“Telling time resurrection” – Historic Places Mid Canterbury Living Heritage Article

HPMC – Living Heritage – Town clock

Telling time resurrection

By Julie Luxton

This is a story about time (a clock), but also a story of changing times and times of change!

Firstly a grand time – a time when Ashburton was proud to the point of boasting about its marvellous new Post Office and clock tower! Today we all carry time tellers (phones/watches) but over a century ago they were much rarer and the town clock dominated the landscape with its importance. It not only displayed, but also chimed the time. (more…)

“Aratapu Library building listed as a historic place” HNZ Media Release (17.06.2016)

The Artapu Library building – now listed as a Category 2 historic place by Heritage New Zealand. (Image sourced HNZ media release)

The Artapu Library building – now listed as a Category 2 historic place by Heritage New Zealand. (Image sourced HNZ media release)

"The heritage significance of one of the Northern Wairoa’s earliest surviving timber buildings – once used to foster education, intellectual enlightenment and social stability – has been recognised by the country’s lead heritage organisation."

"Originally built in 1874 at Aratapu as a school house, the building has been relocated and now serves as the music wing of the Dargaville Museum. Aratapu was also known at the time as ‘Sawdust City’ because of the vast quantity of sawdust produced by its kauri sawmill."

The Media Release is as follows: (more…)

“Heritage treasures there to enjoy in Kerikeri public reserve” Heritage New Zealand Media Release (13.06.2016)

Heritage_New Zealand_logo“Many of our reserves are beautifully preserved time capsules that have remained largely unchanged over the decades, and contain some wonderful evidence of a fascinating and varied history,” says Heritage New Zealand’s Northland Manager, Bill Edwards.

“People can see features spanning several hundred years of tangata whenua occupation in and around the Basin. It also contains evidence of the arrival of Pakeha and some of the turbulence that emerged as a result of interactions between these newcomers and Maori,” says Bill.

The Media Release is as follows: (more…)

“BC Update 186: New system for managing earthquake-prone buildings” (MBIE Newsletter 7th June 2016)

"... The aim is to standardise the rules and processes that apply to earthquake-prone buildings nationally, taking into account seismicity around New Zealand. The system avoids a “one-size-fits-all” approach, prioritising geographic areas, buildings and parts of buildings that pose the greatest risk while retaining as much built heritage as possible.

Features of the new system include clarifying the definition of an earthquake-prone building, establishing a national register of earthquake-prone buildings and issuing enhanced notices for such buildings. ..."

"... The new Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) methodology, to be set by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), will enable territorial authorities to profile and identify potentially earthquake-prone buildings in their districts. ..."

" ...MBIE is developing new regulations to support the implementation of the system. ..."

The text is as follows:
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“U.S. Consul General visits Northland sites” HNZ Media Release (10.06.2016)

U.S. Consul General Melanie Higgins (centre) at Clendon House in Rawene with Heritage New Zealand staff (left to right) James Robinson, Natalie McCondach, Mita Harris, Aranne Donald, Nick Chin and Lindsay Charman. (Image sourced HNZ Media Release)

U.S. Consul General Melanie Higgins (centre) at Clendon House in Rawene with Heritage New Zealand staff (left to right) James Robinson, Natalie McCondach, Mita Harris, Aranne Donald, Nick Chin and Lindsay Charman. (Image sourced HNZ Media Release)

"U.S. Consul General Melanie Higgins made a flying visit to Northland recently which included a visit to Clendon House in Rawene."

"James Reddy Clendon – who built the house in Rawene in the late 1860s – was New Zealand’s first United States Consul, appointed to the position in late 1838."

"Clendon House Visitor Host, Lindsay Charman, highlighted the significance of James Reddy Clendon in early New Zealand history – including his role as principal witnesses to the signing of both New Zealand’s Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi."

The Media Release is as follows: (more…)

“Christchurch – Five Years On” Canterbury Heritage Awards 2016 Commissioned Doc Online

The Canterbury Heritage Awards commissioned doc is available to view online. The following explanation text was sourced from the Canterbury Heritage Awards Website.

Christchurch – Five Years On

The following film was commissioned in 2012 to accompany the awards. Time may erase images of the full extent of the destruction of our city in our minds – and it is easy to forget landmarks and think ‘I can’t remember what was there before!’ We need visual reminders of our past culture. This film features some twenty Heritage buildings that have gone forever. We will be reminded of the damage the earthquake caused and it will focus on the empty space that now exists. It is that empty space that the Heritage Awards team will be monitoring and it is that empty space that features in the 2016 update. Will these empty sites see heritage of the future? Will they articulate motifs of predecessors? Will they be a worthy successor, or will they be another mindless and bland building that could exist anywhere in the world. Or are the sites still unbuilt upon.
https://vimeo.com/159266281

“Big plans to rescue Christchurch’s lower High St” The Press (Online Article)

Big plans to rescue Christchurch's lower High St The Press online article.

"Two successful heritage investors and developers, Shaun Stockman and Richard Peebles, have now hatched plans for the strip. ....

... Peebles wants the Crown to sell him seven of the 16 terraced Duncan's buildings which occupy most of the Edwardian street front, and already has restoration plans for them. Stockman has bought back the site of the razed Billens building from Christchurch Heritage Trust and has resource consent to rebuild it. ..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/80580175/big-plans-to-rescue-christchurchs-lower-high-st

Shop 7 Valuing Our Heritage : Joint Winner Heritage Tourism Award (Canterbury Heritage Awards) …. And Awarded A Highly Commended In The Outstanding Contribution to Heritage Award

Shop 7 (Image sourced Canterbury Heritage Awards)

Shop 7 (Image sourced Canterbury Heritage Awards)

"Shop 7" a joint project of Historic Places Canterbury,  The Christchurch Heritage Trust and Restore was declared joint winner of the Canterbury Heritage Awards Heritage Tourism Award 2016.

the text from the awards

"Winner

Valuing our Heritage

Entrant: Shop 7

Thousands of visitors from around the world and New Zealand, as well as locals, have visited Shop 7 over the nearly two years it was open in central Christchurch. A sample page from the visitors’ book records messages from visitors from England, Australia, Germany and Holland. People were heartened by the restoration stories, but the great majority were deeply saddened by the loss of heritage in the city. The legacy of Shop 7 is a better informed public locally, nationally and internationally about the crisis faced by heritage destruction post the earthquakes."
http://www.heritageawards.co.nz/award-category/heritage-tourism/?awards-year=2016

http://www.heritageawards.co.nz/award-category/outstanding-contribution/?awards-year=2016