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2013 International Day for Monuments and Sites – Thursday 18 April: The Heritage of Education.
Cantabrians have long been proud of the region’s education heritage, but they have extra reason to pay respect to the city’s remaining historic educational treasures on Thursday.
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The Victorian Farm comes alive at Totara Estate on 7 April 2013. A rare opportunity to experience life as it was on a Victorian farm is in store as Totara Estate opens its gates for a day of family fun and activity.
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The oldest Anglican church in the Wellington region still holding regular services has been given heritage recognition.
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Why masonry buildings fail in earthquakes and the major issues that need to be considered when strengthening buildings will be part of the focus of a free public talk by one of the country’s leading structural engineers.
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The Sexton’s Cottage (Former) in the historic Bolton Street Memorial Park in Wellington has been registered as a Category 1 historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places (NZHPT).
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Highwic Plant Fair – announcing a specialty event for keen gardeners and plant collectors to be held at Highwic, Auckland, Saturday, 20 April 2013.
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) has raised its recognition of the former Bank of New Zealand building in Waikouaiti to a Category 1 Historic Place – the NZHPT’s highest heritage listing.
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One of North Otago’s historic gems is opening its doors to the public throughout all of February, giving visitors increased access to a significant part of New Zealand’s industrial and agricultural history.
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A new digital resource launched by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) will give Kiwis and tourists a colourful window into the Waikato War of the 1860s – a pivotal conflict of the New Zealand Wars.
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An architecture project focusing on earthquake-strengthening heritage buildings on Wellington’s iconic Cuba Street has provided a snapshot of how it may look in 2035.
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The former Miners’ Hall in Runanga on the South Island’s West Coast is being proposed for Category 1 registration by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT).
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust says a rise in “mindless acts of vandalism” is getting in the way of performing its core duties as the country’s leading heritage organisation. The NZHPT has experienced tens of thousands of dollars of damage to some of its properties, and has launched an appeal to help cover the costs of vandalism.
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Concerns about the future of Hawke’s Bay’s famed Art Deco buildings will come under the spotlight in a public meeting focusing on earthquake strengthening, hosted by the Art Deco Trust.
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A new initiative to record precious cultural heritage sites along the Southland/Murihiku coastline will be launched at Bluff Marae this weekend.
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New Zealanders are an honest bunch – that’s the recent experience of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) after offering an amnesty to fossickers who return finds from an archaeological site – the former site of Selwyn Traders – in Greymouth.
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International funding to assist the preservation of two significant artefacts retrieved from the earthquake damaged Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings has been welcomed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) and Christchurch City Council.
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A significant part of Lyttelton’s maritime history will be moved to long-term storage at the Canterbury Museum today.
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TheNew Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) has expressed great disappointment attoday’s announcement by Anglican Church leaders to undertake the mostdestructive of the options under discussion to make safe the ChristchurchCathedral.
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Vandalism to the Category I Matanaka Farm Buildings at Waikouaiti has angered the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
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A significant part of Lyttelton’s maritime history, the timeball that stood atop
the Timeball Station at Officers Point, will soon be on display at the Canterbury Museum.
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The Hutt City Council’s (HCC) decision to remove items from its District Plan heritage list is relinquishing its responsibility under the Resource Management Act, says the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT).
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The NZHPT welcomed today’s announcement by church leaders to “make safe” the ChristChurch Cathedral and retain as much of its original heritage fabric as possible until a final decision can be made.
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) is pleased the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has pleaded guilty to unlawful modification and damage to archaeological features at Maketu in 2009.
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The Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund has been boosted by more than $350,000 from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT).
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Lyttelton’s historic Timeball Station’s tower has collapsed following the magnitude 6 earthquake that struck Christchurch at 2.20pm today.
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Work on dismantling Lyttelton’s Timeball Station is expected to start from Monday (30 May) with the arrival of cranes on the site, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust said today.
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) is urging anyone with information regarding recent damage to historic and culturally significant tree engravings for Moriori on the Chatham Islands to contact the police.
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The flow-on effect of Timaru’s early water supply has been recorded and celebrated in time for World Heritage Day on 18 April.
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A team of specialists have been at the Timeball Station in Lyttelton over the weekend to digitally map the historic site ahead of its dismantling.
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) confirmed today that the Timeball Station in Lyttelton is to be dismantled.
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Discussions on what steps need to be taken to retain heritage landmarks will become clearer once public safety is assured and emergency services have declared the sites safe.
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) will work with Civil Defence, emergency services, the Christchurch City Council and government agencies in any capacity required following the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch on Tuesday.
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The demolition of Canterbury's heritage buildings should be a last option for owners, says the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) welcomes an increase in standards for earthquake prone buildings in Christchurch that have been damaged as a result of the recent seismic activity, the Chief Executive Bruce Chapman said today.
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New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) properties, the Timeball Station in Lyttelton and Coton’s Cottage in Hororata have been closed for visiting and viewing until further notice due to damage sustained in Saturday’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury.
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An improved archaeological consents process will strengthen the identification and protection of archaeological sites and ensure Maori concerns are appropriately addressed, says the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) is to indefinitely close the historic Clifden Suspension Bridge 15km north of Tuatapere to pedestrian traffic.
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Work on stabilising Pencarrow Lighthouse has become a real community project thanks to a $20,000 grant from the community foundation for the Wellington region, the Nikau Foundation.
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A series of hui on marae heritage work is proving an ideal forum for the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga to also promote its vision for Māori heritage places.
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Take note, cover and report – that’s the message from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) to anyone that finds koiwi tangata (human remains).
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The historic township of Lyttelton has made a name for itself over the past 160 years, and that has been formally recognised by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT). Following an extended consultation process that involved public meetings, letters and public submissions to include the township on its national Register, the NZHPT Board has approved the Lyttelton Township Historic Area.
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The successful prosecution of two Alexandra men who damaged and modified an archaeological site in Central Otago has been welcomed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) for the strong message it sends.
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The discovery of a bronze nail from an historic shipwreck north of Gisborne has come with a reminder from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) about the process that should be followed if the public come across potential archaeological artefacts.
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