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New Zealand Historic Places Trust 
New Zealand Historic Places Trust logoPurpose/focus Protecting heritage buildings in New Zealand Headquarters Antrim House, Boulcott Street Location Wellington, New Zealand Region served New Zealand Chairman John Acland Main organ Board of Trustees Affiliations Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Department of Conservation
Te Puni KōkiriBudget NZ$12,975,000[1] Website http://www.historic.org.nz/ The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Māori: Pouhere Taonga) is a non-profit trust 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 John Acland, and a Māori Heritage Council, currently chaired by 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.
Contents
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 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]
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.
Gallery
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Timeball Station, Lyttelton
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Fyffe House, Kaikoura
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The flag of the Historic Places Trust flying outside Fyffe House in Kaikoura
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Mission House, Kerikeri
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Stone Store, Kerikeri
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St Mary of the Angels (Wellington)
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The Colonial Cottage Museum, Wellington
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Criterion Hotel, Oamaru
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St Luke's Anglican Church, Oamaru
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Old Harbour Board building, Oamaru
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Granary, Privy & Schoolhouse, Matanaka, Otago
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Railway Hotel, Invercargill
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Municipal Offices & Public Library, Timaru
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New Zealand Historic Places Trust blue plaque in Dunedin at the site of the first performance of God Defend New Zealand
Equivalent status 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
See also
- SAHANZ (Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand)
- Category:New Zealand Historic Places Trust
References
- ^ Annual Report 2007-8
- ^ "About the Register". New Zealand Historic Places Trust. http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/AboutTheRegister.aspx. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ "Lost heritage 2010-11". New Zealand Historic Places Trust. http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/Heritage%20Lost/Lost%20Heritage%202010-11.aspx. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Māori Heritage Council on the Historic Places Trust website". http://www.historic.org.nz/aboutus/maoriheritagecouncil.html. Retrieved 2009-04-26.[dead link]
External links
- Historic Places Trust (official website)
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