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31 May 2005

Heritage and Love - Heritage Month 2005

The Wellington Region's Heritage Promotion Council is taking Heritage Month to heart this year. Throughout June a number of activities, exhibitions and displays have been planned in the wider Wellington region to celebrate the theme of 'Heritage and Love'.

Trains, trams, photos displays, historic churches, buildings - seldom open to the public - films, lectures, and even a quilt display are among the 70 or so exciting and lovely activities scheduled for the month.

Some of the events are: Wellington City Library's display of its heritage collection of Edwardian postcards - many inscribed with touching messages to loved ones, Fell Locomotive Museum's display of stories and the experiences of taking the train 'over the hill' to Wellington, experience with a telephone board where the operator listens in to your most intimate conversations at the Kapiti Coast Museum, or visit Wellington's oldest church - Christ Church to see photos of weddings held there.

Museums, galleries, churches, historical associations and libraries from throughout the Wairarapa, Porirua, Kapiti, Hutt Valley and Wellington regions are involved in the annual event, and all have found love in their activities.

This year is the 12th Annual Wellington Regional Heritage Month. It has been made possible by the generous support from sponsors and volunteers. Special thanks go to the Alexander Turnbull Library, Hutt City Council, Lion Foundation, North City Shopping Centre, Pelorus Trust, Porirua City Council, The Phoenix Trust, Trust House, Unison Trust, Upper Hutt City Council, and the Wellington City Council.

Brochures are available from local information centres and libraries or visit the website www.wellingtonheritagepromotions.org.nz or phone Phillip Vallance 06 378 6268 or Roger Beauchamp 04 233 9729.

Full events programme attached.

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EVENTS PROGRAMME - HERITAGE MONTH 2005

HUTT VALLEY AREA
Hutt City I-SITE Visitor Centre Upper Hutt i-SITE Visitor
Pavilion 25 Laings Road Centre
Phone: 04 560 4715 6 Main Street, Upper Hutt
Email: findit@huttcity.govt.nz Phone: 04 527 2141
www.visithuttcity.org.nz

Christ Church
To love and to cherish
When love leads to an intimate wedding, Christ Church is the place. Visit Wellington’s oldest church and enjoy a display of photographs of early and recent weddings.
Christ Church, 73 Eastern Hutt Road, Taita
Sunday 12 June, Photo display 12noon – 1.45pm. 151st Annual Service at 2pm. All welcome.
Contact: Christ Church Preservation Society, 0800 2 TAITA (0800 282 482)

Frederic Wallis House
In loving memory
Come and visit this historical home, gifted by Margaret Wallis in memory of her late husband, the Third Anglican Bishop of Wellington (1895-1911). Two acres of beautiful gardens, the ‘Path of Peace’ labyrinth, patchwork quilters at work, morning and afternoon teas and lunch available.
Frederic Wallis House, 12 Military Road, Lower Hutt
Saturday and Sunday 18 and 19 June, 9.30am-4.30pm
Contact: Carolyn Crutch, 04 939 3000, www.fredericwallishouse.co.nz

Golder Cottage Homestead and Pioneer Museum
Happily ever after . . .
Featuring weddings of the Golder Family.
707 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
Open Queen’s Birthday weekend and every Saturday, 1.30-4.pm
Contact: Janice Browne, 04 528 2932

Historical Society of Eastbourne Inc
Eastbourne – the place we love
Historical material about Eastbourne and the bays will be displayed in the Library every day during June.
Eastbourne Public Library, Rimu Street, Eastbourne
June, during library opening hours, Local Studies Room upstairs, 2-4pm Mondays
Contact: Bill Ireland, 04 562 8441

What’s love got to do with it . . . ?
Hamish Campbell will speak on ‘Human Aspects of the Geology of Wellington Harbour’ at the Society’s AGM.
St Ronan’s Church Hall, 234 Muritai Road, Eastbourne
Wednesday 29 June, 7.30pm
Contact: Bill Ireland, 04 562 8441

Hutt City Libraries
Love through the decades
A love of life in different historical periods is the theme of special photo and book displays at all Lower Hutt libraries.
War Memorial Library, corner of Queens Drive and Woburn Road, and all community libraries in Lower Hutt City
During library opening hours
Contact: Neil Coup, 04 570 3745 or Sandy Beath-Croft, 04 570 6758
www.huttcity.info/council/services/recreation/libraries.shtml

Hutt Valley Toastmasters Club
‘I love it when you talk historical’
Our meeting this month will have a special historical theme. Members of the public are most welcome to attend.
Lower Hutt Community Centre, corner Laings Road and Myrtle Street, Lower Hutt
Monday 20 June, 5.30-7.45pm
Contact: Denis McCord, 04 494 9835, or 04 567 7169

