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About The ICOMOS NZ Charter
The ICOMOS New Zealand Charter,Te Pumanawa o ICOMOS o Aotearoa Hei Tiaki I Nga Taonga Whenua Heke Iho o Nehe
is a set of guidelines on cultural heritage conservation, produced by ICOMOS New Zealand. The NZ Charter is widely used in the New Zealand heritage sector and forms a recognised benchmark for conservation standards and practice. It is used by central government ministries and departments, by local bodies in district plans and heritage management, and by practitioners as guiding principles.
The Historic Places Trust / Pouhere Taonga, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and the Department of Conservation use the NZ Charter to guide their heritage conservation work. It was used by Ngai Tahu in their Deed of Settlement and the Lotteries Grants Board uses it for guidance in its deliberations.
It has been adopted as heritage policy by Christchurch City Council, Wanganui and Whakatane District Councils and is used as a standard reference document in District plans by Auckland, Christchurch, and Hutt City Councils, Auckland Regional Council, and by a number of other local authorities
The NZ Charter covers the purpose, principles, practice, and processes of conservation. It also provides useful definitions of the main conservation terms such as preservation, maintenance, restoration and so on. Copies are available from the ICOMOS New Zealand Secretariat.
NZ Charter Update
The New Zealand Charter is currently under review and ICOMOS New Zealand is undertaking a series of members and stakeholders meetings prior to launching the revised text towards the end of 2007.
The revised Charter text will be posted here shortly
Download The NZ Charter as a PDF