To conserve, or not to conserve, that is one of a number of dilemmas
facing a multi-milliondollar project to restore and preserve the
huts linked to the heroic period of Antarctic exploration.
Mangakino is a town in a 1950s time warp; a remnant of the pressurecooker
expansion of post-war New Zealand as well preserved as if it were
ladled into an Agee jar in mother's kitchen.
A dawn demolition raid on a Greymouth bridge, a quirky post office
hogging prime Queenstown space and a glass thorn among the roses
of Akaroa are splitting communities over developments in heritage
areas.
