Heritage New Zealand

Heritage New Zealand
New Zealand Historic Places Trust logo
Purpose	Protecting New Zealand's heritage
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	www.heritage.org.nz

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, until 2014 named the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Māori: Pouhere Taonga), is a Crown entity with a 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. Its current enabling legislation is the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014.

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 Heritage New Zealand include the Mission House, the Stone Store, and the Te Waimate mission house.

The Register

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

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

The historic places are organised in 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'"

As of 2013, the register contains over 5,600 entries.^[2] The Canterbury earthquakes of September 2010 and February 2011 resulted in damage to a number of historic buildings in Christchurch. Post-earthquake redevelopment has caused a significant loss of heritage buildings in Christchurch.^[3]

Māori Heritage Council

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:

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 Māori heritage at any public or Māori forum.

As of 2013 Sir Tumu Te Heuheu is the Chair of the MHC.

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
Museum of Wellington City & Sea
Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building
St Mary of the Angels (Wellington)
Colonial Cottage Museum
St Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru, crossing and main dome interior.]]
Criterion Hotel, Oamaru
St Luke's Anglican Church, Oamaru
Old Harbour Board building, Oamaru
Granary, Privy & Schoolhouse, Matanaka, Otago
Railway Hotel, Invercargill
Municipal Offices & Public Library, Timaru
Historic Places Trust blue plaque in Dunedin at the site of the first performance of God Defend New Zealand

Equivalent function outside New Zealand

France - Monument historique
Germany - Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz and National Heritage Sites (Kulturdenkmal)
Hong Kong - Historic building, see List of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong, List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong and List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong
Netherlands - Rijksmonument
United Kingdom - Listed building or Scheduled Ancient Monument
United States - National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmark

References

↑ Annual Report 2007-8
↑ "About the Register". New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
↑ "Heritage Lost Canterbury Earthquakes". New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
↑ "Māori Heritage Council on the Historic Places Trust website". Retrieved 2009-04-26.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

Heritage New Zealand (official website)

New Zealand autonomous crown entities

Part of the State sector organisations in New Zealand

Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Broadcasting Commission Charities Commission Environmental Risk Management Authority Families Commission Government Superannuation Fund Authority Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Mental Health Commission Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa New Zealand Artificial Limb Board New Zealand Film Commission New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga) New Zealand Lotteries Commission New Zealand Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Teachers Council Public Trust Retirement Commission Standards Council Te Māngai Pāho (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency) Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) Testing Laboratory Registration Council

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