Buy a Brick Fundraising Campaign
Buy a Brick for $100
Each symbolic brick goes towards building the Camp.
The more bricks you buy, the more you help build the Camp!
And you can claim a 33% tax rebate on your donation!
Your donation will be permanently recognised.
A Camp Restoration and Development donation board (Acknowledgement Board) will be on permanent display at the Camp on completion of the Development.
The Donation Record Board will record the names of donors who donate
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at least $100 as "Red Donors"
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at least $500 as “Bronze Donors”
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at least $2,000 as “Silver Donors"
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at least $5,000 as “Gold Donors”
Gold Donors will also have the option to have their name recorded permanently in a dedicated area of the Camp’s new landscaping.
How to donate to the
"Buy a Brick"
Fundraising Campaign
Internet banking is preferred as this payment method does not incur fees.
Account: 06-0919-0178269-00
Account Name: Lawrence Chinese Camp Charitable Trust
Please email info@lawrencechinesecamp.co.nz as we need your details to issue a tax receipt.
Alternately, a credit card payment can be made below
Thank you again for your support
Current stage of Camp Restoration
Vision for the Camp
The Lawrence Chinese Camp is a preserved heritage site that honours its provenance and is a first-class visitor destination.
What’s Planned
▪ Restoration of the Empire Hotel, stables and Joss house
▪ New Zealand’s first Chinese goldmining and early immigration museum within the hotel
▪ Interactive displays
▪ Oral history stories of the residents
▪ Landscaped gardens
▪ Virtual reality walk-through of the 19th century settlement
▪ Story stops throughout the Camp
What It Costs
▪ Project: $3.5 million
Completed
$192,000 Planning, assessments, reports, design, consents
$250,000 Stage 1 restoration work (archaeology and water, waste and electrical installation)
Now funding
Around $600,000 for stage 2 - external work on the Chinese Empire Hotel and its Stables
Progress
Resource consent and building consent have both been approved for restoration of buildings and site development. Stage 1 has been completed May 2025 and your contribution will directly go towards funding the stage 2 work