“All dolled up at Alberton” (HNZ Media Release)
All dolled up at Alberton
Calling all doll owners.
Alberton, the historic mansion cared for by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, has a new exhibition for its Collector’s Cabinet series – a sample of dolls dating from the 1880s to the 1950s.
Belonging to Auckland collector Karen Staniland, the dolls are rocking designer dresses and hand-made outfits – and have become the undisputed stars of Alberton’s Ballroom.
Karen’s lifelong love of dolls began with a pink plastic Kewpie given to her as a toddler. She now has 300 dolls as well as miniatures and teddy bears.
To learn more about Karen’s collection, along with the art of restoring antique and vintage dolls, join Karen for an informal talk and afternoon tea on Sunday 24 June at 1.30pm.
Admission free with regular admission to Alberton (Adults $10; children free). No booking required.
“High Tea at Highwic” July 8th (Heritage New Zealand Media Release)
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A sumptuous High Tea will be available in Highwic’s billiard house once again on July 8.
High Tea at Highwic
Discerning palates will be able to enjoy the delights of an authentic High Tea experience at Highwic, the historic Newmarket mansion cared for by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
People can experience a traditional high tea of delightful sweet and savoury treats served on fine China and accompanied by a selection of specialty teas from Harney and Sons at the special one-off event.
“What better way for people to take a break from the mid-Winter gloom than to experience our new seasonal winter High Tea menu and enjoy the luxury of Highwic,” says Highwic Visitor Services Coordinator, Samantha Keen.
The High Tea event takes place over two sessions on July 8 (10.30am and 2.30pm). Cost: $45 per person (sorry no concessions).
Heritage Christchurch wins Canterbury Heritage Award (2018) in Heritage Tourism category
Heritage Christchurch Exterior
Heritage Christchurch has just been announced the winner of the Heritage Tourism category in the Canterbury Heritage Awards 2018.
The awards honour Canterbury individuals, organisations and companies involved in heritage restoration, retention, promotion or tourism.
The award was presented on 15 June at the Canterbury Heritage Awards gala event in the Isaac Theatre Royal.
“We are honoured to receive this award. It is a huge endorsement for Heritage Hotels and what we stand for. We consider ourselves privileged custodians of this very special building,” says Gary Jarvis, chief operating officer of Heritage Hotel Management Ltd.
“We are delighted daily by the engagement of visitors with the building’s unique history and grandeur. The ‘heritage’ factor is a strong motivation for guests choosing to stay with us,” says Astrid Hay, resident manager of Heritage Christchurch.
Heritage Christchurch is set in the century-old Old Government Building on Cathedral Square. The hotel offers elegant suites in one, two and three bedroom configurations as well as a health club, lap pool and sauna on site.
The building was designed by renowned architect, Joseph Clarkson Maddison, in an Italian Renaissance Palazzo style. It opened in August 1913 and is considered of ‘monumental’ importance to the city by architecture experts.
Heritage Christchurch won the World Luxury Hotel Award in the Luxury Heritage Hotel category Australasia/Oceania region and the Luxury Historical Hotel category for New Zealand in December 2017. The hotel was also a winner in the historical category in 2016.
Media contact:
Susan Gibson
Group Communications Manager
Heritage Hotel Management
FEEDBACK ON HPA Submission “DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING HISTORIC PLACES AND HISTORIC AREAS ON THE NEW ZEALAND HERITAGE LIST/RANGI KŌRERO”
"FEEDBACK ON DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING HISTORIC PLACES AND HISTORIC AREAS ON THE NEW ZEALAND HERITAGE LIST/RANGI KŌRERO" The Historic Places Aotearoa submission.
You can download a copy of the HPA Submission at the following link: HNZPT draft Guidelines for Assessing Historic Places Submission
Budget 2018: “Extra funding delights Heritage New Zealand” Heritage New Zeland Media Statement
Extra funding delights Heritage New Zealand
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is delighted with the allocation of an extra $6.3 million over four years announced in the Coalition Government’s budget on 17 May.
Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Jacinda Ardern said the new funding, on top of current operating funding of $13 million per year, will assist in processing archaeological authority applications, protecting built heritage (including advising on earthquake-prone buildings), and identifying and protecting sites of significance to Māori.
“As the Prime Minister said following this announcement, the value of heritage and its importance to our national identity is being recognised by more New Zealanders each year,” Heritage New Zealand commented following the announcement.
“Demand for our services has increased and we welcome that – it shows we are regarded as the country’s lead heritage agency as we continue to honour the past and inspire the future. Our aim is to ensure present and future generations of New Zealanders appreciate their sense of place, identity and nationhood.”
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga continues to prioritise and celebrate our most significant places, build support by working with iwi, local authorities, volunteers, owners, members and communities, promote the vision of Tapuwae to conserve Māori heritage, and prioritise our advocacy with a focus on educating, promoting, advising and regulating.
“Achieving the best outcomes for heritage requires working alongside many groups.
“The funding allocation reflects very positively on the value of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga’s work and gives us increased ability to meet expectations of us. We are delighted with the Government’s support of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.”
“Digital photo display captures moments in time for Thames” Heritage New Zealand Media Release (26.06.2017)
The lobby of the Brian Boru Hotel as photographed by John Fields.
(Image source Heritage New Zealand)
"A digital display of images taken by one of New Zealand’s foremost photographers detailing Thames life in the 1970s will lead 150th anniversary celebrations at the Thames School of Mines.
"The photographs – a collection of 500 colour and black and white pictures taken by John Fields – will feature as a rolling show of images displayed on a high resolution TV. The exhibition, which will be shown from August 5 to October 6, will include portraits, street panoramas and aerial shots
“The digital display is designed to complement a static exhibition of some of John Fields’ Thames images taken between 1973 and 1975, which will run at the Bella Street Pumphouse during the same time,” says the Manager of the Thames School of Mines, John Isdale.
