Welcome to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
Nau mai, Haere Mai.

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

Honouring the past, inspiring the future.

About us

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.

How we can help
Disaster recovery
Archaeological authorities
Māori Heritage
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Photography Competition
Documenting Our Heritage
Help us refresh our images of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant historic places!
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is partnering with Dunedin Public Libraries in a competition to collect photos of Otago and Southland's most important heritage places.
Heritage kōrero

Through the tunnel on a jigger

Our Outreach Advisor Rosemary Baird shares her experience of collecting oral history memories at the Ōtira Tunnel Centenary celebrations.

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Celebrating the legacy of Mirek Smíšek

Beehive pottery kilns have been added to the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero.

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New life for a historic place

Overseen by the curious and beady eyes of our native tīwaiwaka, tūī and kākā, a tiny orchard of fruit trees is taking root near the ancient waterway of Kumutoto in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

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Is this New Zealand’s largest historic place?

Walkers and cyclists in Ōtepoti Dunedin will have a better understanding of the heritage underfoot (or wheel), thanks to the contributions of our Otago team.

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Tung nut scheme not quite the good oil

A species of tree used to make a plant-based product – possibly decades ahead of its time – helped stimulate investment in the early years of commercial settlement of Kerikeri in the 1930s.

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