Conservation and protection undertaken by the Historic Places Trust extends beyond buildings to include places of historic and cultural significance.
One of the main reasons for preserving old buildings is that they enable people who view or visit them to understand in a vivid, immediate way, how people lived their lives.
Parihaka, a small Taranaki settlement is one of New Zealand’s important historical and cultural sites.
In 1999, the Waitaki District Council adopted the Oamaru Central Design Guidelines as a Council policy document.
