Sir Joseph Ward Statue, BLUFF (List No. 9263, Category 2)
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New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero – Report for a Historic Place
Sir Joseph Ward Statue, BLUFF (List No. 9263, Category 2)
Joseph Ward Statue, Bluff (Photo by Sarah Gallagher, Heritage New Zealand, January 2020)
Sarah Gallagher and Heather Bauchop
Last amended 12 April 2021
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
1. IDENTIFICATION 5
1.1. Name of Place 5
1.2. Location Information 5
1.3. Legal Description 5
1.4. Extent of List Entry 5
1.5. Eligibility 5
1.6. Existing Heritage Recognition 6
2. SUPPORTING INFORMATION 6
2.1. Historical Information 6
2.2. Physical Information 15
2.3. Chattels 18
2.4. Sources 18
3. SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT 19
3.1. Section 66 (1) Assessment 19
3.2. Section 66 (3) Assessment 19
4. APPENDICES 21
4.1. Appendix 1: Visual Identification Aids 21
4.2. Appendix 2: Visual Aids to Historical Information 23
4.3. Appendix 3: Visual Aids to Physical Information 29
4.4. Appendix 4: Significance Assessment Information 32
Disclaimer
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Purpose of this report
The purpose of this report is to provide evidence to support the inclusion of the Sir Joseph Ward
Statue in the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero as a Category 2 historic place.
Summary
Murihiku ki te tonga / Southland has a very long and continuing history of occupation by Māori.
Kōrero tuko ihu (oral history) tell us the waka of Aoraki became Te Wai Pounamu / South Island, and
its sternpost, Te Taurapa a Te Waka o Aoraki, became Motupōhue / Bluff Hill. The tipua Māui is also
recorded in Murihiku, his achievements are recognised in place names such as Ōmaui near Awarua /
Bluff. Awarua is the traditional Māori name for Bluff Harbour and the wider Bluff region and refers to
the two bodies of water that constitute the harbour.1 The name Motupōhue / Bluff Hill is an ancient
one, brought south by Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu.
William H. Feldon’s privately commissioned statue of prominent businessman, statesman and
politician Sir Joseph Ward dating to 1930, stands at the head of the main street, in Motupōhue / Bluff,
20km from Invercargill on the southern coast of New Zealand. The statue commemorates the early life
of this dynamic local figure whose life and work had a significant impact not only on the development
of Bluff, but also later on the nation as a member of parliament and through his premiership. The
statue has aesthetic and historic significance.
Sir Joseph Ward (1856-1930) is a significant figure in Southland and New Zealand’s history. Born in
Melbourne, the fifth of ten children of William and Hannah Ward, he moved with his mother and
siblings to Bluff in 1863. Starting as a post office messenger boy at 13 years old, Ward branched out
into business, founding prominent stock and station company J. G. Ward and Co. He was chair of the
company that built the Ocean View Freezing Works near Bluff. He entered politics in 1878 and was
elected to the Bluff Borough Council. He was Mayor of Bluff 1881-1888 and again in 1897-98. He was a
member of Bluff Harbour Board 1881-1917 and was elected to Parliament as member for Awarua in
1887, becoming a cabinet minister in 1891. In 1894, facing financial ruin, he resigned as Colonial
Treasurer. He quickly recovered with the help of his connections, and once again became a cabinet
1 Kā Huru Manu, https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas accessed 27 October 2020.
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minister. Ward went on to become New Zealand’s 17th Prime Minister between 1906 and 1912, and
again from 1928-1930, before resigning due to poor health.2
Following the death of Sir Joseph Ward in 1930, William Handyside (1848-1935) a southern
businessman, commissioned Auckland sculptor W. H. Feldon (1871-1945) to create a sculpture of
Ward.3 Feldon had emigrated to New Zealand in 1910 and was responsible for many statues during his
life including the Arawa Memorial (Rotorua Government Gardens Historic Area, New Zealand Heritage
List No. 7015) and the Matakana War Memorial statue of George V. 4 The statue of Sir Joseph Ward was
part of a set of three statues Handyside commissioned from Feldon that were originally grouped
together outside the Invercargill Post Office.
The statue of Sir Joseph Ward is carved of brilliant white Italian marble.5 It faces east towards the town
centre and is located on a stepped granite base, with a red granite plinth. Ward leans against a book
laden plinth with one hand behind his back. In his left hand he holds a scroll of paper. At a time when
much of the sculptural commissions were obtained from Italy or London, Feldon was unusual in that
his work was produced in New Zealand.6 The style of the sculpture is typical of Feldon’s work and is
similar to the figures of Lords Kitchener and Jellicoe that remain on the Gala Street Reserve in
Invercargill, where the statue of Ward was previously located. Ward’s statue was moved to its current
site in 1971. In 2020, the statue remains an important a landmark on Bluff’s main street, and a
testament to Ward, ever a champion of his hometown of Bluff.
