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Heritage buildings

Resources for Supporting Historic Buildings
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Sustainable Management Guides 
Heritage New Zealand has guidelines that are useful for any faith communities who are looking at how they can improve historic buildings that they look after.
The full set of HNZPT Sustainable Management Guides are available to download from the HNZTP website at the following link:

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Sustainable Management of Historic Heritage guidance series information sheets
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​Other useful Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga guidance
Fire Safety and Heritage Places 
Providing for Physical Access to Heritage Places 
Heritage New Zealand can assist in providing information on conservation plans and funding opportunities and can also provide general conservation advice.
Archaeology
Archaeological sites are protected under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014. If you require further information about archaeological sites the archaeologist at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga’s regional offices will be able to assist.
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For further information refer to:
brochure on protecting and managing archaeological sites. 

Further information on statutory archaeological requirements and processes can be found at the following link:
http://www.heritage.org.nz/protecting-heritage/archaeology
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ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
The ICOMOS New Zealand Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Heritage Value (ICOMOS New Zealand Charter 2010) provides a helpful overview of heritage principles. The Charter sets out the purpose, principles, practice, and processes of heritage conservation and has been widely adopted by local authorities, heritage specialists and heritage agencies including Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and other Government agencies.
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Options for Building Use and Funding
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The following websites can be of help in looking at what to do/how to fund:
  • Heritage NZ: http://www.heritage.org.nz/
  • Ministry for Culture and Heritage (with link to 'Heritage EQUIP' and 'Funding NZ Culture’): https://mch.govt.nz/funding-nz-culture/heritageequip
  • Creative New Zealand (with link to the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE)): http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/find-funding/other-sources-of-funding
  • NZ Community Trust site:  http://www.nzct.org.nz/

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