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Saturday, May 29, 2004
Landowner's dream turns sour
A family's plan to build their dream home on a vacant South Auckland lot has turned into a three year ordeal that's left them $70,000 out of pocket.
When the Wilson's bought the land in Whitford, on Auckland's southern outskirts, they did not know it held cultural significance for local iwi.
Greg Wilson bought the 1 1/4 acre lot three years ago. After buying the land Wilson and his parents spent a year finalising plans for their house, when suddenly their surveyor found a file at Manukau City Council which revealed the land was once a Maori Pa.
The file was not available to the public.
Major boost for Shackleton Hut funding
A US$100,000 grant from American Express announced today from New York, is a valuable boost to ongoing work to conserve the historic Shackleton Hut at Cape Royds, Antarctica.
Christchurch-based Antarctic Heritage Trust Executive Director Nigel Watson said the grant, through the World Monuments Fund, is the first ever to be made to a New Zealand entity.
The hut was listed as a WMF site last year. That listing, combined with this grant shows the internationally recognised significance of the great explorers huts in Antarctica the Trust is working to conserve.
(Shackleton's hut is located at Cape Royds on Ross Island in the Ross Protectorate, was built by the Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, also known as the Nimrod Expedition).
Friday, May 28, 2004
War History Project, 50 Volumes on line
A Nation's Proud Military History Now Online for All
Courage. Tragedy. Heroism. Goodwill. Loyalty. Commitment. Respect. Even, surprisingly often, humour. The experiences and emotions show on every page of the Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War.
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Budget 2004 Culture and heritage gets new boost
Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark said today that this year's budget increases government funding for the culture and heritage sector by over $30 million next year.
Includes: New Zealand Archaeological Association Contribution to completion of a project to improve the reliability of information on, and upgrade, the New Zealand archaeological site recording scheme.
The help of the Trust and Judith Tizard in achieving this is gratefully acknowledged.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Cultural tourism guide
Cultural tourists - those who want more than just a haka at a hotel, are being targeted with 165,000 mini-travel guides being distributed in Britain.
The Rough Guide to Maori New Zealand is a miniature-sized version of the publishing company's famous Rough Guide books.
Tourism New Zealand chairman Wally Stone, himself Maori, said Maori culture was an important way of differentiating New Zealand on the world stage. 'The UK is our third largest source of visitors, combined with the fact that we know our target market has a strong interest in Maori culture,' he said.
With the sub-heading 'Discover the land and the people of Aotearoa', the Rough Guide covers some basic Maori history, describes the different tribal regions and various cultural activities that tourists can take part in. "
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
National Historic Heritage Workshop
‘Engineering Heritage’
Tuesday 3–Thursday 5 August 2004
National Library, Molesworth St, Wellington City
An annual national meeting of historic heritage technical specialists, run jointly by Department of Conservation and Historic Places Trust.
This year we are joined by IPENZ, the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand. Other heritage agencies, council planners, consultants, and community group representatives are invited to join in and contribute.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Best practice approach for heritage properties
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced the introduction of a “best practice” approach to the management of heritage properties owned by government departments.
“It is important that the government is seen to lead by example in the way it cares for its heritage,” Helen Clark said.
“Government departments have in their care a large number of heritage places and properties ranging from courthouses and police stations to archaeological sites which are recognised as having heritage significance to communities around New Zealand.”
“It is important for us and for future generations that government departments maintain these properties to a suitable standard and ensure that their decisions about disposal or future use of the properties take into account their heritage values.”
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage will be overseeing the development of a policy for the implementation of best practice. It expects to report back by the end of July 2004. The Ministry will then work alongside each department which holds heritage properties to develop guidelines and standards for their management, tailored to the department’s functional needs.
Monday, May 10, 2004
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Peter Fisher writes:
The first edition of Capital Thirst quickly sold out, however I am pleased to say a second edition of Capital Thirst is about to go to print. This book has been updated with the addition of 35 new Wellington-marked bottles including Wellington's earliest user-marked bottle - a ginger beer bottle stamped "Apr 1850".
Rarity ratings of the 725 bottles in the book have been updated as have some company histories and other text sections.
This second edition will be part of a very limited print run. It is available for $55.00 + $3.00 p&p (within NZ) - contact me for postal rates outside of New Zealand. Capital Thirst should be ready for dispatch in approximately 3 weeks.
The author can be contacted at pfisher@xtra.co.nz
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