The Historic Places Act 1954 was an act of the

New Zealand Parliament The New Zealand Parliament ( mi, Pāremata Aotearoa) is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the King of New Zealand ( King-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives. The King is usually represented by h ...

. It established the

New Zealand Historic Places Trust Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust) ( mi, Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advocate ...

(now Heritage New Zealand) for the purpose of preserving, marking and recording places of historic interest in New Zealand. One of the early structures that was covered by a heritage order was the

Pencarrow Head Lighthouse Pencarrow Head Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse at Pencarrow Head in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand. Upper lighthouse Constructed in 1859, the Pencarrow Head Lighthouse was the first permanent lighthouse bui ...

at the entrance to Wellington Harbour, which was added to the register at its centenary in 1959.

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Statutes of New Zealand Historic preservation legislation New Zealand Historic Places Trust 1954 in New Zealand law {{statute-stub