Nominations open for Heritage Awards

The Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board is now calling for nominations from the public for its 2004 Heritage Awards.

Now in their eighth year, the annual awards recognise efforts by individuals or groups in the community to preserve the built or constructed character and heritage of the Hagley/ Ferrymead area.

Entry is open to any heritage or character building, place or object within the Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board area. Residential, commercial/retail, industrial or institutional buildings may be entered, as well as streetscape or community heritage areas.

One award will be made for each of seven categories:

• Retention – For a building previously under threat of demolition, but now secured for the future
• Conservation and Restoration – For an item now being conserved or restored, or which has been in the last year
• Education and Awareness – For an initiative that promotes heritage education and awareness
• Children – For an initiative that raises awareness of heritage among young people and encourages them to be proactive within their local environment
• Good Caretaker – Recognises a property owner who has maintained their property in original or near-original condition for some years
• Pre-1850 Award – Recognises a Maori and European cultural heritage site that was significant to tangata whenua before organised European settlement
• Christchurch Star Award – Recognises efforts by a business or retailer in the central city, to preserve or maintain a heritage building
  
• Nominations close on Friday, 6 August. The awards will be presented in the chapel at the Music Centre of Christchurch on Friday, 10 September. For more information, call Mary Fraher at the CCC’s Linwood Service Centre on 941 6624.