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Nau mai, Haere Mai.

Tairangahia a tua whakarere; tātakihia ngā reanga o āmuri ake nei

Honouring the past, inspiring the future.

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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is the leading bicultural government agency charged with identifying, preserving and promoting our unique heritage.

We offer advice, support and administer Rārangi Kōrero/The New Zealand Heritage List, the national statutory record of our rich and diverse heritage places.

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Incentive Fund applications now open for 2023
The Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Board and Māori Heritage Council have agreed on the range of investment priorities to incentivise in this year's National Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund. The Fund is now open for applications.
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Return of Taranaki Maunga

A soon to be ratified deal between the Taranaki Maunga Collective and the Crown is poised to bring an end to 158 years of Crown ownership in a redress of an 1865 breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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Kemp House slate sparks ‘missing person’ enquiry

A writing slate with a link to one of New Zealand’s earliest schools is one of several found beneath the floorboards of Kerikeri Mission Station’s Kemp House in 2000, and likely dates back to the early 1830s.

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Celebrating hautapu during Matariki

As we approach the second anniversary of Matariki as an official public holiday, we take inspiration from the practise of hautapu, which some whānau have been practising for generations.

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New Zealanders help honour memory of French Patriot in Canada

Wooden crosses, salvaged from the wreck of HMS Buffalo near Whitianga, have been presented to the descendants of French-Canadian dissident Francois Prieur in Quebec.

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Former Chinese Mission Hall receives heritage nod

One of the last remaining of its type, this heritage taonga in Pōneke Wellington has been recognised as Category 2 on the New Zealand Heritage List Rārangi Kōrero.

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Family ancestor cements link to Kate Sheppard House

When a hand-written entry in a prescription book dating back to 1901 caught the eye of Amy Goodbehere while holidaying in Ōamaru, she couldn’t quite believe it.

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