Pouhere Taonga | |
 New Zealand Historic Places Trust logo | |
| Type | Crown entity |
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| Purpose | Protecting New Zealand's heritage |
| Headquarters | Antrim House, Boulcott Street |
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Region served | New Zealand |
Chair | Hon.Marian Hobbs |
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 New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially theNational Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, theNew Zealand Historic Places Trust; inMāori:Pouhere Taonga) is aCrown entity that advocates for the protection ofancestral sites and heritage buildings inNew Zealand. It was set up through theHistoric 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.
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe gifted the site where theTreaty of Waitangi was signed to the nation in 1932. The subsequent administration through the Waitangi Trust is sometimes seen as the beginning of formal heritage protection in New Zealand. Public discussion about heritage protection occurred in 1940 in conjunction with the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The purchase ofPompallier House in 1943 by the government further raised the issue of how historic buildings should be cared for.[2]
Duncan Rae, the MP representing theParnell electorate, suggested that a heritage organisation should be set up and put in aprivate member's bill. Whilst this did not proceed, theFirst National Government (of which he was a member) took responsibility of the issue and the Historic Places Act 1954 was passed, which established the National Historic Places Trust as anon-governmental organisation (NGO). The trust was governed by a 12-member board plus a chairman, and they first met in 1955. The National Historic Places Trust came under the responsibility of theMinister of Internal Affairs. The composition of the board was defined in the legislation and the board was appointed on the recommendation of the minister. The name of the organisation was changed to New Zealand Historic Places Trust in 1963.[3]
Early work undertaken by the trust included the recording ofMāori rock paintings, as some sites were to be submerged, e.g. through theWaipapa Dam andBenmore Dam. In 1961, the trust boughtTe Waimate mission, the second-oldest building in New Zealand. InAkaroa, the trust enabled theAkaroa County Council via a significant grant to buy theEteveneaux cottage, which serves as a link to Akaroa's French history.[4][5][6]
In 2004, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust became an autonomous Crown entity. On 14 April 2014, the organisation's name changed to "Heritage New Zealand". Later that year, the enabling legislation—Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014—was passed. There were changes in governance introduced by the new legislation, e.g. the branch committees were dispensed with. The legislation, which came into effect on 20 May 2014, also finished the transition from an NGO to a crown entity.[7][8]
It is governed by a board, appointed by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage and currently chaired by Hon. Marian Hobbs, and aMāori Heritage Council, currently chaired by Sir John Clarke. Past chairs include DameAnne Salmond. The head office is inAntrim House,Wellington, while regional and area offices are inKerikeri,Auckland,Tauranga,Wellington,Christchurch andDunedin.
It publishes the quarterly magazineHeritage New Zealand.
Buildings owned by Heritage New Zealand include theKerikeri Mission House, theStone Store,Hurworth Cottage,Te Waimate Mission house, and Clendon House, theRawene residence ofJames Reddy Clendon.[9][10] Additionally, the Clendon family papers and document stored at the house were inscribed on theUNESCOMemory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao register.[11]
The New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero (formerly known as the Register) is divided into five main areas:
The historic places are organised in two categories:
As of 2014[update], the register contains over 5,600 entries.[12] The Canterbury earthquakes ofSeptember 2010 andFebruary 2011 resulted in damage to a number of historic buildings in Christchurch. Post-earthquake redevelopment has caused a significant loss ofheritage buildings in Christchurch.[13]
The Māori Heritage Council (MHC) sits within Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and was established by theHistoric Places Act 1993. The functions of the Council[14] include:
As of 2014[update] Sir John Clarke is the chair of the MHC.
France –Monument historique
Germany –Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz and National Heritage Sites (Kulturdenkmal)
Hong Kong – Historic building, seeList of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong,List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong andList of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong
Netherlands –Rijksmonument
United Kingdom –Listed building orScheduled Ancient Monument
United States –National Register of Historic Places andNational Historic Landmark
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