When they were first pro­posed, the Wharenui and Whare­waka at Tarana­ki St Wharf were among the least con­tro­ver­sial devel­op­ments on the water­front. Even Water­front Watch seemed to cau­tiously approve, giv­en that these were low-rise cul­tur­al facil­it­ies rather than medi­um-rise build­ings with com­mer­cial com­pon­ents, though some of their mem­bers man­aged to find views that would be blocked. How­ever, that quickly changed once the row­ing clubs real­ised that they might have to lose some park­ing space, and the dis­pute has only just been resolved.

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