Phanzine New~letter of tile Profelsionol Hi$torion$' Associotion of Ne"' Zeolond/ Aoreoroo

Vol. 9, no. 2, August 2003, ISSN 1173-4 142

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PHANZA and public advocacy

It c~mwt h~,-~ ucar>~>d the notic.- of ~~~~''Y PII.\NZ.\ rn<'mlwr• thu mtr or~am.,~tiou·. r•rofill' h~• ],.aru cnn<td!>nhly m TN"~nt months \ <a r r<ul! of our m•·olnmrnt m 1 m:ajor ll<'ruage i"u~. •om~ TnO'mllM-~ han· "'l'n""..d runrt·rn ~~ th~ thr....-tion that rh., uq::ani~atlon 1~ taklllf: On!' rnt·mber ha' ).!Oil<" to dtl' '''l<'nl of n••igning I "ould lik<' 10 mal;,~ a stat~ru.-m on till' to m<'mbcn

T he; .. ,.,. of th(' huilding of the Tomb of the Unkno:mn \\'arrior at thr ~ational War i\l~morial . indudmJ:"

thrd<'molitton of tht·>l<'f>Sandfort'<;ourt.\\3S\'IJ(OTOO>I)·Jo·b"ll'dhy''oureH·t·uthrbet0re"edt•<:idrtltonuk<· our ,·ic•H known to the J'nmt i\lmister and the depanmnu responsible for th('wor~. tht' Mnn<try for Culturr

~ml l lnitag~ As a fl."!iuh of~~~ article in tlw J>Te\lous J'h.r~::::m•.rn•r opposmon tothe~dH'n .... h.11 nmltsObjt>c\5.

b<:<,am~k...,.,.ntotht· media. and thf'puhllcU)·Iwgan

Our in,ohem~nt '" tin> t>>Ue ha. ended hut at th<" t11n<• "~ consld<"red 11 enure!) apJn·oprlatf' that Han organisation of profe11sional historiallS\\Cihould Jtatcour•·ie"<on issues rdrYant tOOLircoocern~ "'\any of our mrmhers ha'e ~n llll<"rt·>t. ur 11 0rk <.hr«tly. in the historic heritag~ tidd In the cu~ of the National

\\"ar ;t.lt'morial. thert ~an fe11 place> of lOOft hiuoric si~nificanct in this coumry. am.l in our opiniun thi. ma..!e ourm,oJ, .... nM·m f'H•n mOr<"3JIJ>rOpr1ate l t•hl>uldalroher<:ntem!.w:-r..Uthat." ' lhthcfatlureof thc lh<tortc

!'lace.! Truu to d1~charge lt> rc~pom thihttt• JlrOJW"rly. " '-' "'"' " tlk'" only group upJI<hllt)< th~ d"'''"'"un of thc fnr«ourt and >teps \\'r f<"("lthM .•uhSe<j<.lentC\"f"nl< hawcertamlyju<llfil'<lourmtrn "ntionandourst~n~P

P!I:\!'ZA d~ not intend bemg thelud at;:<.'ncy on fi~htm~h..,ntage IIi> UPS in thP tutur~. hut II nm~t ,..,..,""" its r •ght to ~f><"ak 0111 "here 11 fed< it;, neer~~ary For mor .. mfonnation on hou thl< ;, .. ,.. ha< ~r('«ed

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Profile: Gordon Ogilvie- 'hobby historian'

F or :IIi y•·~r' a Chrhtchurrh En.,;li•h lt'~d~<:r. (mrdon Ogtkit• .'IKfe•>fnlly «>mbm~l hi• rtl"ffr \\ith

'Hiung. For the lut deudc. m rNinmf'nt. IW' ha• ron111ntt"d "llh tlu • h(lbby more nr ],.,, fnlhm>t>

lit• T/u />.,rt lltl/$ of Chrut.-IINT<h{t9;1\. urno>d htm th~ J.~l Slwrrud ,\ .. ard f<;>r tl"~oru!lmtory and

an "'1'"' alt'nt l" ard ""nt to B.mf., P~~~iU~I"' l'r~Jir <>.{ C<J~t"lwn ( 11190) .\nothrr \\Otl<. / 'ro""">o/ llrr J>f,wu: n, /Nc,~m of c.u/trhlln(t9!>6) 11a• highly commcndNI by thf :-.h('rrud judge!o. "hil~ t\\o l.i()'..:UIIhoto' Th•

R1ddlrof /llclto~rd /'t<JrJt(t97.'1)and DrlluG[Qtv-"lf"/"ftiW!I!I),haH·he.,nfmah>t>tnth .. Watti .. and,\lornana

Kook Anartl• In ~UUO h~ " as a"ardf'<l an llonorar~· LiH D b~ th~ Uni•ersity of Canterbury. L\largarN Lo'f·ll­~mitha>k<'dGordondlKtuthi>t'Ut"<'t"' anhiStQrtan

H""~r<'""""'"r>b«nuHereued mhiOtory,otdldlt<trep

uf>on)'(lulotetononlo~l

pie;.:;~ a~\~~~~~~·a:~~:: ~~~~~~\~;::~~; ~:i~:/:: '"-'11 a• ' number of AnUretic and war htst onH . . \ j:;ffi('f'OW uncle had gi,·cn U> a •~I of '11u lbsltm/llu·

IIIJ/on(![th, llnrld,t"<'ll l)-ti''''lllu•m•,of nl$pt'lll a lot of llll"'readm!!al><.H.1t tht.'~p;uush lnqwsmonand llriOll> fire-s. hattk~ ci,il "ar~ flood~ and infcot.Uion.~

il i>tOr} "~'a!" a)·• >torytdlmg 10 tn{', niOSt of 11

\tolent .\1m~' ('hri<tchurch <econdary - chool. St .\n<lr<"" ·~ Coll{'gr a l'r{'sbyterian bo~·< sd"x•l n<>" turn~d C(t-o"<J). I fdi1111Jn tht•>pdl of .\nlomenr l'oo.:u.-k. ~nabsolmclymancll<>u• his tor)·tcadiO.'r

D1dyouevet j>Jc!n tobe<Jn,.,IJtO"""'

!took hi5IOT). politital sci~oc~ au.J anciem ht~tory

at um"'TMI.\' but drcided to m~jor in English I <'\ rnmall~·tn.1rri('(fon<"of th,..tophi>tOr)>!Wt:nt>in

"'." )'t'ar. Eliulx-th ll~nn~. >O I h•J it hoth "ays. Lil>h)

~;:u:h11~~~:::;~~~' :elc~.:~., k.~~~~ :~:•.:e"~~~ ,:~·:,~:!1: bu of Can tf rbur)" hi.<tory ht·n~lf ll i•tory l>n:an"' a

111ajor hobby for n~r "ith Engli~h teachmg m~ eui'Cr

My lirstpubliJJ-w.d f,anu·f'"'lSipi.:-e,..onSt\lldT('\' '

Oaytorthe ChnstchnrchSt<JrSwllin !9.H,"hcn I "a> nil! a \lr~lt)'Mnd~nt

Wh~red<dyou/.eornt,.,C$killscf~nhrJ!Cnon'

I l<:arnedfrom l'rofusor Ne,·Jllcl'htllips andJohn S,umlen. eopt.""Cioll~·. t he n...-d forclarity. JirKision. fairll<':'l~andearcfulrcwarch ·n,~re "a<prol'!JeallyiiO

Nev. Ualandhi~torybcmguughttbcnatunl\'enllies..

c>.ecptalillk by JirnGordnn l cametoo"eJnna ,·er_,. great deal for hi~ ~rwouragetu{"nt of n-gional

histor) "nung an<J hi~ bdid' thn it had n!tlt' l ie obo ga,·t: mc•o rne important ad,icf':'More u>alysls, Gordon I al>o adm~red bm could .. e,~r ernnlat~ ~

