Full credit to all for heritage buildings victories
THE Highlanders beating the Melbourne Rebels was a highlight of the year for Dunedin.
Twelve years after opening Forsyth Barr Stadium I can see the foresight of a covered roof on a rainy night like this one was.
It was a great idea to let kids in free. There seemed to be more happy mothers and fathers enjoying family time together.
Anthony Skegg
St Clair
Fighting disinformation
I SEE that the Government is going to spend hundreds of thousands of our dollars to fight disinformation.
Well thank God for that, and about time too.
Let's hope it has the desired effect upon the mainstream news media. Colin Rawle North East Valley ...................................
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth. — Proverbs 3.19.
WITH reference to the large picture of Lois Galer (ODT 12.5.23) with the article where she says one of her proudest achievements was saving the Municipal Chambers.
I must be missing something here. My daughter Shanley and I were instrumental in saving the chamber from demolition by lots of hard work, by petitioning and contacting the council, and writing many letters to the ODT .
When all seemed so futile, my daughter approached the architect Mr Hand and asked him if he could alter his plans for the library building to accommodate the two buildings side by side. He said ‘I could attempt to do this, I’ll give it a try’.
He seemed so happy at the thought of this and so were we.
My daughter unfortunately passed away from cancer two years ago and I write this to see she has some recognition for all the work she did to save this heritage building which is loved so much.
Shanley also helped me to save the Dunedin Railway Station from demolition with petitions and letters.
We urged the council to purchase it as it would be a great asset for the city and in the end they did purchase it for a very tiny amount from the Railways. Deanna Pedersen
Dunedin
Lois Galer replies. While I am aware of your valued support towards preserving Dunedin’s rich heritage, through your letters to the editor column over the years, supporters of the retention of the Municipal Chambers were in their hundreds, if not thousands at the time Pam Farry and I, following a visit to the mayor, started a petition, a copy of which I still have. If there was another petition circulating at the time we were not aware of it. If so we could have arranged to join forces. Yes, saving the building was something we were all delighted to see won for future generations to marvel at and enjoy, as you will see in the book.