New specialist building will house New Zealand’s heritage
Beehive media release. New Zealand’s most prized taonga or treasures that tell so much of our national story are a step closer to their new home as construction on a building of national1signifi…
Five new appointments for Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Board and Māori Heritage Council
Five new members have been appointed to the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (HNZPT) Board and Māori Heritage Council. Katharine Watson of Christchurch is an archaeologist at Watson1Archaeolog…
Work progresses on National Erebus Memorial site establishment
Works advanced this morning to establish the construction site for the National Erebus Memorial, Te Paerangi Ataata, in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, said Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and1Herita…
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage embarks on Carillon strengthening project
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is pleased to announce planning is underway to seismically strengthen the National War Memorial Carillon Bell Tower. "In consultation with1Wellingt…
He pūtea tautoko i ngā kōrero tuku iho hei whakanui i ngā kōrero a te Māori me Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
I te rā nei i whakaputaina e Te Manatū Taonga ngā pūtea tautoko mō ētahi kaupapa kōrero tuku iho e 24 i roto i te hapori, otirā ko te taumata nui rawa tēnei o ngā kōrero kaupapa Māori me…
History funding to put Māori and Pacific stories in the spotlight
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage today announced funding grants for 24 community-based history projects, with the highest ever number of kaupapa Māori and Pacific stories1funded. …
Remembering the Erebus disaster: 42 years on
Today, Sunday 28 November, marks the 42nd anniversary of the Erebus disaster, which remains New Zealand’s worst civil accident and resulted in the loss of 257 lives. "As work is set to get1under…
Ministry committed to getting work underway for National Erebus Memorial
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage Chief Executive, Bernadette Cavanagh, expressed a firm commitment to getting site preparation works underway for the National Erebus Memorial at1Taur…
Landmark Rita Angus exhibition to open at Te Papa December 18
Te Papa media release. Te Papa’s summer exhibition Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa opens to the public on Saturday 18 December and runs until 25 April 2022. …
Dawn Raids Fund will allow for healing
Beehive media release. The Teu le Va - Dawn Raids History Community Fund has been established as another step in continuing the healing process for Pacific peoples - by supporting1initiativ…