Glory Cottage - Pitt Island - Chatham Islands, New Zealand

In 1827 the brigantine Glory struck a reef off Pitt Island and was run ashore in the bay now named after her. Overlooking the bay is the historic Glory cottage, built around the 1860's as a shearers cottage by William Jacobs. Glory cottage is the oldest building on the Chatham Islands and has provided accommodation to shearers and musterers until recent times.

Glory Cottage is now on a Historic Reserve managed by the Departmenmt of Conservation and over recent years DOC and skilled volunteers have undertaken major restoration works.

Before restoration work started the building was in poor condition and was starting to deteriorate rapidly.

Glory cottage

Funding provided by the Department of Conservation Heritage Fund enabled phase one of the building work to be completed in March 2007. This included the removal of the lean-to and replacement of the minimal amount of original fabric to ensure the building kept its unique heritage form.

In 2009 a team of volunteer builders and joiners completed the work and install new windows as well as a final coat of paint. The next stage of the restoration could include the reinstatement of the original brick chimney.

With ongoing maintenance the work done to date should help to ensure the building survives another 150 years.

Before renovations

Glory Cottage and the restoration team. Image: DOC

After renovations

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Chatham Islands wave project receives Govt backing

A project to harness wave energy on the Chatham Islands has been awarded funding under the government's Marine Energy Deployment Fund, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.

The proposal put forward by Chatham Islands Marine Energy Ltd (CHIME), to install a shore-based device to capture wave energy, has been awarded $2.16 million, subject to conditions, including receiving resource consent.

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