Thanks to the vision of the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) we now have a designated heritage site in Queen Elizabeth Park with a newly-restored Marines’ Hut on it.
The site is to the west of the U.S.Marines’ Memorial and has great connections to the Yankee Trail, the new Paekākāriki to Raumati Cycleway, and other key attractions in Queen Elizabeth Park.
In 2015 the Trust contracted landscape architects Boffa Miskell to develop a concept design for the lay-out of the huts in the zone.
Boffa Miskell had a long-standing relationship with the development of the wetland in the park and is a major partner in the M2PP Alliance. We were delighted to have them as partners in this project.
A larger window at the end of the hut will acts as a viewing space where people can see an exhibition of authentic World War II items related to camp life.
This picture by Marine artist Peter Navarro seen on the front of the hut is the inspiration for the collection inside the hut.