Christchurch Councillor looking forward to Historic Places role
7 July 2003
Christchurch City Councillor Anna Crighton is delighted about her election
to the board of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga.
Three places on the Trust’s nine-member board are decided every three
years by a vote of the Trust’s members (the remaining six seats are
Government appointments). The election was held last month and the results
announced today (7 July). The new board’s first meeting will be in
Wellington in September.
Cr Crighton was elected from the southern region. Sitting board member
Denys Oldham, of Auckland, and Michael Spedding, of Gisborne, were elected
from the northern and central regions.
Cr Crighton chairs the Christchurch City Council’s Arts, Culture
and Heritage Committee, is chair of the Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust
Board and a director of Christchurch Heritage Trust. She also serves on
the trust boards of Canterbury Museum, the Theatre Royal Charitable Foundation
and the Music Centre of Christchurch.
“
I’m delighted (about the result),” Cr Crighton says. “It
means I can spread my wings a bit, look at national policy and help shape
that. We’ve a pretty good record in Christchurch and have tried
new things to restore and preserve our heritage culture and keep it useful – some
of which have worked well and others less so – and I think that
experience could be used in other places.”
Her aim is to help create a New Zealand where it is more difficult to destroy
important heritage buildings, items and sites.
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