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A Te Araroa cultural mapping project, involving archaeological information and mātauranga (knowledge) of the people to whom the sites are significant, took centre stage at Historic Places Tairawhiti's recent annual general meeting.
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At Alberton, in Auckland, we recently held a special event to celebrate Bet Jamieson being awarded Honorary Life Membership of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
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Late September, just over an hour’s drive from Christchurch, a hardy crowd gathered at the spectacular and wind-swept location of Kura Tawhiti/Castle Hill to unveil three magnificent new pou whenua at the recently upgraded site.
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Thirty-three thousand New Zealanders signed the Māori Language Petition calling for Māori to be taught in schools, interestingly, most of those signatories were Pākeha.
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The Northland office of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has relocated to 21 Hobson Avenue in Kerikeri.
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During Te Wiki o te reo Māori last month, a group of five Year 13 interns from Waikato were invited to Wellington to experience the heritage and cultural sector within government.
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Original items associated with Highwic, the historic house in Newmarket cared for by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, have returned home.
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People who want to dive with a purpose and who are passionate about shipwrecks and other underwater cultural heritage may want to register for this GIRT citizen science project in 2023.
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Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House is hosting events and new exhibitions as part of Christchurch City Council’s 2022 Heritage Festival.
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One of New Zealand’s oldest manufacturers has started selling some of its products in New Zealand’s oldest shop.
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga staff who worked with Warren & Mahoney partner and director, Roy Wilson, FNZIA, remember a man of great respect, of dedication to heritage preservation, and for his humour. Roy sadly passed away in Lower Hutt at the end of August, following a long illness.
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This year Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori marks the 50th anniversary of the Māori Language Petition which was delivered to parliament on September 14th 1972.
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The Secret Lives of Stencils is an exhibition that celebrates the life and 150-year history of the New Zealand wool bale stencil and aims to preserve the memory of an aspect of our pastoral heritage that is rapidly disappearing.
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The organisers of Wellington Heritage Week have extended their programme a further week, with this year’s event running from 24 October to 6 November.
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Historic Places Hawke's Bay is hosting a number of events in the area over September and October covering a range of topics and locations of interest to heritage buffs and the curious.
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Stone walls rock! That’s the message two fans of Northland’s dry-stone walls will bring as part of the Kōrero/Conversations section of Upsurge – an eight-day festival of the arts in the Bay of Islands region.
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Māori and English are regularly spoken within Matangireia, the former Māori Affairs Committee Room at Parliament, but recently the sounds of Italian were also heard drifting through the room.
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Funding supports interpretation signage for Raiatea, the new whare taonga (museum) at Motuti Marae.
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A well-respected senior kaumatua and passionate advocate for Ngāi Tamarāwaho, who was pivotal in safeguarding tribal interests, advancing Māori kaupapa and unpacking complex issues with pragmatism and diplomacy.
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A landmark historic building in Rawene, which has been brought back from the brink of decay and restored to life, hosted its first community engagement recently.
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga staff were saddened to hear that renowned Christchurch architect Sir Miles Warren has died.
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Experience a special harvest of Kiekie in the first of our Matangireia mini-documentary series.
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Divers with a passion for history and exploring historic shipwrecks will have the opportunity to hone their underwater archaeological survey skills in a two-day workshop to be held in Whitianga early next year.
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The Northland office of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has relocated from the Kerikeri NorthTec campus to UD/21 Hobson Avenue in Kerikeri.
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Amidst the backdrop of misty rain, a cosy party gathered inside the former studio of artist Ralph Hotere to celebrate the recent Category 1 heritage listing of Hotere’s studio on the Rārangi Kōrero/New Zealand Heritage List.
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We are saddened to hear that historian Richard Bradley passed away in July.
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The Richmond Lock-up at Washbourn Gardens, Richmond was first entered on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero in 1982 and recent new research by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has revealed that it was built in 1908 not 1860 as thought.
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One of the last sheep rostrum buildings in the southern hemisphere and possibly elsewhere in the world, is to get some key conservation work to preserve it for many more years to come.
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Contestable Grant funding supports Rongowhakaata historian to complete book.
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After being found to be earthquake prone in 2015 and closed to the public for several years, the St James Theatre in Courtenay Place, Wellington, has been strengthened and restored to its former glory.
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Irenee Cooper – granddaughter of Dame Whina Cooper – recently called into the Stone Store in Kerikeri just prior to a fundraising screening of the movie Whina.
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Winter heritage escapes - exclusive discounts for members of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
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In our latest video, Northland Area Manager Bill Edwards reveals the inner workings of a centuries-old fish trap.
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First uwhi trial at midway point of pest and weed control project.
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Whanganui District Council is demonstrating its leadership in heritage support in New Zealand with its commitment to the retention of its heritage assets.
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A unique artwork gifted to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is now on display at Te Whare Waiututu Kate Sheppard House.
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Historic beginnings have sowed the seeds for what has become almost a national religion in this country.