1hP lit~rar~· Oair of such ·J:rnt< from the j)Ut as ;\laeanlay.t'arl."k llurkc,TrC\·elyan . Bryant. Fi.IM:r

and Churchill I r.·ad a gn·at dl•al of h>s tory 111 the

enly days :\lore JhanlhaH\Uiletono"' f O<Jtofyour""""' ~o~ !>Hn o6-ouc ~PortHiHtiH'8oMo

Pemnsulc, ooc~ .. ll ob<IOUS/yyO<Jt'rer•on' Ooyoum11>0'

bflntseenasotet•cnolhi$/Orion! Notmth<-•hghte<t The genre nO\\ ba' agrcat d~al

mOI"e<lalusandcrcdibllitylh.•nin llrne•past~"h<on

lllt'nded to loecall{"d, nthcrpatronl'mgly. local hi>tOT)'. The Sh<-rrard .\"ard and J 1m G ardner, 11kill ed ad,ocac~· (J:I' ,. the bluk.- a ,-onplc of

lnnghthnnd~ ~nuwnne) ha,·e done much to get the g{'n re taken scriou~ly Som~ damned fine r l.'g10nal

~~~::• ,:::·rv;;;,r•~~:,~:ii:'~ ;-r,:h~c1:: ~~~~~~~~~;~::~: Canterbury Wnhout thcopadc"orkdoncbygOO<I rfgional historie5.. tht prO\inci~l and nation~] hi~1uric>

""""'r otand ~chance of gt'lllll)! t h<o detail n)!hl

I'm 101~r~st~d in l~e "'"r ~'"""""' <Jnd tapo<s came ta­

ttthtt Ho•eyoue•er:aneout/oolunrfotoomelhmt!O .. t<teobour otha.., Jile topocsco""'toyou' H"'on~!>ook

l'•~ ne-·u hadanytrouhle findingtopin Colourful a11d drJmauc non~fiction th{"n....,; are oo thick on th<' ground I rom~t>m<"" 11ondcr "hy anyon.- bot~u to \\rttt' nO\t'ls Cenaml)~ On<' hnok \\ill;on~tim~ lead co ~noth,. .llwns~mt Cou~ln ( 1971), a bt~tory of

\\'al1ohimSoutbCantcrbury,lNidirerJiytotlw­btography of pionei'r a\'inor ond in,~ntor Richnd

l'~ar.«" """began hoo lifl' and carttr in that district My m•O"Suption of th~ Clm,tchurch Port lhlh I~ to thf hutory of Banks l'tn1nsula ~of "hich.

gtologica.lly.lik'Port llill~arl'a )l.lrt i\ly 5ucrr..."tth FromGtgsto HtgJ(19i7)ga\'f'llll'thccon!idenceand e~pcricnct to tack I.- a nother company hntory. m~· p...-s ... nt Ballantyne• project

ro~ "'"'" o full-lime suondory ""coltM<he' Haw did

ruuoko~ndllmetorett<Jtt:itottdwritewchmoj()fworto

as Tile ll.uld/.e of/l.odoord Peats~!

I nm>l say in rrtrospcctthat writmg,. a prtHy armsoctal acllnty and It doesnt do a j!:'l't'lt de'l for

f~mil~· togtt hernMS Libby and our thrtt daughter> "'f'll" conunonly p~ti{"nt "ith nk· "'riting "as bJ no meansmyonlyhobbyand l had tosqlk..-ui• 1nr•arl~

rnornlng.l•teatntght andd"ringtM~hoolholid•~·,

G omg 10 1->'~l""n on holida)' !'(I try tO ~lip a carton of "rttmgm:tll·nalmrothccarl.ooo> 1.-~bbywoo]rldiJ;Cf)I'('J'

1\onarn,al an<.l "h1p11 out of "Shtnll"c·dall had

d!'«'nthohday· tontttogetMr(ioodthinking WoroyourteO<Nnr•ktlllott<Jupet/.enctlnony woyu~eful

or complementotyto r~ur,.,istory skrlk'

To.-achm,::- h~lp.-d on ' "" "l}' Th~ lir-t"a-'tn ha,,.

nn f<.'arol au ~udlt·n~t· If vou\<·cwr had t<:>dul \l ith a bad lo"~r->trtam tit! h. nmhmg ~~-~" dl r' ~r ooorll(\·

·'"" agaon !'>o l q · n,., ,., l)f'f'n an~"'"·' aiJ<lut tronting up to • r.-.diug publl( vr ~I" '" ~ll<lorncr ~comlly a h~~ie teuhmg <k11l ' ' l<·arnmg to grab an audten~·s

attention and k~~p 11 The same "lth "rinng. be u histor~. h1ograph~ or auy oort of tic11<1n, poetry, too

\\"h•k I eant •a~· if 1\·e ''"'"-'ftled.l t ryn<"<ertobe

bonng. pompous or pnlann~ I "Tll~ for the general r<'ad<'r. not acad<'nHc5. though]",~ •l"ays hoped my r .. ~o.-aro:-h..s migln h,., e acad,.,,~ ,,].,,.a< ",.11

WllotQel>•rouroonr_durmrthe s<>J!tory ond wfKJU<hours o(reseorch!WIIat are tllepyso(hl!torka/researcll and

WtJI!nf!

\\'hatlmo,tenJOyaUrnnre><'arch is]-'<"Oj)II'-<"Ontact Certa inly there an lonely moments u you set it all do\\ n <:>npaper. but in thepr"""ss<:>f gt'ttmgtog<"th<'r

tht" nt>CeSsarymaterial l tnt'E'thundre.:l<offascinating folk .\sh·e"ri~wnall:rortsQflx!ok> church.Khool.

l>U>llLCU. f~mily ~nJ rcgluUa) lusturin , ~· '"''JI J>

•enr al biograpln t <.a poetrystudy.gmdrbook. dil'tiunar~· l'n tri~s ~nd '<'OT<'> <:>I t113J:MIItl" ano.l

"~"'''J>llf>cr f<:-atur<:•- r,.,d,·alt "ith a oorr.-:.pondingl~· hug~ rangcuf pcoj>k mo•t " ith skill> and back Jl,'TnUnds f'tl!t rPt~· <htlf.r·ent from mine Ag~atnurnlx·r

han· b .. ,·onw pcr><>ual friend5 ln addmo n.ltrt>at each proje'Ct a~ a ,·oy<~gc of

drscowry. fur me as "dl a>

fnr thl' rPad<"r~. Its ,.~~mng, eJ"l"ati•"t" "Ork ami ~atisfying

\\ heny<>Ub"Ct intotcrritoric> IWHT("~]>IOrl't] b("fOrt' ('H had som., of my rnO>t

im<"Tl">ting momcnu d~alin..-:

"Hh th<: Cant<,rbury !'n·­,\ tlami t ("> . forins tanu,a

largd~· nq::l!.'<' tl·o.l bunch

Yuu f .. ..J yuu're doin!> something origin al a nd usf'ful ll"smy\H_< in n ol

CommunitySer riCt'

fru<UtJIJon<-'

Running oo.tt <:>f either t ime oo· S)liK" Nothing (),;(" particular!) lxuher~ nw E""l''· o<-ca.ionally. that nrghtmarcfor all "·nters-that a>")(]" as your book ~Oinl'$ out Sl>llV' \'t~al llP" 1nform•non mmt's to light

1h" ~'l.>lld lu\"egi,~n~-ourpinky flllg<"r lobe~ble 1<> u..e Wh>ehdorooenJOy most:b•ofrDpllr or mstory'

.\ .• my hiograph•r•contarn p l<'nty<1f htotOT}' and m~ historihart'stad • ..._l full of jl<"'pl~ ! get an .-qual plo:a$UT<· frum both gt·tlT<'> You j>robab ly run tht' grntest rrsk of g." "S: ntTt•nce " ith hrography Thi•

J.":""-'thf'\\rttrn~;of"'ochb<1ohan<"'trajrl.f.SON« t"o

I"" bt>t-u rm oiH-J i11 a fa ir ti~al uf t·um rO<~r~} " ith hoth m~· !'("ar<c ~nd (;Jo-.rr hmgrapho•'S. forr\3trl]>lc r~ l'rarM' h1oc;raphy r. . un c~u.mg argumwu t hrte

