Community Invited to Workshop Franklins Heritage

The community is invited to participate in a workshop on 1 October to discuss how to identify and document Franklin’s heritage sites with the aim to protect, enhance and manage them.

 

The workshop follows the adoption of the Franklin Heritage Strategy last year.

 

Mayor Mark Ball will facilitate the meeting, with keynote speaker Dr Anne McEwan, an architectural historian and heritage consultant, focusing on the theme ‘Franklin Heritage – where to from here?’

 

Mayor Mark Ball says, “This workshop will discuss how we will implement the Franklin Heritage Strategy, update the community on progress and identify the next steps to classify and document Franklin’s heritage. I urge those with local knowledge and an interest in Franklin’s rich and diverse heritage to attend.”

 

“In light of the move to the super city, it is crucial we work with our community to identify and protect our heritage sites now, while we have the ability to do so.”

 

The workshop is being held on Thursday 1 October at Franklin: The Centre. Registration starts at 5.00pm, workshop from 5.30 - 7.00pm

 

For workshop enquiries or to RSVP, telephone Nici Painter at Franklin District Council on 237 1367.

 

The Franklin Heritage Strategy recognises the need for a coordinated approach to managing Franklin’s heritage resources by a number of parties – from Franklin District Council through to private landowners, local maori and community groups and organisations specialising in protecting natural and cultural heritage resources.

 

The Franklin Heritage Strategy was prepared in consultation with key community and council stakeholders including, Franklin District Council staff and Councillors, Ngaati Te Ata, Ngaati Naho, Huakina Development Trust, Ngai Tai Umupuia, Pukekohe East Church Preservation Society, Waiau Pa Historical Society, Franklin Library Trust and Queens Redoubt Trust with specialist support from ecologists and historians.