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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. The Trust came together in 2017 to advocate for a Regional Heritage Centre located in Tauranga City that would become the gathering place for heritage across Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. Reason: The history and heritage of Tauranga and the Western Bay Plenty either works alone, or in isolation of each other. There are no connected dots. Now into 2021, connecting the dots is well underway as together, as partners in Te Tiriti o Waitangi style, we are embarking on two key heritage journeys: 1. Establishing a 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 an independent Heritage Centre 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. Both the Heritage Centre and the strategy will have significant social economic and influential advantages for hapū, local tangata whenua, the community as a whole, individual heritage organisations, the education of heritage across our rohe, the business community and the region. These two goals are huge steps forward for connecting heritage together in Western Bay of Plenty | Tauranga, the wider region and beyond. 
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