The New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Māori: Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown Entity with membership of around 20,000 people that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand. It was set up through the Historic Places Act 1954 with a mission to "...promote the identification, protection, preservation and conservation of the historical and cultural heritage of New Zealand" and is an autonomous Crown Entity.
It is governed by a Board of Trustees, currently chaired by Shonagh Kenderdine, and a Māori Heritage Council, currently chaired by Sir Tumu te Heuheu. Past chairs include Dame Anne Salmond. The head office is in Antrim House, Wellington, while regional and area offices are in Kerikeri, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
It publishes the quarterly magazine New Zealand Heritage.
Buildings owned by the trust include the Mission House, the Stone Store, and the Te Waimate mission house.
Read more about New Zealand Historic Places Trust: The Register, Māori Heritage Council, Gallery, Equivalent Status Outside New Zealand
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