Lower Hutt Historical Society Inc
A love affair with Petone
An illustrated talk by Warwick Johnston, a resident of Petone and an enthusiastic supporter of this part of Lower Hutt City, about some of the old buildings and their heritage.
Hutt Valley Horticultural Society Rooms, Laings Road, Lower Hutt (entrance from civic carpark)
Friday 10 June, 7.30pm
Contact: Graeme Ross, 04 565 1992
Petone Historical Society
‘Ooooh, I’d love to win . . .’
Snap the photo that best reflects the character of Petone and you could win a romantic dinner for two at a popular Petone restaurant. Entry is free and photos will be on display at the Atrium (next to Petone Public Library) in the Petone Service Centre. If you wish to enter, Roy Hewson would love to hear from you (see below).
Petone Town Centre,
Thursday 16 June, 10.30am-7pm
Contact: Roy Hewson 04 568 6449, roy.hewson@paradise.net.nz

Petone Historical Society / Korokoro Environmental Group
Labours of love: a guided walk
A loop walk following two historic hillside tracks and investigating several successful voluntary efforts to create or preserve our heritage.
Starting and ending at corner of SH2 and Korokoro Road
Sunday 5 June, 2-4.30pm
Contact: Chris Vannisselroy, 04 589 0078
Petone Settlers Museum
Celebrating two of New Zealanders’ great loves: the beach and television
Sea Light: photographing Petone Beach – Mark Marriott simply loves going to the beach in almost any weather and at any time of the day. Over recent years, he has been recording the activities that go on there, from the morning after a storm to sandcastles in the sun to an afternoon swim and an evening stroll. Marriott’s photographs are set alongside historical images to form a visual testimony to the Petone beach.

‘Look Mum, I’m on TV!’ – 45 years ago new Zealanders joyfully welcomed television into their lives and began a love affair with the box. Lower Hutt was the centre of television production for 30 years, with the studio at Avalon providing opportunities for many ‘locals’ to become involved in the creation of programmes. Ordinary people, together with the professionals, have helped to create more than 200 much loved programmes. Come and see.
Petone Settlers Museum, Esplanade (opposite Buick Street), Petone
Tuesday to Friday 12noon-4pm, weekends and public holidays 1-5pm
Contact: 04 568 8373 or www.petonesettlers.org.nz

Sheet Music Archive of New Zealand Charitable Trust
‘Oh, I just love that song . . .’
From Under the Southern Cross: an exhibition of Kiwi song – a musical extravaganza showcasing 150 years of Kiwi song and music memorabilia. See the remaining original printing of the current national anthem and many others that claim to be the national anthem. Also featured are rare covers of some of New Zealand’s oldest songs and fascinating stories about our unique music history.
Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre, 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
Until 19 June, Tuesdays to Sundays 10am-4pm
Contact: David Dell, 04 528 8595, or Aaron Laurence, 04 527 2168

