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Former Green MP David Clendon has been appointed Te Tai Tokerau regional coordinator for Heritage New Zealand’s Tohu Whenua visitor programme.
The programme promotes significant historical and cultural sites, connecting New Zealanders with their unique heritage while enhancing national identity.
Sites in Northland include Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Kororipo Heritage Park, Rangihoua Heritage Park, Rākaumangamanga – Cape Brett and many others.
They also include Clendon House in Rawene, the home of his tupuna James Reddy Clendon and Jane Takotowi Clendon.
He says he grew up hearing stories of Northland’s history and his family’s part in it.
Tohu Whenua is a unique approach to telling not only the stories of individual sites, but also linking these stories into a narrative about social, cultural and environmental developments over time across Te Tai Tokerau.
Mr Clendon says surveys show people enjoy visiting heritage sites because they learn something new or see something extraordinary, or just have a fun family day.
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