Keep up to date with projects and activities at Pompallier
by reading our media releases.
From time to time throughout
the year, Pompallier organises a number of interesting heritage-related events
which members of the public are invited to attend. Details will be published on
this site.
Find out news and information about other Trust projects and
activities by reading the news & events
section on the Historic Places Trust's national website.
Pompallier Mission - New Zealand's only surviving pioneer printery - will host
a workshop on traditional printing and bookbinding during the first week of December.
Master printmaker Marty Vreede and Bookbinder Marilyn Ngahuia Vreede will teach
students in the traditional use of the pre-Industrial Revolution printing tools
and equipment at the New Zealand Historic Places Trust property in Russell, Bay
of Islands.
Paying
attention during a class trip has paid off big time for Howick College student
Ryan Tatnell. The Year 13 student recently won the New Zealand Young Historian
of the Year Award for an in-depth research project on the Historic Places Trust's
property Pompallier Mission at Russell in the Bay of Islands.
Delegates to the Symposium 'The French Place in the Bay of Islands' held
in Russell recently came away with a very different take on New Zealand's early
history - specifically the part of the French.
What has Asterix the Gaul got to do with one of New Zealand's oldest buildings?
At first glance, not much, but with some imagination you may find some fascinating
connections.
Next time people see the stately R Tucker Thompson sailing near Russell, they'll
know they are looking at a tangible link with the Bay of Islands past. About 160
years ago, Bishop Pompallier was sailing exactly the same kind of ship around
the Bay - and much further afield.
Visitors to Pompallier in Russell can expect some serious fun. That's the message
from the Historic Places Trust's Manager at Pompallier, who takes a hands-on approach
to interpreting history.
The French missionaries who established Pompallier Mission at Russell brought
more than printing expertise and religious zeal to New Zealand. They also brought
grapevines and the skills to make good wine.