KAPITI AREA
Kapiti Coast Information Centre
239 State Highway 1, Otaki
Phone: 06 364 7620
Aviation Museum
Love is in the air
Be it the mile-high club, eyes for the flight attendants, or just the plain admiration for flying, you can rekindle all these by visiting the Aviation Museum any weekend in June.
Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu, at the airport
June, weekends and public holidays from 1pm-4pm or by appointment
Contact: 04 293 3252
Hyde Park Museum
Love of the past
Visit the special Heritage Month display of lovely items from the past and be amazed at your short-term memory loss. A great place for a visit to yesterday.
State Highway 1, Te Horo
June, open daily except Monday, 9am-5pm. Free entry
Contact: 04 298 4515
Kapiti Coast Museum
Love on the radio
When you think of sending love messages, communicating becomes very important. Experience communicating with to your loved ones with all forms of radios and communicators, even a telephone board where the operator could listen in to your most intimate conversations.
Elizabeth Street, Waikanae
June, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 1-3pm
Contact: 04 293 2359
Mahara Gallery
Snuggle up
Take a break from the city and visit Waikanae’s Mahara Gallery, where you will find a sumptuous exhibition of traditional and contemporary quilts presented by the Kapiti Coast Quilters Group.
20 Mahara Place, Waikanae
From 12 June, Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 1-4pm
Contact: 04 902 6242 or maharagallery@paradise.net.nz
Otaki Heritage Bank Preservation Trust
Love behind the bike shed?
An exhibition supporting the 125th anniversary of Otaki State School. Remember the teachers, the discipline, the Dental Nurse, the games we played, and the things we did at the back of the bike shed!
Otaki Museum, 49 Main Street, Otaki
Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in June, 10am-2pm
Contact: Jill Stallard, 04 364 6886 or otakimuseum@paradise.net.nz
Paekakariki Railway Precinct
Love on the railway
If you have ever travelled on an overnight Kiwi Express, you will know what
love on the train tracks is like. Here’s an opportunity to go back in time. Visit the restored Railway Station Museum and croon over the history of New Zealand Rail. Get up close and personal with the refurbished steam engines at Steam Incorporated, and then have a lovely ‘cuppa’ at the old refreshment rooms.
Railway Station Museum, Paekakariki
June, Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-3pm or by appointment
Contact: 04 905 7207
Rangi?tea Church
Lovingly restored
One of New Zealand’s most preeminent historic churches, Rangi?tea has recently completed its lovingly detailed and authentic restoration after being devastated by fire in 1995. Te Rauparaha’s church has risen once again to command our awe in its majestic symmetry, our delight in its richly decorated interior and our riveted attention in the stories that embrace it and its surrounding.
33 Te Rauparaha Street, Otaki
Open daily during June from 11am-3pm (large groups please call ahead)
Contact: Andre Baker, 06 364 6838
St Mary’s Pukekaraka Catholic Mission
For the love of Mary
Lovingly and beautifully restored to its first 1881 restoration, Pukekaraka’s charmingly quaint St Mary’s Church is the oldest Catholic church to have been in constant use in New Zealand. It sits adjacent to the French colonial-styled Presbytery, both having been built during the time of the original French Marist Missionary Priests that established Pukekaraka Station in Otaki in 1844.The Presbytery awaits its own restoration scheduled for later this year.
Pukekaraka Catholic Mission, Convent Road, Otaki
Open daily during June from 10am-4pm (large groups please call ahead)
Contact: Irene Mackle, 04 364 3367, Makuini Johnson, 04 364 8520, or Catholic Presbytery 04 364 7125
Southward’s Car Museum
Love in the back seat
We all recall the days of love in and on four wheels in the motor car. You can relive that love with a walk around Southward’s Car Museum as you admire the vehicles of yesteryear.
Otaihanga Road, Paraparaumu
Open daily during June from 9am-4.30pm
Contact: 04 297 1221 or www.southward.org.nz
Tramway Museum
Trams and the love affair
Remember those early days in and around the city when you caught the tram to see your loved ones? Reminisce with a tram trip at Queen Elizabeth Park or fossick around the old Trambarn Museum any weekend in June.
Queen Elizabeth Park, Mackays Crossing entrance
Open weekends during June, 11am-3pm
Contact: 04 292 8362

PORIRUA AREA
Porirua Visitor Shop
8 Cobham Court, Porirua
Phone: 04 237 8088

Porirua Historical Association Inc
Celebrating love of people, land and sea
Dislays at Pataka Museum, and North City Shopping Centre.
Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures, Parumoana Street, Porirua – 10am-45.30pm, Sundays from 11am
North City Shopping Centre, Porirua, 9am-5.30pm, Thursdays to 9pm, Sundays from 10am
Saturday 11 June to Thursday 30 June
Contact: Bernie Comerford, 04 233 0510, or Liz Evans, 04 233 9690

Associated Events
We love culture . . .
Love poems by Alastair Te Ariki and Meg Campbell and readings by Mana Little Theathre, poems and music by Adrienne Jansen, poetry reading by Alison Wong with piano music by Sletlana Kalinnakava.
Bottle Creek Gallery, Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures, Parumoana Street, Porirua
Saturday 11 June, 10.30am-2pm
Contact: Roger Beauchamp, 04 233 9729

. . . and we love our cars
A display of vehicles from the Wellington Vintage Car Club and Porirua Hot Rod Club. Thanks to Harvey Norman and Super Cheap Auto
Harvey Norman Car Park (across from Pataka)
Saturday 11 June, 10am-3pm
Contact: Roger Beauchamp, 04 233 9729

Tawa Historical Society with Tawa Union Parish
‘Darling, I just adore the theatre’ – a meeting with Jacob Rajan
A personal experience meeting with gifted playwright and actor Jacob Rajan of Krishnan’s Dairy, The Candlestick Maker, and The Pickle King. Meet the man behind the mask.
St Stephen’s Church, Elena Place, Tawa
Thursday 23 June, 10am
Contact: Allan Todd, 04 232 7386 or allantodd@paradise.net.nz

WAIRARAPA AREA
Masterton Visitor Information Centre
315 Queen Street, Masterton
Phone: 06 370 0909

