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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...
Victoria Park Tunnel Breaks Through
Excavation of the Victoria Park motorway tunnel will reach an important milestone at 2pm on Monday when diggings north and south of Beaumont Street in central Auckland...
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...
Rob Roy Gets New Home Base
It took an extra day for the the 124-year old historic Freemans Bay Rob Roy tavern to be slowly moved to its new home - 40 metres up the road. The NZTA’s...
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...
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...
Auck Motorway Projects Update
Here’s an update from NZTA of all the hectic motorway projects and progress in the next few months leading up to Christmas. The duplicate Manukau Harbour...
