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Rob Roy Plaza Gets Named
Auckland’s newest inner-city open space will be called Wai-atarau Plaza. It’s the open space plaza in front of the Freemans Bay Rob Roy Tavern formerly...
One Bird That Flew Before RWC
I’ve lost count of the number of times I have written over the last few years about a project that will be “ready in time for the Rugby World Cup 2011.” We...
New Plaza On Its Way
Work has begun on completing the Plaza in front of the Rob Roy Tavern, which got shifted as part of the Victoria Park Tunnel Project work. The new Plaza, with a...
Rob Roy Home And Away
The Rob Roy Hotel –originally the Birdcage- has been returned safely to its original site opposite Victoria Park west of the city’s CBD. The heritage brick...
Rob Roy Birdcage Now Halfway Home
The old Birdcage, or Rob Roy Tavern has been shifted 24 metres on its slow journey home. The 125-year old Freemans Bay building will end up sitting on the Victoria...
Rob Roy Being Moved Back
Photos- Halfway there Workers are preparing to start the two-day mission to move the Rob Roy (Birdcage) Tavern back to exactly where it stood 125 years ago. Only...
Rob Roy Gets Moved Back
The historic Rob Roy Hotel, which had to be moved as part of the Victoria Park Tunnel project, will be moved back on Tuesday and Wednesday to the exact spot it...
Pic: Vic Park Excavations
The Birdcage Rob Roy Tavern seems settled in its new perch and work is under way on preparing to build a 700 metre trench for the Victoria Park tunnel. The depth...
Campbell Kindy Gets Some Love
Now the Birdcage Rob Roy Tavern has been safely moved, it’s heart-warming to see its bordered up, rundown, graffiti-hit sister over the road get attention. The...
Vic Park Tunnel Excavation Starts
The massive task of removing 160,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to form the trench for the Victoria Park Tunnel is underway – enough to fill a hole eight stories...
Photos: Rob Roy Shift Halted For Night
Work to try to shift Freemans Bay’s historic Rob Roy tavern 40 metres up the road has been abandoned for the night. The hotel had been moved about 19 metres...
Rob Roy Move Starts
NZTA has begun the slow meticulous process of shifting the heritage Freemans Bay Rob Roy hotel up the road to allow progress for the Victoria Park tunnel. The hotel...
Rob Roy Move A 6 Hour Job
NZTA is hoping the slow move of the Rob Roy tavern to a temporary home 50 metres away on this coming Tuesday will take between 6 and 10 hours. It’s planed...
Rob Roy Move Date Set
The date has been set for moving Freemans Bay’s 124-year-old Rob Roy Hotel (Birdcage) 40 metres so that it’s out of the way of construction of the Victoria...
How Rob Roy Tavern Will Be Moved
Moving the Freemans Bay Rob Roy (Birdcage) tavern 40 metres up Franklin Road to make way for the construction of the Victoria Tunnel’s southern portal is about...
Move It On Up In A Day
NZTA say the moving of the Freemans Bay Rob Roy (Birdcage) tavern up the road from the Victoria Park tunnel project construction will now take less than a day. The...
Victoria Park Tunnel Moves Stage Closer - Photos
The start proper on digging the Victoria Park tunnel is now only about six weeks away. This Easter weekend’s removed of two drainage systems away from the...
Historic Bird Cage Tavern “Saved”
Freemans Bay’s historic Bird Cage Tavern , which is in the path of the Victoria Park tunnel, will move back near its original site when the Victoria Park...