d...-adt> aft,•r ll " •1-• frr"' puhli>ht>d Drd P~arse rnlly 'fly~ Did lw 'bt·~t th<' \\"right Brutlwr.·) Can you beli l'\"<" all that crc"itnc.- ll">!tirno;my ctt et~~ GJo,~·r

"a' •uch • contro,etbtal figur<" tn hi>un n right that m~· biography, one ol (h~ tfankt"t ~-utdl probald•· ron• acro•s.nubuundto•t~rupfurtha<kbatc,l"SJ->CCially

among >u>ct•pt ibk r~~<.kr>. I a!.<> got a further do:lu~::;c of mail, much of t1 rclattng to thrjudgn" anc""tr):

aft~r G/<n.,.r fai lt"<.i tO "in tlr<' i\luntona in 1999 You•et<red in 1 99lin otd~r towrttefultttme Howl!a•

that worked out/ Couldfou havecompletodlhelofeo(

Denis G/o• or if youhod • till bo<n toccl>ont!

I COtll]>ku:d my hu~r<' hist<:>r~· of Banks Pen itt>ula

"hile>till tcacb ing. ph<> :o<:•cn uthcr book •. It"~' harJ J:<>ing. G lo,·er and otht·•·s ~rnrf') I rmolo.l ttcH·r ha•e m~nal:"ed thrm Too much tra,el ~nd out-ol~to"n

T<'>Ur~h in,uh<.J :\lw. b)· th~ t inw l lini>h«l "ork

"lwn fully employ<'<!. all th~ muM,um> ami r<"M"arch

plac""'"'',.J!"''"''ra!lyshon (ould~u eve,ho•e•uppOTiedyowoet(onyou< <IKO<Tlt'

Not ash<:>" tn hell !", . .,

no.-Hr had a fdlu"~hi[> and ha, .. r..,..,i,...Jn: ... archgnnts

onl)"t-" tCl'>nM'-'"'""tl"':'nhooks \' irtually all my public

speaking- I m called out about,00-,05tinl<'$aycar,.

fr<'te of chu p_" (1-'lea<t"don't

tcllthcSocictyvf.\uthort!) l d<:>n"tacccptaf,....onlt.·•••ta "tll-fundedconferenc,.or

OOok fcst i• •l "hert't'-'"t'r~-onr d .. ·;, geu ing va i,J ;\lootly itsado/t'ncggs.apctrol I"UUchcr or a SJ>Oil):"ec~ke r,~

"""'r h~d an ago:nt and r<~n;nn a "hobby histunan· ami chePrfully ~o'

lf '/wtau ]Q~rC!irrrRtpro­

plsa..dpW,u.forllufolnr' Myp~ntobjccmeisto

fini>hoff a major history<:>f J Ballantyll<"& Ce>Ltd before thel·nd of th~y .. ar It co•·o:ro lbO)"t"arsof th li r m .s longand notahle l if., and osmtende-df<:>r Ba llan ~ylln' $~S<J<oic..n< f'lllllal cl'lrbrattOilS rn

Se]>t~onber ~00.. Tben lhere·~ fanUI~·. a bit ono!"(" tra,el.

ooncuhanUftln!>.putt iugtlu" ll thl·odo.lhon,.....br<"''· h>krng htrf' and th~re. l~lrmng to rb~· bowl< nith Libb~' and loti of trout frohing J",e other idea~ for boo~. ~nd pl<'IHY uf ofl;,r.,. btll arn nt no ru•h tu~t;ort on anythi ng else

Heritage

National War Memorial Tht· .\pril issu" of l'h,l//:11/t rais.;,d concer ns abom in~·ludl'd a small nurnl>cr of PIL\l\Z.\ mcml>cn plam1Nl rhangri to th~ Nauon~l \\"ar· .\l~morial. S.\1 1 t•ng~gt-..1 n·wun·t managcmcm b'"""r Tom !lucklr ~trr<'t, \\<'llmgton. to accommodate a Tomb B.-onion and 1><-gan pr«~ing> ag;tin>l the \\"CC,

of the Unkno"n \\"arnor ,\, stated. the d<'Slj!ll de<:JSIOII m>tto mdu<lethPMo•p' and for<"<:ourl inth~

in•ol":d demolishing rn<.>st of th<.· Sll'ps. forcrourt. h~ntagt> listing. In the mnntlm~ tht IJ>mnm1~11 I'm!

poolanol"all•uptotht>Corillrno l'lt"rHyh.asltapp<_.ned prm·idcd unc~~cted ""f>]JOr! '" an edl!ortal.on l.'i

>ioctinthi•e•·oldngisot,.. :\ lay.titl.,.I'There'sroom forat!.'mb andth">Wp> It Uy tltr n.-xt i'HANZ.-\ c~t·cuti•·c mcenng ' "!\lay "a~ ,-~q· nitical of the ag~ncico charg~d •nth

u \\IS known that construcuon wa! to begm shortly; pnn~nng the nat ion·s hentag<'

tn ti~ fnr a state funeral of tbe U11kno"n \\'arnor on ThP U«'" •-• h~ard hy Jusr~r~ llnnald Ynung tn rh .. 11 Ko .. :mber. I he 8.>,. ~uni•·ersary of Armistice Da)' llogh Court on ~Ju11c. In hts ruhng m favour of SAil

Til<" .. ,...,.,,;,~ did 1101. i11 principk, <.>ppo~e the> tomb he> said "I arn satt>fied thil the Counctl rruuk an error

hur u·as dt<lllrhl'd that thr \Vfllingron City Council of Ia" wh~n it condu<le-d that tht"ll,·ritat:t"li•tint:" in hMI «><l<;('ntM rn rho- drtnr~lmon of p.1rr of r.neof N~" rhr Di•triet P lan did not indud~ the •teps. fore<:QO.trt.

Z<:iland"• prcnu<-..,. hi~toric plac<.-. u tthout notifying t h<' "al15 and j)OOI of t!w Nauonal \\'ar 1\lNnonal H<'

rnouiT<' ronn·nt Th<· WCC had d~cn to define the coo eluded

:\aunnal War M~mortal .-! h._. Carillo n and Hall of 11lepruperplanlllngJiroc:~sgO\"'rnmg t]"w,"or~

Memor i<'< and not the ~t,•ps •nd for<'oour t . a lthough o n the National War memori~l lut~ not OC<'urrcd llwy"cr<" built. toge1her uith the Carillon, m 19!11/ \\"hi! .. th•· d~l•y '' rf'gretul>le. this i~ far too

:H Tht- Mtnmry for Culture and 1 lenuge was happ~· import am a nlt'rnorialto tl'w! public- of New Uabnd

"11h tlu> imerpre~anon and. SU]>ported h~ the Htstonr to lf't pownttal embarrassn..,nt surroundtng deJa~'

Pbt<"> Tru>t ~u.J other intrrnll-..1 panic>. pu>h~d un o•ncmne a oe.-iou> crro.- lo my Yi~ tht-.-e is no "ith lht"]Jrojt-ct Ry thi> stage. only l~galaction could reuon to ~xerci•e my .Jiscreuon o thr r th~n by

halt "ork qna>htng the dccosion of the Council to gram lan.J ·n..: PH.'\1\Z.-\ nm.ni•·<" do:<::ided that. though >Orne

inoli\ id ual 1llt"tnlwr~ feh •trongly about 1his i>SU<". Tlus os by no means drCIId of thrmaurr. Only111<"

1'1[,\:\Z.\ it ..... lf had llQ mandate to cQnunit noem~n qt..:$ lion of proc:~s has ~~~ utded. The Ministry lut.. or tht•tr fund> to l~gal awon It al•n did nm "isll to df!ernunf'd the )1Til)>061l "ill no" gnthroughatlubhc

ent<'rlitigation irl\"oh·ingthrMinistryforCnhureand nouftution proe~u It hu also commouioned a

l lentag<•. \\htch h•• ~I" a)"> generously !Upj>Orted oonsrnation plan for tht' emire memonal.a move

