The Opawa Wharf building on Blenheim’s Taylor River was built roughly 100 years ago, but is not heritage-listed. A project to replace a dilapidated 105-year-old shed beside Blenheim’s Taylor River with six riverside apartments may have reached a stalemate. Scott Hammond/Stuff More than half the old building has been pulled down, with the remaining structure bearing modern repairs. A Heritage NZ report from 2016 provided by Binnie said the building was “a significant remnant” of Blenheim’s maritime shipping business. “It’s an old building in poor condition only getting worse.

Source: Stuff May 25, 2021 16:52 UTC