Core Education

The following questions from schools were answered by Millie from Pouhere Taonga Heritage New Zealand: 1. Is the person that built the Stone Store related to you? If they are, what do you know about them? 2. What career pathway did you take to get this job? 3. When was the land discovered and settled by Māori and Europeans? 4. What was the population at the height of Māori and European settlement? 5. When you talk about 'priceless artifacts', what do you mean? 6. Is it the same people who built Stone Store the same as the ones who built the Kemp House? 7. What is the most interesting and or unusual artifact that you have in the Stone Store museum? 8. Did the people who built the Stone Store or Kemp House leave a historical mark e.g. a hidden signature or piece of memorabilia under or behind something, other than the stone slate? 9. Why do the artifacts have to be behind glass? What do they do to preserve artifacts? 10. How do they strengthen old buildings to be earthquake proof and to meet today's safety sta