Christchurch City Council
Media Release
6 November 2009

Nominations for Fendalton/Waimairi heritage awards close next week

Nominations for the inaugural Fendalton/Waimairi Community Board Heritage Awards 2009 will close Friday 13 November.

The Board is calling for nominations in six categories from any individual or group in the Fendalton Waimairi ward involved in a heritage project, building, or place.

The awards programme has being established to recognise significant contributions by individuals, groups and businesses and to encourage new participation in the conservation of heritage in the area.
There are six award categories for the Fendalton/Waimairi Heritage Awards:

Heritage Retention
This category applies to a heritage building, place or object which has previously been under threat of demolition or loss but has been secured for the future by either private or community initiatives. This category does not require any conservation work of the building, place or object to have begun.

Caretaker Award - Heritage Maintenance and Conservation
Good and regular maintenance is essential for the heritage conservation of a building, place or object. This category recognises property owners or tenants who have appropriately maintained and/or conserved an item or place of heritage value in as near as is possible and practicable to the original form and use of the nominated item.

Types of change to the building, place or object may include: maintenance, stabilisation, repair, restoration, reconstruction and adaptation for a new use with consideration of the conservation principle ‘doing as much as necessary’ and ‘as little as possible’.

Heritage Development
This category recognises work where a significant development such as; extensions, additional buildings, or buildings and landscape changes within a heritage site has ensured a compatible or continued use of the heritage item/place. This includes the conversion and adaptation of a heritage building to a new use, which has required significant works to meet building code requirements.

The social, cultural and economic benefits to the community will be taken into account.

Heritage Education and Exploration
This category covers initiatives undertaken by individuals or community groups to research, promote and/or communicate the heritage of the Fendalton Waimairi Community Board area. Heritage values can be found in the built physical form or in the symbolic associations of a place for a specific group or community.

This could include: marking or interpreting a site, conducting and archiving research, promoting heritage (events, brochures, media), organising events (exhibitions, tours), or activities (heritage trails), conducting oral histories or developing specific education programmes with a heritage focus.

Heritage Involvement - Children & Young People
This category is aimed at raising the heritage awareness and understanding of the young and encouraging them to be proactive within their local environment. The category is open to individual entries, groups/clubs or school projects which revolve around heritage issues or places.

Maori Heritage
This category recognises tangible and intangible cultural heritage and its continuing protection for the community. This includes: places associated with cultural traditions and customs, as well as natural features or landmarks.

The Maori Heritage awards category is focused on ‘place-based’ cultural heritage.

Conditions of Entry

• The project must be in the Fendalton Waimairi Ward
• No award will be made without the owner of the Heritage projects consent
• The decision of the judging panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

How To Enter

Nominations should be made on the official Application Form available from the Fendalton Waimairi Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads, Fendalton and the Christchurch City Council’s website: http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Community/Awards/Heritage

Applications close at 5pm Friday 13 November 2009 and completed application forms should be sent to:

ENDS

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