I'J IANZ .... lnMead, a 'aritty of inttr~•t~d parti~• h~artily cnd..>n..d by I'! lANZA 1b.:o:\lininry •PI"'""" fornl('(] a M'l>llrate moorporatcd .oociet}' 'Seriou~ :\Ootn d<'termuwd to f..,llow due procns and for thu 11 mu~t

ll t rttagt (S.\11 ). M embership grew quickly and ~!upt>Orted

Haye~ Paddock It <loP_<n"r •onn<llt k<" rhr pla~e •hat m ight arouse On~l"" Clu•icl'ublieWorksho~rdrsignswe~laid

strong I'"""""' but ll aye~ Paddock;, 1he unrornaohc out in a garden •uhurb ~tylt From ih modtst

phce name for uguably Nc" z .. aho.J 5 fioe>l beginnio~, Hayftl Paddock gradually matured imo a

rullection of post-O.,pr<"~sion stale houses. and lht ht>autiful ruuicntial settlem,.,,t Sttuat('d dOSf' to til<" si1e of a m.>jor bani,. Q\"er ~ome significant housing ri<"H. ir IS a popular piau to It, . ., and th<'r<" IS ~

ho'rlla~<' fashionable c.afl' a t one end <:>f the ~ul>urb

Named for Purtck llayl'>. an lri>hm~n "ho once \\"ith Hamilton"• recent gro"th and incrcuing farllX'"dthcrc.rhcland\\USnr nyed forsutrhousing demand li:tracccssthlehou.<llt)::: tlw~;cnerou<~ffiiOn'

in !Ill" W::IUs. o,,.r •U5 hu!IJ<.•• \\ere h1tilt in the area. at l la~·t., l'addor.k ha•·t Sffll th,. •aluf" of th~ land

only 51 of \\hteh r<:mam m llousmg New Zr~bnd omst rtp th~t of til<" hottSCS Last year thf" jottTehH•rof

(l\.,leroht ]> The •lr~t"t' arr named aft .. r formrt three hou•~' f<.>r removal 111 Jd!ic~ DriH by lvnl go•·ernors. such a- F<'rgu«on.Jdtic(>('.l'lunket and d('1.·cloprnledresident~ toanemptsloblock ahou.e

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traru.poner \lith their car>. Tlw hou>cs remm~l ha.<

left a loig hoi(' in the >tr..-.:1 a"d 110" au af>~rlnu·ut

compl~' 1> plannl:'<l forth<· ~itt' i\lany of th~ re>1do>n1> ~,,. >UII angr)

al>omthcfirstmflu~ofdcq•lt>pmcman<1

"~Ill to ·~~ a stt>p to uty fttrllwr proposab The""><noprot('('\lOno,·crthr

~r~a. d~SI"'" "' ahu<»t uni,·ers•l acclaim for til<' aru ·• h~ritag~ ,-aluu amon~:>~

residents and local heruag•· atl\otcat~' \mntngl~·. whrn th<' H~• ""-' fir<t moot,'tlforpwtecllonbytht•l!annlton

CitJ· Councilt"oy.:aaa6"'·•Jl"titiun"i> tin"" Uf> by the aforeme tl!IOned .-l~wlopH> an.-l ,ignf'd h)· S7 \oral resid,.tH ~. man) of "hom did not

untlcutand\\hat\\il>"*'tngpropo>rtl.\.

aresult the counctltlropp<'.-lplansfor cn·aung••J~t>Cialcharactt.orarca In the "akcofth<·lo:>s,ofthethrcehouscs. th<· propo,al"a•re\t\ctli•J-:"'"b)'lv(al

r esidents in Fcbntary this ~·car Th~ counrtl 'otcd 9-5 to turn do\\n th•'

app\ic1tion tohan• th~ 1pecialcharacter rccog:n,.rdand protccted Thi<.desptte

the fa~\ it "n >Upf>Orlt'tl by 1~7 of th~

~mcetherounfil',drti>iou. the II ayes l'addock Rc.id(•nts:\s>ociation has be-en

r,,.,,..,l at\d ineorponted.antlit ha• enga,~;rd profe,sional pbnniog ~nd h:~a\

ath-iP<' .\S '"' \\PIH \0 llrlllt, th('

associattoll\\U3bout toftl~anurnbtrof

anton~ \\Hh thr En,•tronm('nt ('nun

aimc-..latprc-.cntiugthercmo-alofauy rnort"hoU"<:>fromllayt·s l'addockandtQ

a'o"1 the apartment J~,,·]OJIIIWnt

propo•rdontho:-no\\crnpty~tion• hi~

al~o"'-""king a nohngfrom t lwcourt that

wtllallo" thcauociation to negotine dir~tlyniththecouncilonthcprotcction

of Hay~s l'addockand.if uOn>!tdu>ton

isreached.procretltothccourt fora

hinding- derision. Ult imatd.l t h~

a<<;O.Ctatton uant< t hecoun~ilto initialt' a

,·a riattonto thedi<lrir.tplanto .11lo"the

publtc • rhancr tn ~"I''~""-' wi_,n,., t<>r the area lt i> hopetl th at all th~-.·

mit iath·u ui\1 win th~ day. (u.p}lllt- ..,...,., .,,_ac.., o. .... ocll ...,... ,_, .. l>qowld .

.1/idl.u!IOrlf:. {....U.JAII'IO<d"'"•""""'"'""J'<1~Tlltl>b• ..... ,._,plh<..,... ........ ., ... .,.,...<Mroa ...

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Notes l.tmf (If th• Tim;• trilogy fan• He no dnnl>! pie~•~

that !IM'J>n·mwrt'of !II(' tlunl f1lm" hkr:ly !OjW.lllt'ad m \n·llin~ton on 1 Dec~mber. no" that the \\o·llin]::ton CuyCounnl \\llluttdM"'Irlltthforl'qui~

improHrnem• 10 the Embu~y Theatre l'h,u"'""' ha,l,•arne<lthatlh.,money•llocatL"<lbytht'council. ~nk'oq_;mJlhon. "illdomuchmorethan refurbish

thetheatrt•fur thel,oo.,nl'fitof N"" Lm~Cirlt'mas On("­ni):hi\\Urldprcrnicrcc, em ThtmontJ "·ill, among a numLerof things. help build \'10 nev. cinemn withm 1he building. 'lllc magnificent main audnorium

\\illl ... cmint\\o,hori•ontally,\\ ithahugeconcrell•

floor betv.n:n tht-nlgeof thcpre>Cnt cin:lcand the cxi>llng or1g1nal proscenium arch_ The ne" cmr~n.u.

not on~ men t ion of which can bt" found in !hi"

oonncil'sgu.hmgprcssrdeues,"illbebuiltl:lt'neath

tlu~ tloor h 1~ hard H> •~"" h<l" tlu, fit-• the Emha•'Y TheatrtTrust'spurpo<e toconsen-cthrthturt

Unfortunate!)'. the WCC'~ prc>tnt hcrita,:r rult1

per mi t such "holcnlc changH to thl" imcnors of

hf'rtta~t"lotnhling•""l"'utnouficauon T~llt•toric

l'laccs Tru~t. \\hich regi~tere<l tht:" building n>id much fanfare in ])<>cembcr 2001, h as hcen puhlicly $il<:"mon;h<:'iun<:" One"nndi"T!ho" tht:"publicof

\\'.-llinf:tonmightgreetthcs~:cbangHtf tbcykn<""

tbc full f~cu

Recent submissions 1'11.\NZ.-\ ha> I"''Ccn tly ""d~ •ubtm>Ston~ on chan~~ 10 '" o s~para rr pi tee< of ll"g-i~ lauon undtr thl"

"""'1!:~-'""'"t of t lw ,\hnistry for C ulture an d llt·magt• On~ \HS !lu· Histone l'lac<:"S Trust (h s t atnt'n<l...d >n 19!13), thl" nth~r i• thl" .\nt><pn!IH t\ct

