Keep up to date with the Trust's projects,
properties and activities by reading our media releases.
During
the year, the Historic Places Trust organises a number of heritage-related events
which members of the public are invited to attend. Details will be posted
on the website or contact your local Trust
Office for more information.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
is pleased that Whakatane District Council has owned up to its mistake,
and today pleaded guilty to unlawfully destroying archaeology at Puketapu
Pa Scenic Reserve.
An important survivor of early New Zealand
colonial history, the Pilot's House, near the mouth of the Wairau
River has received top recognition by the New Zealand Historic Places
Trust with a Category I registration.
Two early engineering feats which tell
the story of Wellington's first public water supply system have been
registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
The opening of the Kerikeri Heritage
Bypass by Prime Minster Helen Clark today marks the beginning of a
new era for Kerikeri, and a new level of appreciation for New Zealand's
heritage according to Bruce Chapman, head of the country's lead heritage
protection agency
Recent publicity about archaeological
finds in and around Dunedin city highlights the importance of the
Trust's work and in particular, the value of its archaeological authority
process.The discovery at the Dunedin City Council's Wall Street development
site this week was a very important find and an extremely good example
of the reasons why the Trust's archaeological authority process is
in place
A small and dedicated group of Oamaru
heritage volunteers have had their commitment and vision endorsed
by a surprise grant from one of the most heritage-aware councils in
the country, the Waitaki District Council.
The Hokianga community turned out in
force on Sunday to mark the unveiling of two poupou representing two
prominent historical figures, James and Jane Clendon.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
is watching the removal of the first section of the road bridge in
the Kerikeri Basin with keen anticipation. Removal of the bridge will
help achieve a more secure future for two of New Zealand's oldest,
well known - and vulnerable - heritage buildings.
An important historic union between New
Zealand's founding cultures is to be celebrated at the historic Clendon
House in Rawene on June 29. Two Poupou representing James and Jane
Clendon carved by local artist Nopera Pikari, will be unveiled and
blessed at a dawn ceremony at the esplanade entrance to Clendon House
on June 29.
Exciting concept plans released today
by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust show that redevelopment of
the St John's Cathedral site could enable the church to build the
new hall and at the same time retain the former hall, proposed as
a Category I historic place by the Trust.
New work has begun making the information
held on New Zealand's Register of historic places more accessible
to all New Zealanders by the addition of images, thanks to the New
Zealand Community Trust.
A detailed programme of conservation
and restoration is underway at Wellington's Old St Paul's Cathedral,
thanks to an overwhelming show of support from new funders and loyal
friends.
A rare brick survivor of the 1931 earthquake,
the Waiapu Diocesan Office Building and former Synod Hall, known to
most locals as the St John's Cathedral Hall, is recommended for Category
I registration by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Research
just completed reveals a large amount that was previously unknown
about the building.
The Kororipo-Kerikeri Basin is about
to be given a new lease on life according to the New Zealand Historic
Places Trust's Destinations Manager for Northland, Gordon Hewston.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
is delighted that the Department of Corrections will retain and incorporate
the historic Mt Eden Prison into its new development announced earlier
today.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust,
is looking forward to seeing the historic Claudelands Grandstand packed
to capacity with cheering sports fans. The landmark building, which
is registered Category II by the Historic Places Trust, will be shifted
500m to a specially prepared location this week within the Claudelands
Event Centre east of the Claudelands Oval.
Central and local government need to
provide better incentives for property owners if we are to preserve
our heritage buildings for future generations.
An application to build an intrusive
new Visitor Centre and Convention facility a stone's throw from the
historic Waitangi Treaty House and Whare Runanga has alarmed the New
Zealand Historic Places Trust - the country's lead heritage agency.
Wanganui District Council, with support
from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, is bringing together leading
edge professionals on 13-14 March to talk about strengthening heritage
buildings, improving survival of earthquake-risk buildings through
good redevelopment techniques, and to learn from the recent Gisborne
quake which affected many commercial buildings as well as private
dwellings.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
has produced an education resource to accompany an interactive multi-media
history exhibition currently on display at Old St Paul's in Wellington.
New Zealand Historic Places Trust's
Mid Northern Archaeologist, Bev Parslow, is wanting information on
a crime against archaeology and theft of our cultural heritage in
inner city Auckland. And she's determined to get to the bottom of
one of the city's more bizarre recent burglaries.
