Te Awamutu’s Zion Church is supporting the restoration of Kihikihi’s Alpha Community Centre with the donation of recycled building materials.
Carpet, doors, kitchen units and toilet pans from the church’s former Racecourse Rd property have found their way to the community centre after a koha changed hands, said Pastor Phil Strong.
Kihikihi’s Alpha Hotel
A report from Purpose Fill director Paul Gerritsen, whose company cleared the site for the church in March, showed 365 tonnes of building materials were recycled from the two buildings, leaving 58 tonnes of general waste.
“Purpose Fill came in and in in nine days they removed the building and the concrete slab,” Strong said.
“The digger was peeling sheets of iron off the roof one by one and putting them in piles.”
An artist’s impression of the affordable housing development scheme planned for Racecourse Rd.
