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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...
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...
Rob Roy Now 28 Metres Along
Contractors have made excellent progress moving Auckland‘s Rob Roy Hotel 9 metres this morning, and the historic building is now 28 metres along the journey to...
Rob Roy Shift Resuming
Day 2 and can they finish her this time? After work was stopped moving the historic Rob Roy tavern last night, workers are arriving back at the site this morning...
Videos: Rob Roy Tavern Move
Here are videos of Freemans Bay’s heritage hotel, the old Birdcage or Rob Roy tavern, in its very slow journey to a temporary site to allow necessary work...
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 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...
Wellington St Off Ramp To Close
Next month, the busy Wellington Street on-ramp will be closed for around 3 months so that supporting walls for the southern approach to the Victoria Park tunnel...
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...