(madrla" rn w ; .5andnutaml'ndedsinc .. ). The Antiquilit:"sAct in particular illongO\·erdueforan o,·crhau] ~nd !'!lANZA ,qs l>roadly SU[Jport l\'f: of

thf: propo».....-:1 chang~< T h<:' changes to t~ lliuoric Placn Act arl' minor - mamly in the area o f go.·trnance-bm 1' 1-lANZAfehthere-·isionsshould

ha\t gonr ~ lot further. \'ou can """ both our sulm>i .. ionsonour"el»itc To <CI' the oriJ:tnal di§cunion paper~ see hup //"""mrh 1•mJU!puhl~tatJQn•lamjq-amrd/

iwkUw!l Imp " "\\" rnd] gm o n z / p uhh call""' ' hu] /

Suhrui>sion> ha' r """ clo~t"<J

.\ s thtnpcu•ngnf .\uckland l n<'" lkitomart

lr.ttt>pVrtccrurri>c..!cbnt..l,,parrathouJ.:htforthc form<"r Chicf Po.•t Office.nnn tuwof .\uckland Cuy·, finl"st haitagr buildmg> It hu bt:"t:"n

subManually ahrrcd and part I ~· dt:"moh<hc·d to make l\l} fvr the Briton>art Tnn•p<>rt T.,nninu, and

lnterrhanll'c The deal "a< done long ago. but \\llbth~ ll~\\ link hH ing jlt.\1 b~~n O)>Ct>ro.l , II I> \\Orth rf'nnndmgom·,<'h <'S \\ hat ha•OC..:,n lost,\luchofthf' significant int<•non h.-·t:"gonc,mcluding tht• grano.l

groundfloor (wherc!heflnorha•"-n lo\\eredj. much

of tlwreard .... ation h~•hol.,.punched throu:.:h it and t lx fiuc 19,0s ann~~e dcmoli<bed T lx mod......off ha< been the r~toral!on of th~ front 1-'lo>\ation ~nda c~mnl

core of foytr<, ~orttdors andollict •pacHatth~front of thl' llluhltn~:; But bas tht•d...;ision tocon•·.,rt !hi'

buildingintoatransponccmreiacihtatcdasucc<"sstul con.en·aiiQn OntCOIIII'' ThtiO~$ Of $0 IIIIlCh fabnr

suggf!ts not A~ rtlattd 111 PlwMr:r•e \'o) S. No ':l , t"o fine ,\rts

and Craft.· ~on )'ark Te1111ce. Chnstchurch ""'..._.. thrtatened"nhdemohnonbyde-.·rlopt'r!l. l'/wurucan report that th•·hou•c• - rcgi•lcrcd l.>y the ll in oric ]'laces Tru•t and li!tcd by the Christchurch Ci ty Council- arc ~till •tanding and may \\ell b<" incorporatrtl•nane" dc\'elopmcnt

Late news .-\s "~-' \\tnt to pren. the Ennronme nt Court announc('(ltt• de<:iS~Onon thcbypa>$ It rtjt<:"ttdtht• appt'al of CBC and the Tl· t\ro Heritage Trus t to decl ine th~ H1~tortc Pl•ctti TruJ;t·ti dPC~>on to grant archatological "Jthoritic< to Tran~i! Nc" Zuland md

allo" it tobmldtht•mncr-otybypass m \\'ellington Tbecru:. of thcd«ision is tOC t"·oappellanu­

CHC and Tr Aro lleritag~ Tru~t- art" not affect....! partle$.tnds.otheappeal isuruckout. l lo"·~·trinca;,e

the court is ""rong tbout the !itandtng of the appellanu" th<:' court has uusscd the appellam.s cue on >ts nwnts but has found that their ca~e 1> not

suotaincd. The cou r1 \\tnt on to m•ke a •e rtt9 of

r~omnwndations about lu' in~; o<>nll' building~ \\hfor~ th~y areand r('IOCJt1n)!'more buikhn)!'> mord~rtOSI\t'

thtm Thcrr"ill hrmorton !his in t ht ne xt >55ucof /'h,nr.::J~~

~mreviews A taonga in Waimate Ben Schroder detours off the beaten track to visit o museum that'~ iomething of a relic itself.

,\ lyjoo.•rnf."y to\\'airn.tt<.'"a• by way of a " hun l"d ~n dri\"ong bad from r~searchi ng in Oarnuu \\hf."n I umtaeroua lar~t- «allal.oy. pa inteUona barn. e>.horting motori"'s to t u n 1 off the hi~I"'"Y and sample the delig hu of \\annal<'. just j kilom<'tr~s

;t\\;t~·tllow<:ouldl r('fns!'~l"d ne-w r•·isitt'd \\'ainu.t,.., but l"d I)Hn intrigul'(l by it t\Pr ~inc~ [\[ hNrd from

a disuom rriatin'~ that my g re•t uncle had sought e~ile ther~ following a n ncor<>m Nmne~< <h<put<' with hi~

si!t~rin Ti!Tillru. Suh•"'luent g~nerations h~d t ri,..l to

l"Oti«: him W.ck to T imuu, hut h<"'d ah-ays refu>ed, ms~SIIngthat hrpreferr&'lhf~m \Va1 mate \\'hat. l d ah• ays wondtred, did \V;timate ha,·e O\'eT T imaru)

On J"'Utng the barn. II wasnl"tous thatgiarn " allabt~~ w~~ fi rst o n thr list - making t~ re.:tnt

doci>ion of w~irnatt's myopir rai<'JXI.I~TS to rqoct their mayor~ \l;,t(Hl to build a '1.0 lllt'lrt> fil>r~l'la•• '"tllaby at thet·mrancetoth.,lrto"n~lltht·moreregrcnabl<'

(\Vhe,... would Oh~kun<' be " -u holll th~ g11n1 u r rot.

p~O]>Ie') Anoth<'r ar~a "htre Wa>m3t~ outshin~~ T imaru is its<·ommitment to the past \'t>nor~ are •pmh for choice "hen lt com<'s to hcritoge rr3th­

therecantbeastr~tintheto"n thatisn·tfeatur .. d tn oneor tnort'ofthem.Andth<.'ntheki>th .. \\'aim•t ..

I rolled up outsidethtmuseum at twtnty to four

A ~ign ~aid that it clo>.,j "t -L~Opm. Great, I s till had plenty of time The main part o f th~ mu•~um IS

hon1t<l m th~ town ·• ol.-1 <:'Onrt house in Shurman

Strff'\ It"s among :-It"" Znlan.-l"s bt.l! sur-·t,tng lllllt"t<"t"nth Ct"ntury ru:o-Cias,ical buildtng• aud a Cat<'gory t hl<torirplaet. not t hatthe,... Anythmgto tell you that.(lgueu Watmattans don"tlikttobrag.) Thl' s tna:tur('·, presrntlypaint<'d "hlle \\it h a M~"tlit~rrarwan !JlU<.· triru. a sch<'IIIO' that doc-, \\under~ ro~ Gl"('("k rT!t~u~anto. but dOt"~n"t wo~k here

I pllS~edundet thcimprc.'i>i,eponico•ndentered

a "~ ''f!lllbul~ To my rtght \\ ~., a large. s tunt" Statu<.' of ~(prernmablylocal) tangitira I loolY."<ifor lu! namc.

butther<'"as nothingto cnlightcn rne_Behmd him,a small dtspby case boasted a coupl<' of stonl.' merf' ~nd S'-"'"<.'talot~ l\faoriartifacts. This.l later di~cmered.

was the s um o f the m use!l m "s tangata whenua

T o my left \\Ua smallglasscount<>r "inrlo" I 1-'"'~lhrOI.lghit. SJI!ing in frontofa t"o-barkeater

