| New Zealand Historic Places Trust | |
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New Zealand Historic Places Trust logo |
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| Purpose/focus | Protecting heritage buildings in New Zealand |
| Headquarters | Antrim House, Boulcott Street |
| Location | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Region served | New Zealand |
| Chair | Shonagh Kenderdine |
| Main organ | Board of Trustees |
| Affiliations | Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Ministry for Culture and Heritage Department of Conservation Te Puni Kōkiri |
| Budget | NZ$12,975,000[1] |
| Website | http://www.historic.org.nz/ |
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Māori: Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown Entity with membership of around 20,000 people that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and 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" and is an autonomous Crown Entity.
It is governed by a Board of Trustees, currently chaired by Shonagh Kenderdine, and a Māori Heritage Council, currently chaired by Sir Tumu te Heuheu. Past chairs include Dame Anne Salmond. The head office is in Antrim House, Wellington, while regional and area offices are 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.
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The register of historic places is divided into four main areas:
The historic places are organised in two categories:
As of 2011[update], the register contains over 5,500 entries.[2] The earthquakes in September 2010 and February 2011 have caused a significant loss of heritage buildings in Christchurch.[3]
The Māori Heritage Council sits within the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and was established by the Historic Places Act 1993. The functions of the Council[4] include:
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