Carterton District Historical Society Inc
Loved ones’ graves
A tour of headstones at Clareville Early Settlers’ Cemetery. Visit the grave of Ellen Dougherty, first Registered Nurse in the world, and learn about the history of other interesting people buried in the cemetery. Following the tour, the Carterton Museum will be open for anyone interested in visiting.
Clareville Cemetery, Chester Road, Carterton
Monday 6 June at 9.30am and Sunday 12 June at 2pm, wet or fine (meet at the chapel, second gate)
Contact: Adèle Pentony-Graham, 06 379 6402 or PentonyGraham@xtra.co.nz

Family love
A display of wedding and family photos, dating back to the 1880s and 1890s, plus wedding dresses and children’s christening gowns.
44 Broadway, Carterton
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends from 7 to 26 June, 2-4pm
Contact: Adèle Pentony-Graham, 06 379 6402 or PentonyGraham@xtra.co.nz

Fell Locomotive Museum
The romance of a bygone era
A display of stories by children and grown-ups with a shared love of steam and the experience of taking the train ‘over the hill’ to Wellington, featuring two new stories by men who spent part of their childhood at Cross Creek and Summit.
Corner Fitzherbert and Lyon Streets, Featherston
Daily throughout June, 10am-4pm
Contact: Brenda Schafer, 06 308 9379

Meakin at Woodland
Inspired by love
A collection of more than 3000 pieces of China from the English potteries of Alfred Meakin and J & G Meakin. Come and walk down memory lane, enjoying patterns inspired by a love of history, patriotism, music and musical shows, literature and nature. Guided tours available.
Woodland Holt, 47 Watt Street, Featherston
Please phone to arrange a viewing time
Contact: Judi Adams, 06 308 9927 or 027 291 2774

Museum of Childhood
Given with love
A display of items ‘given with love’ to children. Stories about the items demonstrate the love of children by their family members.
40 Makora Road, Masterton
Throughout June, by appointment
Contact: Diana Stidolph, 06 377 4743

New Zealand Shear Discovery Centre
Well, we LIKE our sheep . . .
The historic Glendonald 1903 Woolshed and the Wilton 1900 Woolshed, built in split totara, house a history of sheep and wool. Many sheep-industry historic items are included, the pride of which is the 1920s Tretheway statue of ‘Shearing a Ram’. Dixon Street North, Masterton
Open throughout June, 10am-4pm or by arrangement
Contact: Office Solutions, 06 378 8008

Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society
Railway romance
Share the stories of romance in railway communities (photos, videos, films and documents). See displays of railways of the past and the people who lived in these communities. Bring your information along to have it recorded, loaned or donated. Copying facilities and light refreshments available.
Carterton Community and Railway Museum, Corner Broadway and Wheatstone Streets
Saturday 12 June and Sunday 13 June, 9am-4pm
Contact: Ken O’Reilly, 06 377 0631

WELLINGTON AREA Wellington Visitor Information Centre
Civic Square, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington
Phone: 04 802 4860

Colonial Cottage Museum
Love of handcrafts – displays and demonstrations of quilting, lace-making, embroidery and spinning.
Saturday 4 June, Sunday 5 June, and Monday 6 June, 12noon-4pm

Love of food and entertaining – includes a display of a formal afternoon tea, Mrs Beaton’s recipes, butter-making demonstrations, pikelet-cooking and food-preservation displays.
Saturday 11 June and Sunday 12 June, 12noon-4pm

Love of family – displays of children’s toys, christening gowns, storybooks and keepsakes. There will also be readings of love letters.
Saturday 18 June and Sunday 19 June, 12noon-4pm

Love of country and homeland – a display of memorabilia covering the period 1850 to the end of World War II.
Saturday 25 June and Sunday 26 June, 12noon-4pm
68 Nairn Street, Wellington
Contact: Kim Townley, 04 384 9122 or www.colonialcottagemuseum.co.nz

Museum of Wellington City and Sea
Love Wellington
‘Telling Tales Live’ is a public programme running through June and July in association with the Museum’s new permanent exhibition Telling Tales – Wellington’s 20th Century. Pick up a brochure or check the Dominion Post or Capital Times for details.
Queen’s Wharf, Wellington
Contact: Brett Mason, 04 496 1947

National Library Gallery
Fancy an event or three? We think you’ll love these . . .
First Dance lesson: rock ‘n’ roll’ – Let’s twist again, like we did last summer. . . Come along and shake, rattle and roll as members of the Gold Coast Rock and Roll Club show us how it’s done. All welcome. Oh, baby . . . Held in association with the exhibition First Dance: dancehall stories from the Turnbull Library collections.
Sunday 19 June, 1-2.30pm
Main Foyer, National Library, Molesworth Street, Wellington

