down from the footpath. The boatsheds were designed with their roofs below the height of the sea wall so that views of the harbour would not be obstructed. The boatsheds were completed in 1907 and, along with another group of sheds built in 1922, are still in use. In 1882
7743-459: Was reduced to £350,000. To encourage employment of workers out of work due to the Depression the project received a subsidy of £34,000 (10% of the estimated cost) from the Employment Board. The building is a U-shaped structure with the longest leg 105.5 metres (346 ft) long and 23.5 metres (77 ft) high. Because of delays in importing the specialized boring equipment needed to install
7832-505: Was returned to the New Zealand Navy, to be based at Devonport Naval Base and not replaced because the Union Steam Ship Company had two tugs for use in Wellington harbour. Arahina rescued many people from the passenger ferry Wahine when it ran aground at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in 1968. Arahina was sold in 1990, but as of 2023 was still afloat and moored at Queens Wharf. The Harbour Board bought another pilot launch,
7921-399: Was unloaded with conventional cranes, because an industrial agreement with unions had not yet been reached for the operation of the container crane. A second container crane was ordered for the port and delivered in 1975, but an industrial dispute with the boilermakers union caused delay to the construction. A separate industrial dispute involving demarcation issues caused a 3 year delay to
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