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Heart-felt thanks to all involved
To Andrew Coleman, from every person in Westland, Grey and Buller, a huge thank you.
To get a project like Seddon House up to the start line takes a tremendous amount of hard work, passion and support from the right quarters. And you need people who walk the talk.
So on that note, Coaster’s Weekly acknowledges the support of Andrew Coleman, CEO of Heritage New Zealand – Pouhere Taonga, for his support of the Seddon House project. Seddon House will form part of the Tohu Whenua programme where local history is highlighted by local landmarks and the stories associated with them.
We also acknowledge the huge support and commitment of Mark Patterson, Tanka Davidson our local MPs Damien O’Connor and Maureen Pugh and our local Council teams.
Meet Andrew Coleman here:
Meet Andrew Coleman.(Again as he is a regular on the Coast)Back in 2016 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Board Chair Wyatt Creech and Maori Heritage Council Chair John Clarke welcome the appointment of Andrew Coleman as Chief Executive.Today Andrew talks about the Tohu Whenua programme where our history is told by stories via Tohu Whenua The multi-agency government Tohu Whenua programme was launched three years ago to tell the stories of the regions. The Hokitika Tohu Whenua pou, or post, site was chosen to highlight the historic port and commercial area, which enabled the rapid growth of the town during the 1860s on the promise of gold.@Tohu Whenua – Landmarks that tell our stories
Posted by The Coasters Club on Friday, February 14, 2020
