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Historic Places Aotearoa  and Historic Places Hawke’s Bay are running a Community Heritage Conference  between 8-10 November 2024 in Napier. It is especially for Community Heritage groups and individuals.

The conference theme is:

Local Heritage Matters

Historic Places Aotearoa was set up as a fully independent organisation to advocate for historic heritage throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. It is an organisation for local and regional heritage groups, historical societies, local museums,  genealogists, iwi and hapu —all those people who work so hard to preserve the history of their area. These wonderful people are  the unsung heroes of heritage protection in our country. This conference is for them – to enable distant groups to meet share ideas get inspiration and generally network and have lots of heritage  fun.  

For more details on the conference, click here.

To register for the event at eventfinda, click here.

Friday 8 Nov

• 12:30pm Venue open. Napier War Memorial Centre, 48 Marine Parade, Napier
• 1pm-on Registrations open.
• 2pm Art Deco Quarter Guided Walk. Departs the Art Deco Trust, 7 Tennyson St, Napier. FREE.
• 4:30pm Mihi Whakatau. Welcome at the Napier War Memorial Centre.
• 5:000pm Drinks, Meet & Mingle.
• 5:30pm Hawke's Bay Heritage Awards.
• 7pm Closing.

Saturday 9 Nov

• 8am-on Registrations open.
• 9am Keynote Speech. Title: 'When is the Past Past? Heritage in Aotearoa New Zealand'   Dame Anne Salmond  
• 9:30-10:30am Panel Discussion: Local Heritage Matters!
  • Jenny Too (or stand-in) : The wreck of the Ventor
  • David Clendon: Clendon Papers and the Memory of the World
  • Rena Kohere: Iwi and mapping cultural landscapes
  • Felicity Wong: Protecting Wellington’s heritage.
• 10:30-11am Morning tea.
• 11am – 12pm Heritage Bites. Six presentations from groups giving their own examples of local heritage work.
• 12pm - 12:30pm Speakers: Protection, Planning & Scheduling, by John O’Shaughnessy. Working to protect Heritage, by Elizabeth Pishief.
• 12:30pm – 1pm Presentation. Where in the world is Heretaunga? by Rose Mohi.
• 1pm – 2pm Lunch.
• 2pm - 3pm Panel Discussion. Mitigating risks: Seismic, Fire, Floods by Andrew Marriott, Stacy Vallis, and Kate Hooper.
• 3pm - 3:45pm Presentation. Researching the places your family lived, worked, & played by Katrina Barrett (Stoneycroft), and Marilyn Wightman (Feilding & Districts Community Archive).
• 3:45 - 4:30pm Heritage Bites.
• 6:30pm Informal Dinner and Quiz.

Sunday 10 Nov

• 9am - 9:30am HPA AGM.
• 9:30am - 10am Speaker Richard Shaw.
• 10am - 10:30am Tea & Coffee.
• 10:30am Speaker. Kaye Morris Matthews:  Women Hidden in History - an upcoming exhibition at MTG Hawke's Bay
• Duncan Galletly: The history of the early New Zealand cookbooks..
• 12pm - 5pm Activities. A variety to select from, including guided walks, museums, and historic house tours.