2 Gavin McLean, ‘Joseph Ward’, New Zealand History, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 8-Nov-2017,
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/sir-joseph-ward accessed 27 November 2020; Michael Bassett, 'Ward, Joseph George',
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, 1993, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand,
https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2w9/ward-joseph-george accessed 27 November 2020.
3 New Zealand Herald (NZH), 15 Jul 1930, p. 6; Note that the inventory item in Aaron Fox, Historic Bluff: A history of the
heritage and unique features of Bluff, prepared for the Invercargill City Council, March 2004, and the publications Fox
consulted, wrongly record the sculptor as Captain W.H. Fenton.
4 Chris Maclean and Jock Phillips, The Sorrow and the Pride: New Zealand War Memorials, Wellington, 1990, pp. 113, 126-7.
5 NZH, 27 Nov 1930, p. 12; Auckland Star, 14 Nov 1931, p. 8.
6 Maclean and Phillips, 1990, p. 113; 'Matakana War Memorial’, New Zealand History, updated 10-Sep-2020,
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/matakana-war-memorial accessed 28 October 2020.
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1. IDENTIFICATION7
1.1. Name of Place
Name
Sir Joseph Ward Statue
Other Names
Joseph Ward Statue
1.2. Location Information
Address
Intersection Blackwater, Gore and Shannon Streets
Bluff
Southland
Local Authority
Invercargill City Council
1.3. Legal Description
Legal Road. Southland Land District.
1.4. Extent of List Entry
Extent includes part of the land described as Legal Road, and the structure known as the Sir
Joseph Ward Statue, thereon.
1.5. Eligibility
There is sufficient information included in this report to identify this place. This place is
physically eligible for consideration as a historic place. It consists of a structure affixed to land
which lies within the territorial limits of New Zealand.
7 This section is supplemented by visual aids in Appendix 1 of the report.
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1.6. Existing Heritage Recognition
Not scheduled in Invercargill City Council District Plan, Operative 30 August 2019. The statue
was identified with a Class 1 rating in the Invercargill City Bluff Ward Heritage & Unique
Features Study, 2001.8 The Bluff History Group installed an interpretive plaque on the base of
the statue in 2001.9 The statue is included in Dr Aaron Fox, Historic Bluff: A History of the
Heritage and Unique Features of Bluff, prepared for the Invercargill City Council, March 2004,
and is included in the Bluff Heritage Trail.10
2. SUPPORTING INFORMATION
2.1. Historical Information
Early History
Murihiku ki te tonga / Southland has a very long and continuing history of occupation by
Māori. Kōrero tuko ihu (oral history) tell us the waka of Aoraki became Te Wai Pounamu /
South Island, and its sternpost, Te Taurapa a Te Waka o Aoraki, became Motupōhue / Bluff
Hill. The tipua Māui is also recorded in Te Wai Pounamu and his traditions are well recorded
in Murihiku, with Māui arriving in his waka Maahunui, and throwing out the anchor Te Puka
o Te Waka a Māui or Rakiura / Stewart Island. Māui’s achievements are recognised in place
names in the south, particularly Ōmaui near Awarua / Bluff, Te Tapuwae o Māui / Māui’s
footstep and Te Rereka o Māui /Māui’s leap in Fiordland. The early tribes of Hāwea,
Rapuwai and Waitaha were present on the landscape and were eventually assimilated into
Kāti Māmoe, who were in turn incorporated into Kāi Tahu in the 1800s.11 Shared occupation
and whakapapa with these early iwi are always acknowledged.
Awarua is the traditional Māori name for Bluff Harbour as well as the wider Bluff region and
refers to the two bodies of water that constitute the harbour.12 The entire area was rich in
resources and kaik, tauraka-waka, nohoaka, mahika kai and mahika toi were established
close to them. Tiwai Point, a source of pakohe (argillite), is located on the northern side of
8 Oakley Gray Architects Ltd., Invercargill City Bluff Ward Heritage & Unique Features Study, July 2001.
9 Fox, 2004, p. BHR 54 d.
10 Bluff Heritage Trail https://southlandnz.com/sites/default/files/media/documents/BluffHeritageTrailBrochure.pdf
accessed 19 August 2020.
11 David Grant, 'Southland region - Early settlement', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 2008, updated 1 May 2015,
http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/southland-region/page-5 accessed 19 February 2020.
