In this issue:

• Blue Plaques

• Aotearoa History and Heritage Alliance

• HPA 2026 AGM notice

• Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) Conference November/December 2026

• Jeremy Salmond Memorial Lecture

• Heritage rest room in Palmerston North

• When local advisors matter: A view from the East Coast

• Rahui St David’s lecture in Auckland

• Well functioning – Future of NZ heritage conservation

• Heritage Festivals around the Motu

• Taranaki Heritage Month

• Auckland Heritage Festival

• Lest we forget to fund our nation’s memory

• The Elms Te Papa Tauranga

• The last of Auckland’s bendy buses lives on

• Swag. Architectural term explained

In this issue

• Blue Plaques. History and comment
• Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) Conference November/December 2026
• Aotearoa History and Heritage Alliance
• HPA AGM, Wellington November 2026
• James Blackburne appointed President of NZ Institute of Architects
• Kiwis selected for the Commonwealth Field School in Singapore
• “Stop the Rot” of Building One- Former Carrington Hospital
• The Khan House, Wellington. Commentary on Heritage Listing.
• Sheridan Gundry honoured for heritage service
• Inspiring Archaeology Week for Taranaki and Whanganui
• Restored Napier Women’s Rest building wins an architectural award.
• HPA Vacancies on the Executive Committee and Blue Plaques Coordinator
• Earnscleugh Homestead history
• Georgian Architecture explained

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In this issue

• Resourse Management Reform and submission
• Building (earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill and submission
• Blue Plaques funding applications
• Association for Critical Heritage Studies Conference (ACHS), Wellington 2026 Tuhono
• Palmy City Library Heritage Festival 2026
• Early State House “Workers Dwellings”
• Baroque architecture
• Heritage New Zealand appoints a new Chief Executive
• Auckland Plan Change 120 Update
• Opiki Suspension Bridge
• The formation of Historic Places Aotearoa
• Rangitikei Heritage Homes

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• Combined HPA/ICOMOS conference in Napier, various articles
• Blue Plaques funding
• Presentation to Andrew Coleman
• Celebrity Vicarage
• Earthquake Prone Buildings reforms
• Palmerston North War Memorial
• Dunedin Otepoti Heritage Festival
• Andrew Coleman reflects on his time as HNZPT CEO
• Light House on Portland Island, a new book
• Waikaremoana Power Stations
• Bluefield Development
• NZ Society of Genealogists joins HPA
• Fairfield/Fairton Freezing Works
• Auckland Heritage Award Winners
• Palmerston North Poppy Places
• New archives for architectural records

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• HPA/ICOMOS combined conference October 2025 and programme
• Napier’s Woman’s Rest reopens
• HPA Mahii
• Daresbury House
• Auckland Heritage Awards
• Repairs to Napier’s T&G clock
• Fairwell Andrew Coleman
• Heritage Taranaki Field Trip
• Mullet Housing
• Heritage Springtime
• Tohu Whenua launches new Waitoha Canterbury region
• Kakanui Church listed as a Category I Historic Place
• Auckland Plan Change 78
• Upcoming heritage festivals
• History organisations network
• Waipiro Marina. Fast Track legislation

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