""'a bird-likt" "oman. 11 ith ,ih·t"rhair. bent mer a large ledger Eklund her "as rownd gent o f ~1milar lj:C rL'Oidinp:thcsport~ pag~sof theTmi•II'M Htr,J/d l knocked a t the,. indo" Noonc bud j::cd l knv.:kc-d harder Thi> tint~ the " <>trl~ll lo<.>kcd up ~nd. aft<:r

<crmg n~.shoutc·d· "Youkno" "rciOc<ratfuur" l "a' about to~·~· l thought it "u ~ :10 "hen l rt'ah~ed that

therc" I >Uopoint. "TI>atort nc".!s• id. · J can gt·t ro1.100 in l i'J minutes · Slw looked annoy<..! Pushm~:: h~rse\f out of lu>r eha1r she marcht"tltotht>cotont<'r. "!IO'reshc unbolted t h< sliding g la!swind"'' "\\"hat didyousa_.-".she,nappnl l re]lt'at..d myassur;uiC\'that

t5 minutes " "' tim<· apl~nty. that no shedidnt nt,_,J to unlock th~ armoury " 'hibition. and~-~~ I could e••il_.- r<•qri~t m~- ,;,;,to th~ m~io louilding At th;~t potnl.>h<·vi;iblyrdaxctl-,he"dbeaOle to u tchthe

bu hour of Wayne Mowar afur all 1 ha nd~d th~ "otruon a $1 coon an<l ~he pointt<l nlO' in tlw> direction

of rorri.-lor T heglasr; win.-lo" slimmed !IO'htn.-1 me •00 l >~lcn tly prai~•~l tlw tuto" ,_,r "fit" I l]o,,t" fOr a johwt"ll donc

\\'alkingalongth~corridor I wondered "ht-tlw-rthr ltgh11ng ""'off for my bo:-n•·fnor tf t\ ""' ai"~Y~ du• g loomy Ou r itllt"r sid.-of Ute '"'rc picturn of the dinrict"1 fotmding families" . They looked wan and au" en·. butn could h.,.-],....nju>t th~ had light At th<"<"llll of t]\{'curridor l wrn..-dand.-m.-n~l th.-mam

c~h•bmon r<.>Om. forn«:rly the courtroom. it " 'ill an imprr»iH >pace Sunl ight from thedneotory "indo"~ fill...J th.- ruom ami tht"stndl o f "uod poli~h

entered my scn~cs A large. framed pnnt of Quc--cn Victoria look~d down acro:s• tht JUdge·~ ublt'-«>loured ]J{onch. \\hich u t on a dai~ abo'e thecl<.'rk"sdesk t\11 other courtroom furniture had be~n rcmo,·ed ond

rcplaced withdisplaycascsandt:>;hibiu

l twa>n"tcleartoml'\\ her~to ;; tartsoldiOSeacaw

conu ining Victori an dom.-•ti<' utensih. china and kn1d-knack.< fca tC~r~d here wu a dintng t nhle fly­C~IC~r. It was a glass. dome- ltke contupuon. wnh a tnbf" that r an from th<'a l>C~ of tht"dOtn<'llliO tht" llltCTIOT )'n•,UIIl•bly- !"m t-,'\JCS>ttlgbl-cat!Seth i'TI'\\IS

not~planotlon"' to h"" u worked - t hf. haple« thf"

fl_1 \\O<tldPnu•r thr tUIK·~nd nn. tr~pJ><--d.m tht·donl<' ~ lin!e untot'T\mg. \\'h.atdoe:.thi>n.....,~ [,~i.J tOill}><-~1'

I tit"Cioll'd th~t til<' n'<'rit of thi< nl\l'ntiOn "a< th~t 11 /mag"' of ~hador /)~li florxlftl my mind I lad lw br'<'fl multiii'K" con,·prsuion driffi up. anemion could turn to \\'li=tr! "ondo.>rod~ I thm lookOO at m~·"atch. It ,;U.,l tothedonl<' and "agrn be J>l~cl-d l>ll "luch fly "ould t\\Qnunul<'> tufvur.OI.niuu>ly th< """'s~g<-ol' till>"""" nutlast "h1ch Enwrt~llml<'nl fnr th<' uholt· family' ""' th~tll "as timo.· fi>rm•· to], . ..,,.

Rd'~ lung. hm•e•w. til(' lac~ uf ~~~ •nt"rpr"tatil<' I l>id farf'IHil to~~~~- ti11•i ho.<t'i. OOtmdt-d do"n th<' fu""'"o>rk in the mu>cum kgan 1<• jar_ More o>ften front •t~]'"· and inuj:inc.:! a¢ant nallab) -it~ o.•t•idc

than not arufacts "U<' unlahl'll<-d. and 1f they "l'Tc, tht·from of till' mu>ctlln No" tlwrc> no .. >npin!( th~ thelakl\\ouldnll'lllimot lwdonorratlwrthand.....-r iiX' nwanin~:o>fthat.or•.• tlll'r<"'

tht•o>bjt'CI But "hat i~ it' Jlo" \\IS it u<~d~ Did en·ryon<" ha'e one' I kept ~>king theo< qu••-•tion-. but Po~bcripl: I ha<J noway<Jf anS\H"nng th<'III.h"asallconfront- The \\'~imate Historical i\lusemncan o._.,l'itt'tl on-

mgly po<tmod~~~~ I oondt>d.-d t hM the lnll<tnm had lint at"'"' \\31W!lf.nrgnz/mn<eum t~k<"n aiNf out of Te Pap>'• hook -or \U$ 11 the other Plwn:-tH~would welcome your thought>/ retle-ctiom

"I} round, Rath<"r than pro' iding a single. on locallunor}· "'""'"""''"your area Sho-uld g~ut"r amhornanwimerpreutionoftht-mln<"rialcuhureon anenuonb<-paodto]>rO\'td•ngM>nndonterprctatwc di>pby, a., "ith Te Paru. 'i~itOr$ tO th" \\'aomut frameworks in IOCJ.l history muu·ums' What role. if

I II>IQI'""'I Muso•um ,.,.,.., "''couraged/furcl'd to .:-rt~~ te any. >h0.1ld Jloublic hl'll>ril ll>flla}' in tlu~ proc .... ~ 1111'-'t th<"tr own mt<"rprNanon of "hat was bell>r~ them ~·ou \'ISIINI a local hiStory museum "h<·r< the

\\'nh th1• in mmd, I rnt<'rl:'d a roomnammtd full mterprNJt>On of ~~h1bn• lmprt<'itd you' In \\hat

of 11ekmg d ock .... alltdlmg-differem ''"~~'"-After the "l)'h "~• tt unpr"u"e) \\'hat other t!5Ues concern sllrncr of the courtroom the n01se \\aS deafNun~ and )'Qlllhout lu>tory mus~'"'"''

New Zealand Cricket Museum, Basin Reserve, Wellington No sport merits a museum more than cricket, the hoven o f the statistician and the e(;Centric. M ichael Kelly investigates the country'~ national cr icket museum

Crirkrt lo•er• ~lrNdy kno" that tht' lbsin R .. , .. n~ ;, modPrn ]{ :\ \'anc~ Stand M>-1 door In t~ OO..tls of

tht" rountr~··, tn0$1 hi•toric cridtt H'nu~. hut 11 rna} the Mu<t"nrn Stand (a< it is ot t<"ll kno"n) are sonoe

not bot- rommon kno"ltdj:"~ th• ttht"ground• fornwr "ontil"rful >J>Ues that ha'~ b«n unu.~ (..,r yur~. m1on otlnd ~~ tht homf of th<' Nat1oul Cricket meh>dmganr~temranct,llckctboxH~n<Js"etp'ng

i\1uscum. shortly t<J lw

kno"nU th(" l'ewZcaland

Cnck<"' Mu~''""' (the nam~ r<'tlto('t>it•h;<(Xinion"itb

tlw$jXJrt ·s nati<Jnal OOdy,

:\"" Zealan<.ICrickN). Thcre ha5httn a mu..,um

inthebnilding>incel98j,

butithU<Jnlyrect"fftlylxo::n

