16 | Preservation a focus The blessing at the Hawke’s Bay’s Regional Museum Research and Archive Centre site in September last year. T T from page 14 Hastings District Council: Museum and Archive Facility REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT The darkhouse storage facility will feature a laser cut aluminum façade that resembles a huia feather, symbolically throwing a protective cloak over precious taonga within the building. MTG Hawke’s Bay is the kaitiaki (guardian) of the Hawke’s Bay collection. Precious items include the complete archives of New Zealand’s three most significant post-war textile designers William Mason, Avis Higgs and Frank Carpay; 6000 taonga tuku iho, which have been handed down through generations together with their rich stories; and a significant collection of written works by early New Zealand missionary and botanist William Colenso. The Hastings District Council and Napier City Council purchased the former Briscoes property for $3.05 million, with a 50/50 split. Of the $23 million construction cost, Hastings has contributed $4.565 million while Napier has contributed $3.135 million. Additional funding support for the project includes $5.79m from the New Zealand Lotteries Commission, and $9m from the Manatū Taonga-Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s Regional Culture and Heritage Fund. NAPIER PHONE 06 844 6464 8 Gloucester Street, Greenmeadows HASTINGS PHONE 06 878 3976 11 Karamu Road North Proud to provide and install the electrical services for the Hastings District Council
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