Ka Whai Take Ngā Taonga

Tuku Iho o Tāmaki Makaurau 2024

Auckland’s heritage counts 2024

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Overview

Welcome to the 2024 edition of Auckland’s Heritage Counts. 

Established in 2018, Auckland’s Heritage Counts became New Zealand’s very first programme of work systematically collecting statistics and research relating to the public value of heritage.

Since then, a report has been published every year. Past research summarised in these reports has included:

• Price effects of heritage designation (2018) – economic analysis
• The contributions and motivations of historical societies (2019) – master’s student research
• Impacts of operating/owning businesses in Karangahape Road Historic Heritage Area (2019) – master’s student research
• A survey of Aucklander’s attitudes towards heritage (2019) – over 2,000 Aucklanders surveyed as part of the Auckland Council People’s Panel
• Heritage and wedding venues (2020) – master’s student research
• The impact on COVID-19 lockdowns on heritage attractions (2021)
• Heritage planning and Chinese communities (2023) – doctoral student research.

This seventh edition adds two further pieces of research to this list:

• The benefits and uniqueness of Auckland’s special character (2024) – master’s student research
• Heritage as a marketing tool: cases from Auckland (2024) – master’s student research. ...

The aim of Auckland’s Heritage Counts is to showcase the extent and variety of Auckland’s heritage as well as the social, economic and environmental benefits Aucklanders gain from engagement with Auckland’s heritage places. ...

This year’s edition returns to a longer format like earlier reports, and is organised into five sections:

• What is the extent of Auckland’s heritage?
• How is Auckland’s heritage cared for?
• What makes Auckland’s Special Character special?
• Economic benefits
• Social benefits
• Environmental benefits.

Unless otherwise stated, all the statistics are from an analysis of the AUP Historic Heritage Overlay or from Auckland Council Heritage Unit records.

Dr David Bade

Specialist – Historic Heritage

Heritage Unit 

Auckland Council

david.bade@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

See also:

Other years' summaries

Auckland Council website. Our heritage