Visitors to the Kerikeri Mission House (Kemp House) often ask where
the herb garden was, assuming that herbs from the garden were commonly used for
domestic medicine in the early to mid 1800s.
When Alistair McCarlie, a member of the
Historic Places and his wife received the following advice from Alistair’s
father, while planning a trip to Europe, it proved to be prophetic: " Take
the Historic Places card with you. It will be worth its weight in gold."
One of the most commonly asked questions
relating to Maori Heritage is "what is wahi tapu?" The term means "sacred
place". However, wahi tapu is more than that and can encompass a great range
of items, tangible and intangible.