offi1.1all~· el'"'"''-"d to 'national' •tatu' And it cerninly

d<.-cn<"SII.ahhoughthere

arrnorulri•·alstobtfound

an~·whcrt'dsc in th<- rountr~·

Tht oi<J Stan d , cOU>I­

roctt:'d Ill lfi~H. I~ KIIIM:thlltJ; otapoorron•in 111thr gronnd."ithth\'relati\'rly

gr~nd su•r~as~ Th~ mn<t'Um 1tM>lf IS uu.1nly loo:a!<•d in th~ forrno..,. t<'<'l'J>tion ruorn on thr ground floor. looking o ut o>er the ground A lint' room. "lth \3TIH>ht""<l Hoon ~ml pandlNI \\all>, It 1> fillrd \\ ith display ca~r• ronramm!l' 1 r~morhhl~ collt'<CIIon of memorah•l••· t.ooks. crod("t grar and tht• kim! of ephrmenonl~·cnckctnn thro" up The "hole 1s

illuminotmgl~·inwrprrted "Lthcopnon5of ,·arymg l<.'nj:;th~

l"ho.-di•pbyiOrmatnu~o:hll,..rons"J"r('dtradmonal

d1<."S<' d•yo.. Inn It i• probably 1h~ n10M •pproJ>r iatr form of Jlr<'<cntatlon \\'11h thc •hccrquonuty of Yaluablcilclllliondisplay.itisliulr"ondo.•rthatthry arc \ockrd up behind glus Thr mu,dlous Don Bradman Museum at Bo"ral, Ke" South \\'ales >ucceufullyfoll<>-"then.,....f<>rmat

For ··ariety there i~ a \ld~o room to t he rrar, uul~>rng••pac ... thathoJutunus.-dforo.kt:ades.llll' hl'au11futly handl!'dronvcr,.on of 1 former k11chcn into a nr" t\hibition area add<'!! another ~7 Mtu.arr

rnetrrstothrul<llngS10~quarrnll'tr.-. mthrntam room NamN thr John Oa.le~ Gall("ry aftf'r a major lx-IH'factor. 11 honour~ ~r~n No.·" Zeala1ul er>ekrt~rs

llpuutilno",lhemuoewnha>relledonthtt-ffono of \'oltlnt~ fundmg from prommcnt bt-nrfactor< ond a SIO J>cr J>erson ll''Y on \\'l'llmgton Crick<·! .\uocinton membeu. Until hi~ recent dcuh. Sun

Co" man. a forn""r \\'elling ton UUIJIIre. drovr much of th<-"ork.•npJ>Ort!'dbycrickethistorianDonK.-tlyand a band of \Oluntecrs. \\'nh Ne" ZealandCr1ckN Qll

board. it;, hoped 1hat more >ub~tantial . rn:;ulor fundmg\\11! beiOrthooming "Jn.,munum"ill become jointly managed by NZC ind tho:- museum-s tru>l his

aho hoped that a full-time curator "ill <oon be appointed and managed under th~ a~g15 of tht• Wellington Mu~um's Tru5t, which already manage• amunberoflocal!nusCtJms.

ll"'Mt~>eutni>pre>ellllyol"'ndailyduring>ummo'r

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Website review- history on CD Michael Kelly loob ot !tOme on-line reprint bargains.

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bought the \\'ellmgwn ,·olumein a second hand bookstore in \\"ellington it cost NZSt20. Now I am I "oiting ~or someone to put a .,.,ntury"• worth of ll"t~~ Dirn:tones- arran~! by locality- on a en At this

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Cultural heritage landscapes Michael Kelly and Gavin Mclean attended the Cultural Heritage landscapes 'Think Tank' in April. Here is their impression of the event.

Th(• Neu Zt'llland l!t.<!Ortc PI ;on•~ T ru<! ho~l<'<l a Tht TrU>I dearly •en>c~ tlu•. for at the cundu<1on

Cultural flentag~ J.andscapt'• (CI!l.•l ·nunk 'I ank of tht day ' ~"'"'''''· ( ' Ff) Ktl l' l'rampo..:h •3td !hat tilt· on; .\pril a \ Tc Papa tn \\'~lln•gton Demand fo r Tn~<l \I a< nu•t·el.' •~t~ng "' a latalyst aruJ !hat II\<'

phcn ua> high an d in Ill<· end'"''' 110 ]>CO]>l<" chal!cngt• " ""for all atH•ndN's to pla~· their p•r t 111

anerul~d. a n i mprc"·in· turnout and a g rcll makmg Cl!Ls happen opponunny for p u c tit toner.< to get tog .. th<'r 1\ut !h.-y h~-.. tor ('Ill., ;.r.,. alr~adJ in pi act' and

l l ts!orian• "~rP "dl reprt>,~nt<'li It dnrly indicated han.""'-""" for yean. Tht• Trust ha• iu O\\ ll \t"r$ion-a strong 1ntcn-st am01>gst heritage conununin"" and id~omficauon. regiStration autl proruotion of 'hi>H>nt· the- T run d1d a good .Job of promoting th,. nn~-<b~· n,.a< un<i~r the l l><"'ric l 'l~r•'< .\("! [.<><"al authoriti~,

aholis< hi,wn.·arca.•orJ>rf'nnr ts andsnmPactiiPI)

There " •• a >olid turno:»~.lt from Mi10r i "ho took promo te them DOC (and its prrdece;;sors} hu been th<-O!IJ>Of'ltmHy tO<Pilt thPirang<'r at th~"•J the1r idcnti(•·ing.colha,ingamluucrpretmglan<hcapcsfor hl<toriHhadbeoenappi'Of>nltedand intl"''pretedinthe theirhtritagenlllt> f<:>rd<"Cade> O n., of th.,noo>t

p;~st If tho:- think tank dul anything. it offered a saf.'t) ~IM"C<"'<<ful f"~~m[Jh•• of Ill) CHI. i' tlw 11<-rlla,L:t' trail •alvc lOr Maori fru•trat ion• and a ~hancc for them tO There Uf" hundreds throughout thP countr y

dt•nllln<lbettM" inthPfnwrc•Tiu."e\ent conctntratM ~thr \lll.ionnt anr" ronl't'pt.nm-i• n ano,,.h,l·

on thr~ ca.e :lhodi~•- but the)'"~"' all 'cvrua.t ~ra ~•pedal!~ ,intt• CIH ••. ~·a <.h·fmed t)')><' o f Ill> tom· !and<ta[>('' and~ h~oad~~ ~ang~ of ~'~mpl~• \\uuld phrt". \\c..., n:1110H-..i (rom the rt-cent amt·-ndmems tOtlx-

ha~t• !.ttn lwlp(ul Ht'<Ou~n· :\buag~m~nt Act. ' "'-:);~'tin-: that our For all thr 1"""""'~' - thr th1nll tanll p-o.<td more p.orlianl<'nuriMl< ron•id~r t[-,(-m too ,-ague to sdl

'IU~>tiou> thanit all>"l"n:-d.:h ha>U.,.,nam .. -..l m thl' In thP end. as many speakers noted. thP r<-a l pu!Jiicauonbeforc.{ultural hcrltagcl;mdscapcsaretll- cha!lcngeusa\'lllghcrltagrLandscapesare a ktyput

de!inl"dand d1tlicult tocumain. Goud un ilw Tn1;1 fi~r of t!w ranJ!e uf lwrit•g:•· tht country nt-ed~ to protcr!

promoting then•. lout this i• nut o nt· of its core and promote. \.om the m~ .. ag~ J>.l~t'• not \\allllx:for~ function s. nor is it "ell r'-""'Jurc·ed to do so. dt-,pltt a we can run. Other fundamental thing< haw• to II<- done

