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Western Bay of Plenty | Tauranga is one of the few regions in Aotearoa | New Zealand without a connected Heritage Strategy.
Taonga Tū | Heritage Bay of Plenty (TTHBoP) formerly Taonga Tauranga, is an independent registered charitable trust partnering with Western Bay of Plenty Tangata whenua, heritage organisations, BoP Heritage New Zealand | Pouhere Taonga, local councils and interested local businesses. It came together in 2017 to advocate for a standalone Heritage Centre for our subregion located in Tauranga City. Towards realising this dream TTHBoP facilitated the bringing together of interested hapū, various heritage organisations and other key businesses and interested parties across our subregion. Most of these entities were working their heritage in isolation. Now into 2021 these conversations are well underway and together, as partners in Te Tiriti o Waitangi style, we are embarking on two key heritage issues: 1. Advocating for a standalone Heritage Centre in downtown Tauranga as the lead city in the region. 2. Working on a subregional Heritage Strategy under the name:. Heritage Together - Kotahitanga | Orokohanga Poutama which means: weaving a stairway from creation towards heritage unity, recognition and excellence. |
Community Support: There is strong levels of community support and goodwill locally, regionally and nationally towards
a) establishing a standalone Heritage Centre under an Independent Trust in downtown Tauranga, and b) developing a subregional Heritage Strategy for the purpose of connecting our heritage so that an entirely new industry for our region around heritage can be born. This strategy will have significant social economic and influential advantages for hapū, local tangata whenua, the population as a whole, individual heritage organisations, the business community and the region. These two goals are huge steps forward for connecting heritage in Western Bay of Plenty | Tauranga, the wider region and beyond. 
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