New light on the land’– an illustrated talk by Joan McCracken, Turnbull Library research services librarian, about 19th-century landscape photographers in New Zealand. In association with the exhibition George D Valentine: a 19th-century photographer in New Zealand.
National Library Auditorium, entrance on Aitken Street, Wellington
Thursday 23 June, 12.10pm

Poynton makes a point – New Zealand composer Edwin Carr (featured in the exhibition Mardi Gras: a celebration of New Zealand composition) railed against New Zealand music that was intellectually pretentious or inaccessible. So we've asked well-known pianist Dan Poynton to give a lunchtime concert of ‘accessible’ New Zealand music, which he has personally selected. You'll love this one!
National Library Auditorium, entrance on Aitken Street, Wellington
Thursday 30 June, 12.10pm
Contact for all events: Susan Bartel, 04 474 3119, www.natlib.govt.nz

National Library Society
Passionate lectures
Wellingtonians talk about their passions in this annual series of lectures. Come and hear Krystine Tomaszyk talk on Polish migration to New Zealand; tour the National Library Gallery’s First Dance exhibition with curator Georgina White; learn about the digital reissue of the official war histories from Elizabeth Styron, director of the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre; and take a peek at early Wellington with John Sullivan, curator of the Turnbull Library’ photographic archive.
National Library Auditorium, Aitken Street, Wellington
Wednesdays, June 1, 8, 15, and 29, 12-1pm
Contact: Peter Thorpe, 04 389 7103

New Zealand Founders Society, Wellington Branch
We’d love to see you . . .
The New Zealand Founders Society Rooms will be open for visitors to use the Founders Library, which has rare and individual family histories, documents, etc. A cup of tea or coffee will also be available. There will also be a display of items related to the theme of ‘Heritage and Love’ on the mezzanine floor Wellington Central Library from 4-25 June.
Mibar Building, 85 Victoria Street
Tuesdays, June 17, 14, 21, 28, 10am-12noon
Contact: Neni Beres, 04 389 6421

The New Zealand Film Archive
Short films about love
A stimulating, amusing and eclectic mix of films, selected from the Archive’s collections, exploring the myriad aspects of love in the modern age. 50 minutes, PG cert. Entry by koha.
NZ Community Trust Mediatheatre
Film Archive Mediaplex, corner Taranaki and Ghuznee Streets, Wellington
Wednesday 8 June at 12.15pm, Thursday 9 June at 6pm, Friday 10 June at 12.15pm, Saturday 11 June at 6pm, Wednesday 15 June at 12.15pm, Thursday 16 June at 6pm, Friday 17 June at 12.15pm, Saturday 18 June at 6pm
Contact: Steve Russell, 04 384 7647

Time Cinema
Rangi’s Catch
Time Cinema celebrates Heritage Month with a special screening of Rangi’s Catch, Michael Forlong Productions for the Children’s Film Foundation, 1973, Dir: Michael Forlong, 35mm, colour, 72 minutes. Rated G. Rangi’s Catch will be preceded by two short historical films from the 1960s: Hokitika’s 100th anniversary celebrations and a film about Norsewood. These screenings will be part of Time Cinema’s regular programme, but with a special focus on Heritage Month. All heritage-minded people welcome.
191 Sutherland Road, Lyall Bay, Wellington
Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 June 7.45pm
Contact: John and Margaret Bell, 04 934 8463

Wellington Historical and Early Settlers’ Association
Love of music
A lunchtime lecture by Robert Oliver, freelance performer and specialist in old music, director of music at St Mary's of the Angels Church.
Museum of Wellington City and Sea, Queen’s Wharf, Wellington
Thursday 23 June, 1pm
Contact: Vonnie Nunns, 04 938 9811

Wellington City Libraries (Central Branch)
Love with a stamp on it
A display of Edwardian postcards from the Library’s heritage collection – many of which have been inscribed with simple but touching messages to husbands and wives, sons and daughters, parents and grandparents.
65 Victoria Street, Wellington
Throughout June, during Library opening hours
Contact: Gábor Tóth, 04 801 4081, or 025 285 0995

Entries were correct at the time of printing. Please check with the contact people listed for confirmation of events.

The Wellington Regional Heritage Promotion Council Inc. is made up of people and organisations interested in promoting our heritage. For further information, contact: Philip Valance, 06 378 6268, or visit our website at www.wellingtonheritagepromotions.org.nz

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