The photographs – a collection of 500 colour and black and white pictures taken by John Fields – will feature as a rolling show of images displayed on a high resolution TV. The exhibition, which will be shown from August 5 to October 6, will include portraits, street panoramas and aerial shots
The Media Release is as follows: (more…)
Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards (2018)
Property Council New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards
They are a sellout and are being held at the Spark Arena in Auckland on Friday 15 June.
The Awards have a Heritge Category and the following are nominated.
HAWKINS Heritage and Adaptive Reuses Property Award (Award Nominations)
94-96 Queen Street (Auckland)
Air New Zealand Airport Campus (Auckland)
Bishop Selwyn Chapel and St Mary’s Church (Auckland)
Christ’s College Kitchen Tower Restoration (Christchurch)
(Dunedin) Law Courts (Dunedin)
Ellen Melville Centre & Freyberg Place (Auckland)
Hereford Residences (Auckland)
Melanesian Mission (Auckland) (Heritage New Zealand)
Mona Vale Homestead (Christchurch)
QBE Centre, 125 Queen Street (Auckland)
Sign of the Kiwi (Christchurch)
“Heritage New Zealand delighted with property transfers” : Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Media Release & “Historic Wellington buildings transfer”: Minister Hon Maggie Barry Media Release
HNZ:
"Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is delighted with the acquisition of the Government Buildings Historic Reserve and Turnbull House Historic Reserve in central Wellington as part of a property portfolio realignment with the Department of Conservation and Ministry for Culture and Heritage announced today.
"DOC has received from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga the Whangamarino Redoubt Historic Reserve at Mercer, Clifden Suspension Bridge in Southland, Gabriel Read Memorial Reserve in Otago, Springvale Suspension Bridge east of Taihape and full control of the Brunner Industrial Historic Reserve on the West Coast.
Hon Maggie Barry
Minister Maggie Barry:
“The Old Government Building is already tenanted and a popular tourist attraction and Heritage New Zealand will consider options for Turnbull House once it has been earthquake strengthened.
The Media Releases are as follows: (more…)
“Whangarei’s archaeological gem captures imagination of students” Heritage New Zealand Media Release (25.05.2018)
May 29
Boys from Whangarei Boys High School sketch Parihaka Pa.
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Whangarei’s archaeological gem captures imagination of students
A heritage site dating back hundreds of years has captured the imagination of students from Whangarei Boys High School.
Mair’s Landing / Tawatawhiti, just north of Whangarei’s CBD, contains a number of prehistoric and historic features – including a remnant Maori stone field garden, the remains of a coal chute associated with the Whau Valley Coal mine horse drawn tramway and Mair’s Landing itself – a stone wharf dating back to 1841. Interest in the extensive heritage site was sparked by a public talk given by Heritage New Zealand’s Northland staff as part of last year’s New Zealand Archaeology Week.
“I was told of the site by a friend who attended the talk, and so I got in contact with Bill Edwards of Heritage New Zealand in Kerikeri,” says Whangarei Boys High School Deputy Principal, Allister Gilbert.
“He was pleased that a school was interested in the history of the place, and supplied documents recording the archaeology of the Whangarei area and harbour as background material for the students. Heritage New Zealand people have been fantastic to work with.”
Bill, and his colleague Northland Archaeologist James Robinson, took 22 of the school’s staff members on a walking tour of the site – and the ideas for using the site as an outdoor learning environment grew from there. Mair’s Landing / Tawatawhiti was recently listed as a Historic Area, and research for the listing report has helped raise understanding of the site’s significance.
“The science and social studies teachers were enthusiastic about being able to walk classes to the site and back to school in 90 minutes, and a cross curricular unit was developed between the two faculties,” says Allister.
“The English Faculty then became involved with the project as they wanted to use it as a source of inspiration for writing. The Te Reo Maori teacher has also used it as a source of information and experience for te tuhi me te korero[writing and speaking activities].”
About 250 Year 9 students – split up into 10 teaching groups – visited the site earlier this year and took part in a number of activities including sketching the outline of Parihaka Pa across the Hatea River, one of the largest archaeological sites in New Zealand. The students also sketched the stone garden remnants and learned how the garden was used.
The boys also rolled up their sleeves and helped clean up the rubbish in the area that had come in from the road. Year 9 Horticulture students will also be involved in weed management of the site as part of their course working with Whangarei District Council.
“About 42 percent of the Year 9 students are Maori, and the ability to give these rangatahi pride and a place in the city is a really positive outcome of this cross curricular work,” says Allister.
“The response from all the boys has been positive, with growth in a sense of connectedness to the place they live in. The ability to weave the Tawatawhiti garden site – which is very early – with the Parihaka site has really put their history into perspective.”
The project has had other spin-offs that have impacted the students.
“The local museum, KiwiNorth, brought artefacts relating to Maori gardening and other tools to the school. We had them at the school for two days, with the Year 9 classes rotating through the display of Ko [digging sticks], Timo / Ketu [small wooden digging implements], Toki [adze], and Mahe [fishing sinkers] and Punga [anchor stone].
“This was the first time they have brought material out of the museum, and we were very privileged to have this opportunity. The source of the stone has triggered interest with the boys, and so the inquiry continues.”
Mair’s Landing / Tawatawhiti will continue to play a central part in Whangarei Boys High School’s learning – and the Year 9 cross curricular unit in particular.
“The school feels very close to the site and is looking forward to helping develop it, and hopefully getting access to a high enough standard that it can be open to the public as it is an easy walk from the popular Town Basin café and tourist precinct,” he says