Christchurch's landmark
Heritage Hotel is enjoying a new lease on life - thanks to a $95,000
grant from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.The Heritage Christchurch
is celebrating the completion of the second stage of a three-part
programme of conservation maintenance on its 98-year-old exterior.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
has expressed its sadness at the loss by fire of Dudley Cottage and
that efforts to restore the building and find a more secure site had
been to no avail.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
(NZHPT) has denounced as "nonsense"claims made by the Mawhera
Incorporation that the removal of Greymouth's War Memorial pillars
was necessitated by NZHPT moves to list them.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
(NZHPT) has condemned the insensitive removal of the memorial gate
pillars at the former Grey Main School in Greymouth.
News that we can afford to install carpet
to protect the original floorboards comes as a wonderful Christmas
gift for staff at one of Wellington's oldest churches.
Recognition that the Dunedin Harbourside
area is a place of significant heritage and cultural values is a real
positive to plans for the future of the area.
The archaeological remains of what is
likely to have been one of the oldest settlements in New Zealand are
being unearthed in an excavation in Cook's Cove north of Gisborne.
Kate Martin, who manages the New Zealand
Historic Places Trust property Pompallier Mission in Russell, was
formally presented with the John Dunmore Medal by His Excellency the
French Ambassador to New Zealand, Mr Michel Legras, at a special ceremony
in Russell today
A
team of experts will begin excavating a rare archaeological site in Cook's Cove
north of Gisborne this week, which is being steadily eroded by the sea. The excavation
- funded by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, the University of Otago and
the Historic Places Trust's Gisborne-Tairawhiti Branch Committee - will focus
on a site that could be up to 700 years old
The Board
of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Trust's Maori Heritage Council
met in the Hokianga recently and visited some of New Zealand's most significant
heritage sites, as well as experiencing Hokianga heritage tourism products.
The
first ever archaeological excavation of an early Chinese site in the North Island
is currently taking place at Carlaw Park in Auckland - site of the city's former
premier Rugby League park.
The
Government recently announced new processes for the sale of all Crown-owned land
to ensure national interests including heritage, cultural, local and recreational
values are better protected.
The
New Zealand Historic Places Trust is thrilled that the Kororipo-Kerikeri Basin
- which includes the Kerikeri Mission House and the Stone Store - is on the New
Zealand Tentative List for consideration as a World Heritage site.
The
future of one of Auckland's best known - even infamous - heritage buildings is
looking a lot more secure as a result of an announcement from the Department of
Corrections today.
The
New Zealand Historic Places Trust is dismayed by an item played on TV3 news Sunday
night, which showed men searching an archaeological site in Central Otago without
authorisation.
The
Kerikeri Mission House - New Zealand's oldest surviving building - will open its
doors to the public again five days after rising waters threatened to damage the
185-year old building.
The
New Zealand Historic Places Trust - the country's lead heritage agency - is delighted
that Waihi's much-loved heritage icon is now safely anchored on its new site,
and that it retains its character as sentinel to the town of Waihi.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has joined
forces with Wellington's award-winning Karori Wildlife Sanctuary as it prepares
to host its first ever Heritage Day event on 2 December.
"An
exciting and contemporary solution that reflects New Zealand's unique natural
heritage, and respects our historic heritage" sums up the delight expressed
by New Zealand Historic Places Trust Chief Executive Bruce Chapman in support
of the concept design for the Supreme Court redevelopment.
New legislation
will have a major impact on New Zealand's unique and significant movable cultural
heritage - and it's also expected to help with the return of protected objects
illegally exported from the country.
Owners
of heritage buildings face the possibility of huge bills in the future for alteration
work or changing the use of their properties if they don't push for changes to
the Building Code now, says the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
The New
Zealand Historic Places Trust has welcomed increased funding support from the
Government as recognition of the importance of historic heritage throughout New
Zealand.
The
Auckland Branch Committee of the Historic Places Trust will be hosting a day-long
seminar on 1 July 2006 showcasing the importance of one of Auckland's most important
architectural features - its heritage houses. Entitled 'Domestic Matters: Understanding
and Conserving our Homes' the seminar and workshop will provide the perfect opportunity
for everyone with an interest in historically significant houses to learn more
about them.
