Operative Waikato Regional Policy Statement (October 2000)

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Appendix 4:

Criteria for Determining Significance of Cultural Heritage Resources

1. The significance of cultural heritage resources in the Region shall be determined using criteria including the following:
   
   1. the extent to which the place reflects important or representative aspects of Waikato or New Zealand history;
      
   2. the association of the place with the events, persons, or ideas of importance in Waikato or New Zealand history;
      
   3. the potential of the place to provide knowledge of Waikato or New Zealand history;
      
   4. the importance of the place to tangata whenua;
      
   5. the community association with, or public esteem for, the place;
      
   6. the potential of the place for public education;
      
   7. the technical accomplishment or value, or design of the place;
      
   8. the symbolic or commemorative value of the place;
      
   9. the importance of historic places which date from periods of early settlement in Waikato;
      
   10. rare types of historic place;
       
   11. the extent to which the place forms part of a wider historical and cultural complex or historical and cultural landscape; or
       
   12. the integrity and state of preservation.

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