"~!romP boo<t in ih funding in the rl"<"~nt bud~t "dl fir>t befOre"'' rai>~ t'~J><."Ctations that cannot b .. • Dcwlopnl('tll of tlw mnN'J" <ffln< 1n he " ay bt.-yond fulf1lled F..-s1ina kntc ib r~>UUTCt'>, e>J>eciall) g1.-~n its r~gi.,tration ha,·klog

Historians bemoan television history 1-'ll..tt:<ttuhasplldaconslderabl~amotnJtofattention an' findi11g that >tudentsc,pcctto be told • tori<'<

to tcl..-.·mon h1.•tory lately t\ s ~ny reader know~ ther~ rather th:.on '>tucly' hi> tory Tl~<·y ~"""' "~pc<:tmg to b.· i~ good hinory and bad history on television \\'e all ~IHt'rt~ in~tl. "hich r~dm·cs students to paul\·\"

km•" ho" l.>;od Sn.• z ,.,[,llfd <1/ Wdr "35 " hilr the le>rnrrs. one acad.-mir told th .. nl"\»paper r~ct'pt ion for T~r S r u· Zr<~l<1nd Wilrs "as pr~n~- \norh<"r problem se-E-m< to be an ~~ccs<i,-,. int<"f'e>t p-o•iti\e mAtlolf Hnler.•rKiothcr,.O""ccnturyrhetam,.,._tntht-

['h..- hug~ increast• in the number of h1s tonul e~duston of other subje<:tli. This hu led to somt prugnnunes uould. you nugh< th1nk. lw- con>i<kr..-d a stutll~lls \\ ith a"")' nanou v1cw of h"tory. None of

b"'O<< thmg In Rnrain. thnu-~,.-t.. uni•·rr~in~~ are actually thb ;, helped by liOUIC uudents d100•ing to fo!lo" the blaming it for a fall inth'-'<tuahtyof t<"rttary 1-o>stor)' .<amehi>tory.>ubject they"ert"taughtat~ChOt.ll

$tu<.lcnt> Roll>l«"lllcreasmgbyasmucb.u Kl%.but Still. it can only he a good thinzthat ,, wdent,art"

man~- y<>ung ]W(>!ll.-- ,.,.Juc.-d loy "hat t!wy ha•e >l'-t"ll loo.-mg m<J>Irl'd. for "hatewr rPa3on, 10 stud~- h"tor~·

in th<"ir li1·ing rooms- ·e~m to'"~ th" ,ubjncl a, at uni,tnity. Tltc int..-rc~ \lng thmg to•~~ 1f a •nnilar entcrtainnlo•ntrathHthanacad.,uuc le-op m tlllml..,rssmdying h>storyhap]l{"n< h<'rf"and

The INdt~IIJ~nl hu report("(! that ~om~ academic' ho" vur ~~ad~mic in~titutivll> r.-.pund

HPT pilot registration project \ (Onccrn that the 6000entric• in th.t ll l<tork Pia«-• into I he hi•tor~·of th~ ~r~a &nd full ~on,.tltauon "-nh

Trust,. rc~t~tcr fall to capture our hLstuncal and lnt~T<'Stl'd parllt~ A thcmatt~ fralll('\\OTkdt"·clof>l"d at cuhunl hcrtta~ mall a• dt,enny ha•ll-.lthc Trun the TruH head office wtll guide cit(-pi'(IJ«I and ensure

10 Han a pilot rcgi~tntiun programm~> aimc:-d at that th<· prc•<"n! gap,; uc ftll..d for~ing a noor•· T<"j.>r<:•cntati,-c !'~j{i> ttr ll1<: Tru• t "ould "elcon..-ronut>tltU Qn thcprojtoet

Sti<"'Of'lgnilk~rK-elu\\onll'n. toi\laori.a•~<lwthe fromthca<·aUt•" 'it andprofM$iOtlalconununit~ :otthh

ordinary N~" Zealander arc >t\trtly urH.Irr- ~tagl' If yrnt aTt-intcrt•tni in commenting on tlw> l'ilot r•·pn·•cntcd by comparison to the grand hou>cs. l 'roj ~ct or l\ould lih· further mfo~mat10n. plcas.-~hu~cht-• and orna\~ cornrn;.-rcial buildinJ;:> that fill the wnta<"l th~ pruj<"l:t manager. ne~>«ca O"Brien ~it her by r<"g><t<"ratpr<'•<"nt .-mail.trl<'phon.-or lcuer.

Th~ Ct-rur~l R<•gion of theN"'' Zt-al,1nd llr>lurit· Phr.-c• Tru<t hu bcgun uldn•s•ing thi• Ink of Rcbttca O"Brit•n r<.'Jrr..-.fnlatiun in tlw H,·gist~r in 1 ll:t"gistr~tion Pilot Pilot l'ruJ'<~·t Man~g,.r

l'roj<'Ct launc~ in Jul~· tbu )"I'U. h \\ill con~mru.- Nf"" Zealand llutorrc Placu Tru.u

on tM Rnapchu and Rangrtikci re!(:ion.<. I>() Ho~ ~ill!~

ln a ruo•c a" a~ from the old·" ind • .-rccn •un•-~ \\"dlmgton appro;~ch tO rcgrsn auou. >rtt•• '"Jl ))(' •d<:'\:t<"-1 ba~ l'hont' (0~ - 170-.,00•1

on inforn~tion glran...:l from a thorough inHstigation Email rohri<'n@.hi!toric org 111

Canterbury community historian grant

.\grant of $ 10,1i00 from th.- Ca!ltcrlrury llrstor~ rmportant No res triction 1> plac<'il on occupation. F"oondatron r< offerpd ro a rnmprunr p-<"non tn " '<"eptthat oward< ar .. not ava>hbl.-rnfull-um.-ad.atlC<" or t·ompletr an appro•ed hi>tory pm;<..:t for umu·r~uy audcrruc Maff Topia that an--lik..--ly tu llo.·

publication not n~cesnrily in printed form of intcrcn or b<cm--fit to the C1ntcrbury community .\l>phcations "ill do • ._. on WSt-pt~mbt-r. '100-'. and t ho> "'ll br l'""ft--rrcd.l.>ut tlw a"ard ;, not r-Hen·n.l ~oldy "ork "ould be und~rtaken brfor~ the end of June for Canterbury .ubj...:t~ 1-'re\iOU> a"~rd. ha'e bf.rn 1(l(H, unit•" Qthcr"i'c •):re-e-d \ t least 12 "<..-.--k• of made tO Mar_~::~r~l l..o•-~11-..'mlllh and Cohn \mudt'Q

fuli•UIU<' \\OTk 1> r\IICCI~-d and the •UCC:t>>ful applicant Tit~ JOO~ luatonan l> Jun Sulln·an Reo:tt~•t• forth~

t>normall,·r<-qmrcdtoresodcmorncarChristchurch formalterrnsand condruonsandappltcanonforms durint:tha1t<'Ttn •IM>uld lremad.-to

Tltc t"o;mndatiQn canJrrangeworking spacrin thc

llt.•l<>r} dellarl!tll"lll .llni><"r.itc- uf l"anwrbury.orn ~-trt·1ar)

"illtndn•onrtofind an alternui•ehou in>titution C'anterbury llistory Foundation to <"ttable t h~ h"toroan to use approprrat~ local POH-ox >'9-070 r~ur.:es. AreasonablrexpKtanonofpublicuioniJ Christchurch

Pham.inr is publ ishn.l thr.-etirnH a )·ear by tju,

Profcuiorul Historians :\nociation of N'-"" Zubnd/Aotearoa Tht• cditori•l ~ommiHe..> is Mrchafl 1\rlly, [)a\ld Young and R~n Scbrtdf"r

Ynu can rnntaft u~ hy m.1il Thr Editor. l'han1.inr. 1'0 H-ox 1~. Thorndon \\"ellington <:omribnuon<nnl.,.$en ttOm[>kelly@,paradrscnetn1

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