Dame
Anne Salmond, Chairman of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust said today:"I
am delighted to announce that Bruce Chapman has been appointed as Chief Executive
of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. As a lawyer, geographer and planner
who has held key roles in government and the private sector, Bruce is eminently
well qualified to head the Trust as the country's leading heritage agency".
The
re-enactment of a 150-year-old wedding ceremony to celebrate a slice of New Plymouth's
early history has been hailed as a "tremendous success" by event organisers
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is joining forces with Northland's own Tall
Ship to provide an innovative new heritage tourism product. The R.Tucker Thompson
is set to launch a series of winter cruises of the Bay of Islands coast with the
on-board support on the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
A 'hikoi of history' will be the perfect curtain raiser for Waitangi Celebrations
at the Hokianga on February 12. The celebrations will commemorate the third
and largest signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which took place on February 12th
in 1840 at the Mangungu
Mission House, a New Zealand Historic Places property.
One of Kaipara's landmark heritage buildings has received official recognition
for its outstanding new colour scheme. The Sahara Restaurant, which operates out
of the historic former National Bank building in Paparoa, won the prestigious
Aalto Heritage Colour Restoration Award presented at the New Zealand Historic
Places Trust's 50th Anniversary Heritage Award ceremony in Napier last week.
The building is listed on the
Historic Places Trust Register
The revised edition of Landmarks:
Notable Historic Buildings of New Zealand has recently arrived in New Zealand
and will be launched at Antrim House at the end of July. Already in good book
stores, this reformatted second edition continues to be a celebration of our unique
and diverse architectual history - from the extravagant to the modest, the venerable
to the sleekly modern, and even the eccentric.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust welcomes the judge's decision that the prosecution
of Far North Holdings for damaging a recorded archaeological site at Waitangi,
Bay of Islands in 2002 has been successful.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust believes that the Overseas Investment Bill
should go further to protect New Zealand's heritage places where those places
are being considered for sale to overseas purchasers.
The Department of Conservation (DOC) released recently a public discussion paper
inviting submissions on the development of a tentative list of potential New Zealand
World Heritage Site nominations.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2005 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The awards programme, in its sixth year, recognizes
the achievement of individuals and organizations within the private sector, and
public-private initiatives, in successfully restoring structures of heritage value
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Today is
a great day for heritage according to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The
country's leading heritage protection agency is delighted with the news that the
Government will fully fund the construction of the Kerikeri Bypass.
The government has adopted new standards to ensure its historic heritage properties
are well cared for, Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Judith Tizard
announced today.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust today launched a new publication designed
to improve the quality of heritage management in New Zealand. Entitled
Heritage Management Guidelines for Resource Management Practitioners,
the publication provides essential advice and information on preparing plans and
policies, processing resource consents and protecting heritage places and archaeological
sites as a matter of national importance.
Hastings people are being asked to identify heritage buildings they feel are important
to the district which could be included in an updated heritage inventory.
New Zealand's lead heritage protection agency, the New Zealand Historic Places
Trust, has filed a prosecution against Far North Holdings Ltd for alleged destruction
of archaeological sites at Waitangi.
Applications are now invited for the 2004 award of the Clark Collection Scholarship,
in decorative arts and built heritage for New Zealand arts and heritage professionals.
Applications close on 28 February 2004
Recent conservation work under the floor
of New Zealand's oldest building has uncovered a penny dated 1806, complete with
images of George III and Britannia.
The Fire
Service is launching a new fire safety strategy to help protect New Zealand's
marae from fire. Fire Service statistics show five marae are destroyed by fire
each year.
Key heritage agencies are united in their support of the proposed repair and refurbishment
of the former High Court building on the corner of Stout and Balance Streets in
Wellington for use by the new Supreme Court.
Kiwi
folk icon Phil Garland premiered his song 'Bright New Day' as Totara Estate, birthplace
of New Zealand's frozen meat industry located just south of Oamaru, celebrated
the opening of its redevelopment today.
The much anticipated opening of the redevelopment of Totara Estate, birthplace
of New Zealand's frozen meat industry, is now less than one week away. The Estate
redevelopment, located just south of Oamaru, will officially be opened by the
Prime Minister and Minister Arts, Culture and Heritage, the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark,
at a lunch-time function on Thursday 13th November
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is pleased with the decision of the Broadcasting
Standards Authority to uphold a complaint by Ngati Pukenga iwi against Television
New Zealand concerning the item broadcast on the Holmes programme on 18 November
2002 regarding the registration of the Kopukairoa wahi tapu area.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust announced the three successful candidates
elected to its Board by its members in elections held on June 18th. The successful
candidates are Denys Oldham, of Auckland, Michael Spedding, of Gisborne, and Anna
Crighton, of Christchurch.
