HERITAGE IN THE NEWS
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Trust disappointed by decision to sell church
Otago Daily Times, 6 October 2020 A Central Otago parish has decided to sell a historic church in Clyde on the open market despite attempts by a trust to buy it. St Michael’s and All Angels Anglican Church could be bought by developers with its pending sale by public tender. [...]
Interviews put oral history on the record
The News, 4 December 2019 Voices of the past will be preserved for the future in a community oral history project. The Central Otago Heritage Trust has been given funding from the Central Lakes Trust and the Otago Community Trust to employ Annette Carter as oral history co-ordinator. Mrs Carter, [...]
Funding round bolsters region’s arts and heritage
Scoop 3 September 2019 Old Cromwell Incorporated’s restoration project of the McNulty House receives $233,747 for the earthquake strengthening and restoration of this Heritage NZ listed building. “The majority of the house will be set up to display how a family lived in the area in the 1880's and will [...]
New perspective to Central history
The News, April 3 2019 A word from Central Otago heritage co-ordinator Alice Spiers The recent establishment of an Oral History Working Group in Central Otago brings a renewed sense of purpose and enthusiasm to the task of recording for posterity the stories, experiences and perspectives of people growing up [...]
Trust gains $40K annual grant
Otago Daily Times, 11 June 2018 The Central Otago Heritage Trust was one successful funding recipient in the Central Otago District Council’s 10-year plan. In a submission to the plan, the trust requested $40,000 a year to employ a part-time heritage co-ordinator. At a meeting on Thursday the council resolved [...]
Forgotten Cromwell war surgeon’s legacy restored
Stuff, 27 March 2018 The forgotten legacy of a third-generation Cromwell man and battlefield surgeon is on the path to restoration. A commemorative ceremony and memorial plaque unveiling was held in Cromwell's historic precinct on Friday, honouring Douglas Waddell Jolly's war surgery and humanitarian contributions. The event, co-ordinated by the [...]
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