Urgent help needed to save deteriorating cement works

The board meeting heard that vandals were trying to destroy one of the cement works’ chimneys.

Vandals are trying to knock down a chimney and walls at the old cement works in Warkworth, a Rodney Local Board meeting heard last week.

Cement works conservation trust founder Tina Earl made a heartfelt plea for urgent help to get the fence surrounding the site fixed, before someone was hurt or the landmark ruins deteriorated even further.

“We’re getting kids going in there,” she said. “Instead of just graffiti, now they’re getting up on the structure and hacking away at a chimney. The met...