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HOTOKE WINTER 2017

KIA ORA Garry

Welcome to our hotoke winter edition of TE KĀHU - Focus on Heritage. I hope you are all keeping warm and well!

On Wednesday 28th June, I will be talking to a community heritage groups networking event at Highwic House hosted by Heritage New Zealand. Under discussion is “Where to from here for heritage - an update on the Unitary Plan”. Following my presentation, there will be a discusion on how community groups might work together in the interests of our heritage. To secure your place please contact Heritage New Zealand on 09 307 9920 or infonorthern@heritage.org.nz.

The Auckland Heritage Fesitval 2017 is fast approaching. The festival runs from the 30th September until the 15th October - with the theme "From waterways to motorways - the heritage of transport and travel in Tāmaki Makaurau". Event submissions closed mid-May with 170 applications received to date - so it is shaping up to be another entertaining and informative festival.

Congratulations to the successful applicants to the 2017 Regional Historic Heritage Grants Programme. We received an impressive 42 applications of which seven were funded, including St. Patrick’s Presbytery roofing project, stability of Alison McKenzie House in Helensville, restoration of graves at Te Muri Cemetery and Waikumete Cemetery, maintenance and repair works for Stonemason’s House in Parnell and Onehunga Community House, and the Pitt Street Building’s guttering project.

Looking for a new challenge? Come work with us in our Senior Built Heritage role.

Noho ora mai.

Noel Reardon

Heritage Manager, Auckland Council

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REDISCOVERED AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE

Photo:The United States Air Force flying fortress bomber

Work within the unit has recently rediscovered the location of the 1942 United States Air Force flying fortress bomber crash involving 11 fatalities. The site has no statutory protection and contains buried wreckage of the aircraft and potential human remains. Robert Brassey has been working with the owner and developer, the United States Consul and defense department, a group of archaeological volunteers, and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage to ensure that the site of this tragedy is managed with respect. Watch the One News coverage of this rediscovery.


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EARLY TREASURES UNCOVERED BY CRL

Photo: Historical artefacts uncovered by the CRL works in the central city

Digging up city streets provides a great opportunity to investigate the city's below-ground history. Although investigations through the City Rail Link project have been relatively limted to date, they have already unearthed some of Auckland's early utilities and some interesting historical artefacts. This article was picked up by the New Zealand Herald.


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Matariki Festival 2017

Want to be part of Tāmaki Makaurau’s celebrations of Te Tau Hou Māori (the Māori New Year)? Join us at over 100 events celebrating our Māori culture at the Matariki festival in Auckland, on now until 2nd July 2017. Te Tau Hou Māori signifies new beginnings and the Matariki Festival offers the chance for all Aucklanders to celebrate and share in our unique culture. A favourite is the manu aute kite day – celebrating the universal tradition of kite flying, symbolically connecting heaven and earth. #matariki17

Help shape the future of your local area

Every three years Auckland’s 21 local boards develop a local board plan, which helps guide decisions on local activities and projects. Public feedback is open until 4pm on Friday 30th June 2017. Please read your local board's draft plan, then use the online feedback form to tell us what you think. Full draft plans are also available at libraries, service centres, and local board offices. There is the option to also have your say in person.

More news and events...

Information: A special edition of the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand has been released with papers from the Victoria University 'Finding New Zealand's scientific heritage' conference. Article: What's it like to work at the museum? Article: Flashback: Building the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Article: 13 ways to beat the winter blues in Auckland. Article: Beautiful walks around Auckland. Event: Matariki on the move - korero. Article: Funding Auckland's favourite things. Article: A timeline of Manukau. Event: The Civic Tours.

Keep up with more information and events via our Auckland Heritage facebook page.

Kia pai tō haerengā ko Rebecca Ramsey who has been selected to be part of the USA ICOMOS International Exchange Programme. She will be working for the Historic Preservation Division based in Annapolis, Maryland, until late August. This is excellent recognition of her skills and the value she offers to the field of archaeology and to our heritage unit. Nga mihi nui ko George Farrant for 35 years of service, and to Kaye Oliver and Megan Patrick for their ten years service, as council officers. Haere rā ko Lara Taylor and Tony Barnes as they leave our unit for new opportunities!