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SUMMER 2016 / 2017

KIA ORA Garry

Welcome to our Summer edition of TE KĀHU - Focus on Heritage and last edition for 2016!

It has been a typical quarter of an unusual year for the Heritage Unit. Typically, we have seen an increasing number of resource consents and heritage evaluations underway and lots of other heritage issues ongoing. What has made the year unusual is the Auckland Unitary Plan work continuing to dominate.

The council recently resolved to make the plan operative in part, following the lodgement of appeals with the Environment and High Court. With few of these appeals affecting heritage, our work on the plan is starting to decrease – but it is not done yet!

Implementation and our efforts to learn and understand the new plan are in full swing.

Since our last edition – we have a new council, governing body and local boards, as well as a new mayor. The council has confirmed the continuation of the Heritage Advisory Panel. The membership of the panel is to stay the same.

I hope you enjoy these stories (as well as our fancy new look). The articles in this edition are interesting as well as demonstrating the breadth of issues we get involved in.

On behalf of the Heritage Unit, I would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.

Noho ora mai.

Noel Reardon

Heritage Manager, Auckland Council

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ANCIENT PLACES AND NEW PLANS

Photo: Te Reuroa (Albert Park), a former pā and a Ngāti Pāoa Site of Significance

We pass places of rich cultural significance to Māori every day without realising it, including Te Reuroa – a former pā site – known to Aucklanders today as Albert Park. The Auckland Unitary Plan affords recognition and protection to 75 places that the iwi of Tāmaki Makarau regard as culturally and historically significant. Council’s Māori Heritage Team and Mana Whenua are working together to identify additional sites for protection.


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EXPLORE THE HERITAGE OF THREE KINGS

Painting: circa 1875, John Kinder, The Three Kings, Volcanic Crater, Auckland

A new 16-site heritage trail, available as a brochure or an app, has been launched by Puketāpapa Local Board. The trail paints a picture of the history of Three Kings, in particular its development from a semi-rural district to a thriving suburban area during the early 20th century.

The Three Kings, Volcanic Crater, Auckland, John Kinder, circa 1875, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Harry Kinder, 1937.


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More great heritage walks

Explore Auckland’s history with these other great heritage walks, ranging from less than an hour to three hours: Avondale / Te Whau; Balmoral and Sandringham; Downtown, midtown and uptown; Blockhouse Bay; Auckland University Heritage Trail; Maungawhau / Mt Eden; Remuera; Ōwairaka / Mt Albert.

Mount Albert Presbyterian Church Collection

Photo: The Mt Albert Presbyterian Church being pulled across Mt Albert Road in 1922.

Auckland in pictures: Then and now

Check out these photographs capturing the changing face of Auckland. Using photographs from Auckland Library’s Heritage Collection, our photographer framed them up against today’s landscape.

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries 2-V8

Photo: Glenora Park Takanini 1911 and 2016

Safer spaces on the way for the maunga

Pedestrian-only areas at the tihi of five tūpuna maunga will be introduced in 2017; Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill, Maungarei / Mt Wellington, Ōwairaka / Mt Albert, Puketāpapa / Mt Roskill and Takarunga / Mt Victoria. Paul Majurey, Chair of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority, says the pedestrian measures will increase public safety and enhance pedestrian access while respecting the cultural values of the maunga.

Do you want to be our (Facebook) friend?

We are now on Facebook, thanks to Mary. The purpose of this page is to share and celebrate Auckland's unique heritage. We are so hip you can even tag us - Auckland Heritage, message us - @aklheritage or hashtag us - #aklheritage. So why not be our (Facebook) friend?

Nau mai, haere mai ki a Ripeka Read, a graduate from Auckland Libraries, working with the Māori Heritage team for two days a week. Ripeka identified an interest in the Māori Cultural Heritage project during an oral history training workshop and was keen to be involved to support, inform and participate in our heritage work.