New Zealand Historic Places Trust

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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is a non-profit trust which advocates for the protection of heritage buildings in New Zealand. It was set up through the Historic Places Act 1954 with a mission to "...promote the identification, protection, preservation and conservation of the historical and cultural heritage of New Zealand."

It is governed by a Board of Trustees (which is currently chaired by Dame Anne Salmond) and a Māori Heritage Council. The national trust office is located in Antrim House, Wellington, while regional and area offices are located in Kerikeri, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

It publishes the quarterly magazine New Zealand Heritage.

Buildings owned by the trust include the Mission House, the Stone Store, and the Te Waimate mission house.

1 The Register
2 Maori Heritage Council
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The Register

The register of historic places is divided in four main areas:

Historic Places
Historic Areas
Wahi Tapu (Māori sacred sites)
Wahi Tapu Areas

The historic places are organised in either of two categories:

Category I - "...places of ‘special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value"
Category II - "...places of ‘historical or cultural heritage significance or value"

[edit] Maori Heritage Council

The Maori Heritage Council sits within the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and was established by the Historic Places Act 1993. The functions of the Council include:

the protection and registration of wahi tapu and wahi tapu areas
assisting the Trust to develop and reflect a bicultural view in the exercise of its powers and functions
providing assistance to whanau, hapu and Iwi in the preservation and management of their heritage resources
consideration of recommendations in relation to archaeological sites
advocacy of the interests of the Trust and Council so far as they relate to Maori heritage at any public or Maori forum.^[1]

[edit] Gallery

Antrim House, Wellington	Timeball Station, Lyttelton	Fyffe House, Kaikoura	The flag of the Historic Places Trust flying outside Fyffe House in Kaikoura
Mission House, Kerikeri	Stone Store, Kerikeri	Old St. Paul's, Wellington	Katherine Mansfield's Birthplace
Wellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond Store	Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building	St Mary of the Angels (Wellington)	The Colonial Cottage Museum, Wellington