Trailblazers and Troublemakers - West Auckland Heritage Conference 2022

Sun Nov 13 2022 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

Titirangi War Memorial Hall | Auckland

Waitakere Ranges Local Board
Publisher/HostWaitakere Ranges Local Board
Trailblazers and Troublemakers - West Auckland Heritage Conference 2022
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Celebrate and share West Auckland stories - on architecture, art, people and places - with twenty inspiring speakers.
About this Event

The West Auckland Heritage Conference has become a day-long tradition. We hope you will join us for the upcoming 2022 edition on Sunday 13th of November, themed "Trailblazers and Troublemakers of the West".

With four great keynote speakers – Sandra Coney on women in the kauri timber industry, Lisa Truttman on David Bruce Russell the Canal Promotor, Graham Burgess on the Titirangi War Memorial Hall and Shaun Higgins on Olav Petersen. This will be complemented by more than ten equally fascinating short presentations within the theme of the “Trailblazers and Troublemakers of the West”.

Did you know a women owned the kauri timber mill in the Waitakere Ranges?That award-winning photographer Olav Petersen, aka ‘Nature Boy’ who currently has a huge exhibition in the Auckland Museum, was born in Swanson and mainly photographed our West Auckland area? What is the heritage plan for the Titirangi War Memorial Hall? When are writers moving into the Maurice Shadbolt House? Why didn’t Auckland get a canal between the Waitemata and Manukau harbours?


You’ll find the answers to all that and more at the West Auckland Heritage Conference, this year on the 13th of November.


Waitākere Ranges Local Board Member, Sandra Coney, says there are many unknown stories that will delight and captivate in equal measure. “West Auckland is a treasure trove of fascinating stories that deserve a wider audience,” she says. This is an event for everyone interested in the stories of our place, for locals and heritage buffs alike.


There will be ample opportunity to ask questions and mix-and-mingle with the presenters and other guests as the ticket includes lunch and nibbles afterwards. All speakers will be presenting in the Titirangi War Memorial Hall, with presentations projected on a wide screen for maximum enjoyment.

Sold out last year, we recommend you reserve your tickets now. 

The inaugural conference in 2016 was themed New Stories of the Old West and was held at the War Memorial Hall in Titirangi. The next conference was on The People of the West at the Henderson Council Chambers, returning to Titirangi in 2018 and 2019 titled respectively The Creative West and Destination West. The 2020 edition of the conference was moved to April 2021 due to covid restrictions and was themed The Hidden Stories of the West.

Most presentations from the conferences are available on this website to view and the 2021 edition was fully recorded (see below for the link).

The conference is a collaborative effort by many in the community and council, and is brought to you by the Waitakere Ranges Local Board with support from the Whau Local Board.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Titirangi War Memorial Hall, 500 South Titirangi Road, Auckland, New Zealand

Tickets

NZD 20.00

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