23 Jun 2025

Urban Issues: The case for keeping the Gordon Wilson flats

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 23 June 2025
The Gordon Wilson flats in Wellington.

The Gordon Wilson flats in Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Krystal Gibbens

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay discusses the government's decision to introduce a bill to demolish Wellington's Gordon Wilson Flats and why he believes it's a new low in the story of our architectural heritage.

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.

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