Key Issues for Heritage Planning Bruce Chapman Chief Executive Heritage New Zealand Canterbury Heritage Symposium October 2015

heritage.org.nz Content 1.HNZ’s role in managing for heritage outcomes 2.Defining and assessing heritage value 3.Issues and challenges in planning and intervention choices 4.A mixed conservation investment model

heritage.org.nz 1. HNZ’s role in managing for heritage outcomes

Present and future generations of New Zealanders enjoy a sense of place, identity, and nationhood Heritage Knowledge Heritage Conservation Heritage Engagement Listing Archaeology Advice and Advocacy Maori Heritage Outreach Properties

heritage.org.nz 2. Defining and assessing heritage value

heritage.org.nz 2.1 Assessing Heritage Value HNZPTA… – Historic place means …any land, building or structure that is part of the historic and cultural heritage of New Zealand… Criteria for Listing – Important or representative aspects of New Zealand history, association with events persons or ideas, capable of providing knowledge of NZ history, important to tangata whenua, educational, technical or design value, symbolic or commemorative value, age, rarity, and forming part of a wider cultural or historic landscape. It can be a place a building an area or even a landscape

heritage.org.nz 2.2 …Assessing Heritage Value It doesn’t have to be old It’s value may not be immediately apparent – it should be associated with ideas, events or people that are significant for their ability to define who we are and where we’ve come from. in addition to a definable heritage association they can also contribute to the character and/or amenity of an area

heritage.org.nz 3. Key issues in planning and intervention choices

heritage.org.nz 3.1 Resilience A finite resource largely in private ownership Not durable – untreated timber, un-reinforced masonry, shallow archaeology Archaeology overlap with urban development Fire risk A wet climate and active geomorphology Erosion prone locations Earthquake prone

heritage.org.nz 3.2 Economics International trade/competition Transport systems/economics Building technology = Larger floor-plates in larger centres Reduced occupancy rates in older buildings and smaller centres Limited ability to fund maintenance and less so earthquake strengthening The future may look different again

heritage.org.nz 3.3 Social and Political Dynamics 90% Private ownership Public attitudes towards heritage - natural and cultural Costs and benefits of regulation Community willingness to pay

heritage.org.nz 4. A mixed model of heritage conservation planning Policies – Clarity (especially on replacement policy), timeframes, prioritisation, relationship with natural hazard policies, relationship with archaeology regulation, owner engagement. Regulation – Schedules, character zones. Individual incentives – Advice, training, rate discounts, fee waivers, TDR’s, cash incentive funds, permissive regulation, supportive earthquake policies. Collective incentives – Encouragement, public sector investment, other economic stimuli, public ownership.

Archaeology and Planning: The HNZPTA and the RMA Transfer of custody - recovered materials and human remains HNZPTA/POA Recovery of Cultural Information HNZPTA/RMAHNZPTA Protection of Sites from Destruction or Modification RMA/HNZPTAHNZPTA Known Sites of High Value Known Sites of Unknown Value Unknown Sites

heritage.org.nz Heritage and Natural Hazards The RMA and the Building Act Understanding risk and heritage value Prioritisation Strengthening standards for heritage buildings

heritage.org.nz The benefits… Sense of place, identity, belonging and nationhood An attractive place to live and work, invest and do business Enhancing Brand New Zealand Social cohesion

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