There are more than 6,000 buildings, homes and places on Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga's historic place register.
But how do they get there?
Anna Renton-Green is the heritage list manager and she speaks to Emile Donovan about what makes something heritage and what happens to those buildings on the list.
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A cake depicting Wellington's rhomboid Hannah Playhouse, which attracted controversy when it was added to the Heritage List. Photo: supplied