26/01/2026 | Otago
Tohu Whenua is pleased to announce the addition of its 40th heritage site to the programme, the Taieri Gorge Railway in Otago.
22/01/2026 | Otago
Save the date! On Sunday 15 February the home of Aotearoa New Zealand's first international shipment of sheep and frozen meat will celebrate National Lamb Day.
12/12/2025 | Waitaha Canterbury
Nestled in the Canterbury foothills is a very special site with a rich history – Ōtūwharekai Hakatere Heritage – now recognised as a new Tohu Whenua site.
13/08/2025 | Northland / West Coast / Otago / Waitaha Canterbury
Tohu Whenua will receive a funding boost, recently announced by Conservation Minister Tama Potaka.
27/06/2025 | Waitaha Canterbury
Tohu Whenua launched its new Waitaha Canterbury itinerary at Takahanga Marae in Kaikōura on 27 June.
17/03/2025 | Northland
Believed to be the oldest surviving lemon tree in the country, the Hansen lemon tree in Rangihoua Heritage Park, Northland stands on the site where Māori and Europeans first began to live side by side.
31/10/2024 | West Coast
Today, over 150 people gathered to celebrate Ōkārito (local population = 30) becoming a Tohu Whenua site - acknowledging it as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s must-dos.
16/09/2024 | Northland
Two war medals associated with the family of one of Northland’s most significant historic buildings returned home over the weekend.
16/05/2024 | Otago
Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki gathered with representatives from Tohu Whenua to celebrate the launch of Huriawa as a Tohu Whenua site today.
19/03/2024 | West Coast
The Department of Conservation has restored and officially opened a 100-year-old gold miner's cottage in Waiuta, a Tohu Whenua site in Te Tai Poutini West Coast.
02/02/2024 | Northland
Northland’s Tohu Whenua programme is about to enter an exciting new phase with the appointment of Kerikeri resident David Clendon as its new Regional Coordinator in Te Tai Tokerau.
19/12/2023
A recent survey commissioned by DOC and Tohu Whenua shows Kiwis want more opportunities to learn about Aotearoa New Zealand’s heritage.
05/09/2023 | West Coast
The Department of Conservation has successfully completed the complex job of fixing a collapsed section of 140-year-old stone retaining walls at Denniston Mine.
28/05/2023 | Northland
Creative leadership in the environmental space will be ignited by the next generation of Māori artists as they showcase their work in the biannual Tai o Hī Tai o Hā exhibition, set to open to the public on May 28.
29/04/2023 | Northland
Special acknowledgement for a whānau that played a key role in carefully preserving valuable documents spanning almost 150 years of Aotearoa New Zealand history.
16/02/2023 | Northland
A unique collection of family papers spanning almost 150 years, and covering watershed moments in the formation of modern New Zealand, has been added to the UNESCO Aotearoa New Zealand Memory of the World register.
10/12/2022 | West Coast
Tohu Whenua has marked a significant milestone today with the launch of its first landscape story-based site, Te Kopikopiko o te Waka near Te Weheka/Fox Glacier.
20/06/2022
Tohu Whenua landmarks across the country are celebrating Matariki 2025 with the theme Matariki mā Puanga. You're invited!
31/03/2022 | Northland
01/10/2021 | Otago
Hayes Homestead celebrates 100 years of Kiwi engineering and ingenuity, including what must have been one of the first whole-home audio systems in New Zealand.
01/09/2021 | Otago
“A craftsman who worked on the great cathedrals in Europe could walk onto a job now and the tools would be virtually the same,” says Totara Estate stonemason, Allan Ward.
12/07/2021 | Northland
A Kerikeri engineering firm has used state of the art 3D laser scanning technology to create a high-precision model of New Zealand’s oldest stone building – and the results are amazing.
26/03/2021 | West Coast
Today marks the 125th anniversary of our country's most deadly industrial disaster, the explosion at Brunner Mine that killed 65 men and boys.
15/12/2020 | West Coast
Historic West Coast goldtown “Waiuta” will join Tohu Whenua today, recognising it as one of New Zealand’s most treasured heritage places.
30/11/2020 | Otago
If you’ve ever visited an old woolshed on a farm, chances are you spotted an old stencil or two hanging up on the walls.
17/02/2020
Hokitika Port, Commercial and Government Centre will join Tohu Whenua today, recognising it as one of New Zealand’s most treasured heritage places.
06/02/2019
On Waitangi Day, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga will be opening the doors to its staffed properties free of charge.
