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Publications

The NZHPT has a range of brochures, guidelines and other publications about the sustainable management of historic heritage that assist local authorities, owners and developers to identify and manage historic heritage in accordance with legislative requirements, and good practice nationally and internationally.

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Heritage New Zealand Summer 2011 cover

Funding for heritage

There are various agencies including the NZHPT which offer financial assistance for those who wish to protect and conserve heritage places.

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Restoration at the Stone Store

Advocating for heritage

Advocating for heritage at all levels is critical for the NZHPT.  It regularly makes submissions on governmental policy development and legislative framework.  Research relevant to heritage and heritage management is part of our advisory role.

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Archaeological digital library

Reports

The NZHPT holds an extensive collection of unpublished archaeological reports - resulting from site surveys, excavations, research programmes and archaeological authorities. There are over 4000 volumes dating from the early 1970s to the present in the collection.

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Māori Heritage

Wharenui

Māori heritage comprises a wide range of different places and items from the physical and tangible to the natural environment and the intangible. Māori heritage places are treasures, taonga, a distinctive and unique dimension within New Zealand heritage overall.

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The Register

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The NZHPT's Register informs property owners and the public about New Zealand's heritage places and assists protection of these places under the Resource Management Act 1991. Its size and scale make it a valuable information resource.

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Archaeology

Cook's Cove aerial view

Archaeology is the discovery, recovery and interpretation of the surviving evidence of past human activity in its context in or above the ground. Archaeological sites are distinguished from other heritage sites because they are relics of our past.

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Sustainable Management of Historic Heritage Guidance Series

Sustainable Management Guidance series

The Sustainable Management of Historic Heritage guidance series aims to assist local authorities, owners of heritage places, iwi and hapu, and other stakeholders in the protection and conservation of historic heritage under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and other related resource management and planning legislation. The series consists of guidelines, discussion papers and information sheets.

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