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A chance reading of a book recording the observations of a French mariner on an early voyage to New Zealand has highlighted rare, documented evidence of a plant brought to Aotearoa by Polynesian settlers.
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A new podcast focusing on Matariki produced by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is available for the first ever national public holiday celebrating Matariki on June 24.
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Volunteers Bridget and David Hallsworth are signing off after three years of dedicated service caring for the gardens of the historic Pompallier Mission and Printery in Kororāreka/Russell.
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This volunteer opportunity involves joining a great team committed to the care of an iconic heritage property.
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga expresses great sadness at the passing of Don Neely, writer, historian, and top cricket administrator in New Zealand, aged 86.
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Our latest podcast episode is a collection of five interviews which will lift the covers on certain food traditions associated with Matariki. We will share some insights from our Māori staff about their experiences of Matariki celebrations.
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After years of careful and dedicated restoration, the former Forresters Hall (Railway Lodge) in Auckland’s Freemans Bay has been listed for sale.
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Ralph Hotere’s studio on Oputae/Observation Point in Kōpūtai/Port Chalmers has been entered into the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero as a Category 1 historic place.
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With the flu season at our door accompanied by the annual urgings to get flu shots and messages around Covid boosters, it is interesting to see a piece of New Zealand medicinal history back in the media gaze.
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Each year construction companies across the country compete in the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards, which includes a category dear to our hearts – the Heritage and Restoration category.
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This year’s Arbor Day (5 June) will have special significance for Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga when the first ever Rākau o te tau / Tree of the Year Aotearoa will be announced.
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Zealandia gifts kiekie to the nation through first-ever harvest.
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Rosemary Baird interviews recent PACE intern Laura Bythell.
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The former Earnscleugh homestead in Central Otago has new owners.
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga staff from the Christchurch office enjoyed a recent visit to the newly restored Dorset Street Flats.
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga will miss the warmth and mana of Dame Aroha Hōhipera Reriti-Crofts.
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Applications for the National Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund 2022 close on 24 June.
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Māhia is the latest destination for Historic Places Tairawhiti members interested in learning about the people and places of Te Tairāwhiti.
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Wellington’s landmark cinema, Courtenay Place’s Embassy Theatre, opened in 1924, is to receive in excess of a million dollars as a loan to the Embassy Theatre Trust.
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A respected and familiar figure who strode purposefully along our many corridors of power during almost six decades of dedicated service to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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A website giving access to a treasure trove of traditional knowledge, expertise and historical information on Pacific voyaging, which has never been assembled in one place before, was launched during New Zealand Archaeology Week (23 April - 1 May).
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A new addition to a popular podcast series on New Zealand archaeology throws a spotlight on little known wartime history of Northland.
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Matariki, the first national public holiday which recognises and celebrates mātauranga Māori will be celebrated on Friday 24 June 2022.
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Kerikeri heritage stalwart Grainger Brown has done it again. The Heritage Northland Inc. volunteer has combined his charting and navigation skills with a love of history to develop a map that accurately records the position of French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and his two ships – the Mascarin and the Marquis de Castries – during the five weeks they were in the Bay of Islands in 1772.
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With Aotearoa New Zealand beginning to welcome back visitors and international travel on the cards once again, it is timely that we remind you about one of your most valuable membership benefits – free entry to heritage sites overseas.
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The recent collaborative graffiti clean-up mission at the Hazelburn rock art site near Pleasant Point is a great example of practical problem-solving in action.
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Heritage stonemason Ross Miller is bringing his years of expertise to the repair of the Single Men’s Quarters at Hayes Engineering.
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Our mokopuna (grandchildren) are so busy these days with seemingly only enough time to look ahead or down, often as they seek information, affirmation, entertainment or enlightenment. Meanwhile their elders have knowledge that they sometimes cannot find an audience for.
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The project, ‘Nga Tapuwae - in the footsteps of our Tīpuna’ was launched on Friday 21 January 2022 in Wharekāhika Hicks Bay. Project Leads Hal Hovell and Michelle Wanoa are delighted to have received funding of $25,000 which will facilitate the purchase of mapping resources and getting onto sites.
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This year, for the first time, New Zealanders will celebrate our new public holiday, 'Matariki' - an ancient celebration connected to harvest cycles. This is the first in a series of stories as we count down to Matariki.
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The generosity of two people means a roof over Antrim House for a long time to come.
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E ngā mana o te motu, tēnā rā koutou katoa
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is pleased to announce the successful applicants of the 2021 Mātauranga Māori Contestable Grants.
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Large woven ‘uwhi’ mats laid by divers are being trialled as an alternative method to suppress growing weed problems at Lakes Rotoiti and Tarawera.
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To commemorate ANZAC Day we are looking at some of New Zealand's war memorials.
War memorials come in all shapes and sizes in New Zealand, and represent all sorts of stories of bravery and grit. Here are just a few...
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If your appetite for New Zealand archaeology has been whetted over Archaeology Week, we have some further recommendations for your viewing and reading.
