Heritage Walk around Blenheim

Sunday 3 August
Blenheim
Tel Barbara Murray (03) 579 3037 or Isobel Rogers (03) 579 3038
Organised by the Marlborough Branch Committee, NZHPT

Join John Orchard on a walking tour around historic places and sites in central Blenheim finishing at the River Queen about 3.30p.m., where Marlborough's first historic brochure will be launched.

RSVP to Barbara Murray or Isobel Rogers (numbers above) by Friday 1 August.

Heritage & History in a Victorian Cemetary (Dunedin)

Sunday 3 August 2.00-4.00 p.m.
Meet at Southern Cemetery, carpark
Please park on South Road
Tel Stewart Harvey (03) 471 5352 or (03) 454 5384 email: Stewart
Hosted by Historic Cemeteries Conservation Trust of New Zealand

A guided tour of 23 graves of notable and interesting early Dunedin identities. This is an exciting opportunity to appreciate this unique historic and architectural resource, and discover the reasons for conserving and protecting our historic cemeteries in New Zealand.

Your guides are: Brian Williscroft (Presbyterian minister); Heather Bray (genealogist); Elizabeth Kerr (NZHPT); Ray George (dental surgeon); Terry Hearn (historian); Dorothy Page (historian).

Costs: Adult $10 Child: $5.
All proceeds will be used in the conservation of the cemetery for future generations.

Historic Marlborough brochure launch

Sunday 3 August 3.30 p.m.
On board the River Queen
Tel Barbara Murray (03) 579 3037 or Isobel Rogers (03) 579 3038
Organised by the Marlborough Branch Committee, NZHPT

Join us to celebrate the launch of Historic Marlborough, a new brochure that includes a wide range of historic buildings and sites to visit throughout the Marlborough area. Fyffe House curator, Bill Edwards undertook the work, and the brochure is funded by the Historic Places Trust, Marlborough District Council and the Marlborough Community Trust.

Reservations to Barbara Murray or Isobel Rogers (numbers above) by Friday 1 August.

Waipapa Lighthouse (Southland)

Sunday 3 August 1.00-3.00 p.m.
Waipapa Lighthouse

This lighthouse will be open to the public today as part of Conservation Week.

Royal Opera House tour (Wanganui)

Monday & Tuesday 4-5 August 1.00-2.30 p.m.
Royal Opera House, Wanganui
Tel Craig Mills (06) 345 0766 or email for more information

The Royal Opera House will be open for visitors with NZHPT Wanganui Branch Committee Chairman Derick Mathews acting as host and commentator. Two days only.

Tours will be limited to three groups of 15 per group spread over this time. Light refreshments available.

Pompallier - guided tours

Daily 4-10 August
Pompallier, The Strand, Russell
Tel (09) 403 9015

Experience Pompallier's carefully researched and restored Edwardian garden full of plants popular with colonial gardeners. One of the may intriguing specimens to be found here is Pomapllier's own Poor Knight's Lily - claimed to be the largest on the mainland. Take a guided tour of Pompallier and learn about New Zealand's oldest factory, and enjoy the stories that the buildings and grounds have to tell.

Christchurch's Grand Old Cinemas

Tuesday 5 August 1-2.30 p.m.
Walking tour starting at the Odeon, 214 Tuam Street
Tel (03) 365 2897

Join architect William Fulton on a nostalgic walk around some of the city's historic cinemas. Meet at the Odeon, 214 Tuam Street, then visit the Majestic in Manchester Street and some of the surviving theatres in Cathedral Square.
Charges: Donation/koha

Open Day Ruapekapeka Pa

Tuesday 5 August 9.00 a.m
Departs from Whangarei
Tel Gerry Brackenbury, Dept of Conservation (09) 430 2133

Open Day at Ruapekapeka Pa with the Department of Conservation, Ruapekapeka Pa Trust and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

Th ebus tour departs from Whangarei at 9.00 a.m. Call gerry brackenbury at DoC for more information.

Wanganui Bus Trip - Pipiriki

Wednesday 6 August and Saturday 9 August 9.00 a.m.
Department of Conservation, Wanganui Conservancy
Tel (06) 345 2402

Two historic tours by bus along the Wanganui River Road to Pipiriki and return. Expert commentary on the history of the area, by past Chairman of the NZHPT Wanganui Branch Committee, Norm Hubbard, and regular stops at historic sites.

Charges: $5 per person, tickets available from 21 July from the Wanganui DoC office.

