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May 23, 2025
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Claystore repair budget blows out – sale mooted
The future of the historic Claystore is on shaky ground, after massive cost blowouts on planned work on the building and with new reports to be done on its safety and structural integrity. Creating further uncertainty, Auckland Council is looking into selling some of the 27 Lake Rd, Devonport, site occupied by
the Claystore, which is used as a community workshop, and other buildings. If a buyer can be found for the Claystore, it could be sold, Devonport-Takapuna Local Board chair Mel Powell has suggested. “I don’t want to spend a dollar on it,” Powell told the Flagstaff. It would be irresponsible to pay for an upgrade amid such uncertainty.
The board last year agreed to look at a renovation, but rejected a shock $3.6 million proposal. Staff set aside a “placeholder” sum of $1.5m for a pared-back project, but now warn this is subject to change, due to the building’s poor condition, age and complexity. To page 8
Hauraki rookies rule the waves
Waterwise winners… The Hauraki School team which took out the Peninsula schools competition for learner sailors: (from right) Henry Yu, Lydia Li, Henry’s twin, Han, and Lydia’s brother Leo. Story, more pictures, pages 12-13.
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