The
New Zealand Historic Places Trust announced two new appointments to its Board
today, as distinguished South Island farmer, John Acland, and Ngati Tuwharetoa
Paramount Chief, Tumu Te Heuheu, agreed to bring their vast experience to the
governance of the country's lead heritage agency.
The
New Zealand Historic Places Trust has welcomed the Government's increased support
for historic heritage as recognition of the urgent needs facing the country's
heritage places.
New Zealand is learning to value its heritage places, but what could it be doing
to recognise, protect and promote the wider heritage landscapes in which those
places sit? On April 7th, that will be the key question debated by more than 100
delegates from all over New Zealand attending the first national Think Tank on
Heritage Landscapes in Wellington.
The New Zealand Historical Places Trust and
Contact Energy Limited have reached an agreement in principle to identify and
manage archaeological sites that may be affected by Contact's hydro generation
activities on the Clutha River/Mata-au.
The New Zealand
Historic Places Trust and Newmont Waihi Operations are coordinating their efforts
to find a solution that they hope will ensure the preservation of Waihi's landmark
Cornish Pumphouse.
Over the past few weeks, New Zealanders have
been arguing about heritage and sacred places. This might have been an informative
and constructive discussion. Instead, much of the debate has been ugly, fuelled
by statements which are wrong in fact. In the process, the beliefs of fellow New
Zealanders have been ridiculed. Letter to the Editor of the Dominion Post
from Dame Anne Salmond, Chairwoman of the Trust's Board of Trustees (published).
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust spoke out again today to correct the misinformation
still circulating in some media about the registration process and its implications
for landowners.
A letter
to the Editor of the NZ Herald in response to comments made by Dr Nick Smith about
the effects of wahi tapu registration by the Historic Places Trust (unpublished).
The recent registration of Kopukairoa
as a wahi tapu area has led to a lot of ill-informed and incorrect representation
of what registration, under the Historic Places Act 1993 actually means and what
effects it really has for landowners. Let's get the facts right:a series of questions
and answers.
The New Zealand
Historic Places Trust responds to the recent media coverage of the Kopukairoa
wahi tapu area registration by reiterating the facts concerning the process of
registering wahi tapu and the implications of registration for property owners.
From Professor Dame Anne Salmond Chair
of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust "I have been saddened by
recent statements about the powers of the Historic Places Trust, which mislead
the public. The Historic Places Trust acts on behalf of the people of New Zealand
to formally acknowledge the heritage values of significant sites and buildings".
In the interests
of responding to errors of fact, the Historic PlacesTrust makes points with regard
to statements and allegations made in the television item which appeared on the
"Holmes" show on Monday 18 November 2002.
Do
you have any historic knives, heritage butchers' hooks or similar items relating
to early NZ meat butchering? Totara Estate is now seeking tools and other things
that would have been used either on farms for home butchering, or better still,
in early meat processing plants.
The 16km of railway formation between State Highway 2 at Kaitoke and the former
rail settlement at Cross Creek has been registered by the New Zealand Historic
Places Trust Board as an historic area. It includes the historically significant
Rimutaka Incline.
The Trust Board of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust has registered the baches
at Red Rocks and at Mestanes Bay on Wellington's south coast as historic areas.
The Historic Places Trust is very concerned about the proposed sale of the iconic
heritage site Te Kuri A Paoa / Young Nick's Head in Poverty Bay to overseas interests.
The Trust's Board Chair, and internationally renowned Cook Scholar Dame Anne Salmond,
has called for wider debate about such proposals.
Treasured items spanning almost 140 years
and which reflect the life, values and everyday activities of the Kerr Taylor
family will be showcased in an in situ display at the Historic Places Trust property,
Alberton.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has imposed conditions on the granting of
three archaeological authorities applied for by Transit New Zealand, thereby ensuring
the best possible outcome for the heritage that will be affected by Wellington's
planned Inner City Bypass.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has
commended a suggestion by the Attorney General Margaret Wilson that the former
High Court building in Stout St be considered as a possible home for the proposed
Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Visitors to many of the country's historic buildings operated by the Trust will
be allowed free admission on Thursday April 18th as part of a global day celebrating
heritage.