Hands-on heritage at the Timeball

Wednesday 6 August & Friday 8 August 12.30 - 3pm
Timeball Station, 2 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton
Tel (03) 328-7311

Senior high school students learn how to clean, classify and catalogue artefacts found on the site of the historic Timeball Station. Any members of the public who visit will be free to watch and enjoy the exercise.
Free entry for these two afternoons

Heritage Day at the Kerikeri Basin

Thursday 7 August
Bus departs Whangarei
Tel Gerry Brackenbury, Dept of Conservation (09) 430 2133

Heritage Day at the Kerikeri Basin - one of New Zealand's most important historic areas, which includes the Stone Store, Kororipo Pa and New Zealand's oldest building, the Kerikeri Mission House.

Buses are being arranged to the Kerikeri Basin from Whangarei. Contact Gerry Brackenbury (number above) for more information.

Te Papa Heart of Tauranga (brochure)

Saturday 9 August 2 p.m.
Bongard Centre, 200 Cameron Road, Tauranga
Hosted by Bay of Plenty Branch Committee
Tel (07) 578 1219

The importance of preserving heritage will be highlighted at a special function to present Tauranga's annual heritage award. The city's history will also be celebrated by the launch of Historic Tauranga - Te Papa: Heart of Tauranga - a walker's guide to the heritage of Tauranga's CBD and published by the NZHPT's Bay of Plenty Branch Committee.

Professor Dame Anne Salmond is the guest speaker at this event.

The Living Image - Painting & photography exhibition

28 July-7 September 2003
Archives Room, Palmerston North City Library
Tel: Dorothy Pilkington, Branch Chair (06) 354 2014
Display mounted by Manawatu Branch Committee

An exhibition of the painting and photography of several memebrs of the Anderson family, who were prominent in the cultural life of Palmerston North in the early 20th century.

Harold Anderson (1869-1926) designed the marble statue of great historical significance that now stands in the Square. It represents the Rangitane chief, Peeti Te Awe Awe. Harold and other members of his family also left invaluable images of many people and places in Manawatu.

Official opening: 2 p.m., Saturday 26 July. RSVP essential by Monday 21 July - for more information please contact Dorothy Pilkington, by email or phone (06) 354 2014.

Stead Street Wharf (Invercargill)

Saturday 9 August 3.00 p.m.
At the Wharf

Come along to the official opening of the renovated Stead Street Wharf, and also mark the 140th anniversary of the first train to run on tracks in New Zealand.

While You're Away

Sunday 10 August 2 p.m.
Nurses' Memorial Chapel, Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch
Tel (03) 365 2897

Author Anna Rogers speaks about the New Zealand army nurses who served overseas in the First and Second World Wars. Her talk, laced with quotes and anecdotes, will be given in the Nurses' Memorial Chapel built to commemorate three Christchurch Hospital-trained nurses who died when the troopship Marquette was torpedoed in October 1915. Anna's book While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899-1948 will be published later this year.
Admission: Gold coin donation

Avondale Station bus trip

Sunday 10 August 10.00a.m.
Departs Brayshaw Park
Tel Barbara Murray (03) 579 3037 or Isobel Rogers (03) 579 3038
Organised by the Marlborough Branch Committee, NZHPT

Visit historic Avondale Station in the Waihopai Valley. Please bring a packed lunch, thermos and wear sturdy shoes and clothing appropriate for cold weather.

Reservations essential to to Barbara Murray or Isobel Rogers (numbers above) by Friday 1 August.

Costs: $8 or $10 (depending on numbers).

Dunedin Heritage Walk - Old Waterfront

Sunday 10 August 1.30 p.m.
Departs Dunedin Courthouse, Stuart Street, finishes Water Street
Tel (03) 479 7547 or (03) 472 7155a/h Email: Michael
Hosted by the Otago Branch Committee, NZHPT

Join tour guide and architectural commentator, Michael Findlay, as he recounts the effects of 'time and tide' on the old city fabric. Learn to read the city in terms of its building additions and losses - identify the markers, plaques and monuments as you navigate the heritage precincts.
Admission: Gold coin donation

Vintage Car Rides

Sunday 10 August
Depart Motat, Great North Road, Northern Springs
Tel (09) 846 7367 (Alberton)

Vintage car rides from Motat to Alberton, a Historic Places trust property in Mt Albert and one of Auckland's heritage highlights.
Cost: $5 per person.