Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014

repeals the Historic Places Act 1993; and

continues the body known as the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Pouhere Taonga) under the name Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga; and

continues the Māori Heritage Council; and

continues to provide for heritage covenants; and

continues to prohibit the modification or destruction of an archaeological site unless an authority for the modification or destruction is obtained from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga under this Act; and

provides for an appropriate response about heritage matters in the event of a national or local emergency being declared, or notice of a national or local transition period being given, under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002; and

continues the system for a list (formerly the Register), to be known as the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero, comprising historic places, historic areas, wāhi tapu, and wāhi tapu areas, and also to include wāhi tūpuna, as a means for recognising heritage values; and

provides for the establishment and maintenance of a list to be known as the National Historic Landmarks/Ngā Manawhenua o Aotearoa me ōna Kōrero Tūturu; and

includes sanctions for breaches of this Act; and

sets out certain administrative and transitional matters, including the dissolution of branch committees.