On Tuesday 9 June 2021, The Wellington Company in partnership with Taranaki Whānui celebrated the first turning of the soil for Aro. This is a special milestone marks the start of the construction phase.
Please see photos below, and an explanation of the beautiful karakia performed.
Te Huringa a nuku:
“The turning of the soil is the first part of any long journey. It is appropriate in terms of the partnership between Taranaki Whanui, The Wellington Company and for many of those that have been working behind the scenes to come together (to acknowledge this milestone). The karakia is about the establishment of the start of building the homes, about establishing the foundations and the development taking form. Like that of a traditional meeting house, Te Koruru (the head), Te Poutokomana Wa (the heart) and Te Tahuhu ( the backbone) – these are the start of the symbolism of building a whare and every home here” - Kura Moeahu
Now that the official construction phase has kicked off, we look forward to keeping you updated via regular construction updates, which will be posted here.
Well, it's sure been a busy period behind the scenes for Aro! We've obtained our 'prior to construction' consent conditions for our Resource Consent and the building consents for civil works have been lodged with Wellington City Council also. We are aiming for building consent to be received by the end of April.
Which stage your unit is in:
The construction of Aro has been programmed in stages, which are noted below against individual terrace numbering for ease of reference:
Stage 1 = Terraces 51 - 61.
Stage 2 = Terraces 6 - 21 and 32 - 45.
Stage 3 = Terraces 1 - 5, 22 - 31 and 46 - 50.
Stage 4 = Apartmento.
Estimated starts for each stage:
Estimated start dates for each stage are noted below:
Civils: Early May
Stage 1: 07/07/21
Stage 2: 18/08/21
Stage 3: 21/10/21
Stage 4: 10/09/21
Estimated dates of completion for each stage:
Estimated dates of completion for each stage have been programmed as:
Stage 1: 04/04/22
Stage 2: 17/10/22
Stage 3: 11/11/22
Stage 4: 01/02/23
As always, if you have any questions, please do contact your sales representative:
The planning team on ARO are on track for a huge 2021. Stage one of the Building Consent has been lodged with Wellington City Council and stages two and three are on track to be lodged in February 2021.
All Council consent conditions are being closed out and the final contractor pricing for the terraces is set to be confirmed in January 2021. You may be interested to also know that stage one is all but sold out, with the last terrace having gone under offer!
From all the Aro Team, we hope you have a lovely holiday after what's been a very testing year at times. We are looking forward to an exciting and very productive 2021.
Congratulations and welcome to the community of Aro. This page is for you as a purchaser to stay up-to-date with the progress and stages of the Aro development.
To start off we would like to introduce you to the expert team behind the physical construction of Aro: Aoraki Construction.
Aoraki only work in the Wellington market, ensuring strong local relationships and a unique ability to remain close to both the projects and the people that work on then. Aoraki base themselves on-site, with Directors Chris and Nigel overseeing all live projects. We love that they only take on a handful of projects at any one time so that they can really pour their heart and souls into them, with a personal commitment to project success.
We have experienced they way Aoraki run things already on previous projects and we're impressed. You'll enjoy regular and transparent project updates - in fact, check out what they are currently up to on one of our other projects: and you'll see what we mean. Such a great approach, and one that we're sure you'll appreciate whilst in anticipation of your home in Aro.