New Zealanders'
understanding and appreciation of their heritage places took a huge step today
when the on-line version of the statutory Register of Historic Places, the only
official record of New Zealand's heritage, was launched by the New Zealand Historic
Places Trust.
The New Zealand
Historic Places Trust and representatives of the NZ meat industry announced today
a major joint project to redevelop Totara Estate Centennial Park, the birthplace
120 years ago of the 4 billion-dollar frozen meat industry near Oamaru. Major
supporters include Meat NZ and the meat industry companies, PPCS, Alliance Group,
and ANZCO.
The
Minister for Agriculture and the Associate Minister for Culture and Heritage will
be among the speakers at Totara Estate's 120th anniversary celebrations.,
The
Board of New Zealand Historic Places Trust has recognised the heritage values
of the Embassy Theatre in Wellington and given it Category One registration, as
a place of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance
or value.
The New Zealand Historic Places has appointed Tony Barnes as Heritage Adviser
with a special responsibility for planning and resource management in Northland.
Special activities are planned at Totara Estate Centennial Park for Schools Heritage
Week including blacksmithing, buttermaking, swagmen and old-fashioned sports and
games.
A large landslip
of limestone narrowly missed the historic Clark's Mill near Maheno, when chunks
of the limestone fell from the cliff behind the Mill recently.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust expressed satisfaction today over the conviction
of bottle diggers Lance Wilson and Basil Westlake in the New Plymouth District
Court for their part in damaging a publicly owned site of national significance.
The way is now clear for Auckland's former Chief Post Office to be transformed
as the hub of an integrated transportation centre, following agreement between
the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and Auckland City over changes to the 89
year old protected building.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust commences today its court action against
an engineering and a contracting company for alleged unlawful damage to an archaeological
site in Waikanae.
The
Trust's project to place the national register of Historic Places, Historic Areas,
Wahi Tapu and Wahi Tapu Areas onto the internet has been given a boost through
the help of international telecommunications company, Ericsson.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has applauded the recommendation by Parliament's
Local Government and Environment Select Committee that New Zealand's heritage
places be given stronger protection.
The New
Zealand Historic Places Trust is looking to capitalise on the benefits of its
restructuring to fulfil its leadership role in cultural heritage management, protection
and promotion.
New Zealand's oldest stone building, the
Stone Store, has had the addition of a series of reference albums that have been
researched and designed to provide a fascinating insight into New Zealand's early
history.
New Zealand's
oldest building, Kerikeri Mission House, is undergoing extensive conservation
maintenance work to secure it's timber frame sructure and to counter rot, particularly
in it's near-ground timbers.
The Kerikeri Mission Station is turning the clock back on trading, re-stocking
the old Stone Store with goods of the kind which were traded there 150 and more
years ago.
The historic
garden at Pompallier, Russell, Bay of Islands, is a blaze of colour this summer,
and provides a startling contrast to the much earlier building that it surrounds.
New Zealand's second oldest house has received New Zealand Lottery Grants funding
to complete urgent work needed to upgrade the existing shingle roof, and to extend
the sprinkler system.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has appointed Mr Te Kenehi Teira as Kaihautu
Maori, heading the Trust's new Maori heritage team, Trust Acting Chief Executive
Joris de Bres announced today.
An historic Maori midden at Kohutuhutu Road,
Raumati, believed to be more than 400 years old, has been protected by a covenant
under the Historic Places Act.
Local Thames identity and historian Mr Alistair
Isdale was presented with a certificate to honour his contribution to the Thames
School of Mines by Dame Catherine Tizard, the Chairperson of the New Zealand Historic
Places Trust, at a function (21 November) hosted by the Trust and its Hauraki
Branch Committee.
The Historic Places Trust today welcomed assurances from the Auckland City Council
about the Trust's involvement in the revitalisation of the old CPO and the surrounding
area.
Auckland City Council and the Historic Places Trust are committed to cooperatively
working through the issues raised by the proposed use of the former Auckland CPO
building as part of the new public transport interchange in downtown Auckland.
The prosecution over an archaeological site in Waikanae is the fourth proceeding
taken by the Historic Places Trust under the Historic Places Act 1993 this year.