12 Kā Huru Manu, https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas accessed 27 October 2020.
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the entrance of Awarua. The stone was quarried and worked there, and then traded far and
wide.13
The name Motupōhue / Bluff Hill is an ancient one, brought south by Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi
Tahu. Motupōhue refers to the native convolvulus pōhue, Calystegia sepium found in
quantity at this place.14 The name recalls a history unique to the Ngāi Tūhaitara and Ngāti
Kurī hapū that is captured in the line, ‘Kei korā kei Motupōhue, he pāreka e kai ana, nā tō
tūtae’ (It was there at Motupōhue that a shag stood, eating your excrement).15 Oral
tradition records the Ngāti Māmoe leader, Te Rakitauneke, is buried on Motupōhue; perhaps
in fulfilment of his wishes, ‘Kia pai ai tāku titiro ki Te Ara a Kiwa’ (Let me gaze upon Foveaux
Strait). Some kōrero also place the burial of another Ngāti Māmoe leader, Tū Te Makohu,
here.16
With the coming of whalers and sealers the area was a popular haven, and it soon became a
multi-cultural society with immigrants from around the globe marrying tangata whenua
wāhine. Ōue and Ōmāui were principal settlements at the mouth of the Ōreti in the
colonially named New River Estuary in the 19th Century.17 The Murihiku Purchase, an area of
6,900,000 acres, was orchestrated by W. B. D. Mantell on 17 August 1853 for £2,600.18
‘Native Reserves’ were made at the following places within the block: Tūtūrau, Ōmaui, Ōue,
Aparima, Ōraka, Kawakaputaputa, and Ōuetoto; the total quantity set apart for the purpose
being 4,588 acres.19 Ngāi Tahu report this equated to approximately 17 acres per person and
did not provide the schools and hospitals promised.20 Stevens acknowledges the relationship
13 Chris Jacomb, Richard Walter and Chris Jennings., ‘Review of the Archaeology of Fouveaux Strait, New Zealand’, The
Journal of the Polynesian Society, 2010, p. 25 http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/docs/Volume119/JPS_119_1_03.pdf accessed
16 November 2020.
14 John Hall-Jones, Bluff Harbour, Southland Harbour Board, 1976, Bluff, p. 42; ‘Motupōhue’, Ka Huru Manu
https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas accessed 16 November 2020.
15 Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, Schedule 44 Statutory Acknowledgement for Motupōhue (Bluff Hill)
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/latest/DLM430877.html accessed 16 November 2020.
16 W. A. Taylor, Lore and History of the South Island Māori, Bascands Ltd., Christchurch, n.d., p. 153 via NZETC
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TayLore-t1-body1-d17.html accessed 27 October 2020; ‘Motupōhue’, Ka Huru
Manu https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas accessed 16 November 2020.
17 Schedule 50 Statutory acknowledgement for Ōreti River. Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/latest/DLM430883.html accessed 16 November 2020.
18 Alexander Mackay, ‘Middle Island Native Land Question’, in He Reo Ture Nō Te Taha Kāwana / Language of the Crown,
1888, p.13, Via NZETC http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MacRepo-t1-g1-g1-t2-body1-d3.html accessed 28
October 2020.
19 Mackay, 1888, p. 13.
20 The Murihiku Deed of 1853, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/our_stories/the-murihiku-deed-of-1853/;
Murikiku, from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966, via Te Ara - the
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between the establishment of Native Reserves in the vicinity of ports like Bluff where Māori
men and women lived and worked. More than a century later, the Ngāi Tahu Claims
Settlement Act 1998 saw the name of Bluff Hill Scenic Reserve, changed to Motupōhue
Scenic Reserve through a Statutory Acknowledgement.21 In the 2018 census, 46% of the
population of Bluff identify as Māori which is significant compared with the rest of Murihiku
which sits at 14%.22 Traditional practices, like the seasonal tītī (mutton bird) harvest,
continue to be treasured and practiced by tangata whenua.23
European Settlement
An important place of early cross-cultural encounter, Bluff has been a place of many names.
Bluff was first charted in 1806 in O.F. Smith where he named it ‘The Mount’.24 Some years
later it was first described by Robert Williams, a flax dresser and ropemaker, who was part of
a reconnaissance party in 1813 aboard the Perseverance who were hoping to identify a
location to establish a flax industry. The official representative on board was a Mr Jones who
honoured the then Governor by naming the area ‘Port Macquarie’ after him.25 Nearly ten
years later, a similar expedition was launched on the Snapper which made the first record of
the place as ‘Old Man’s Bluff Point’.26 The name was derived from the Celtic alt maen
meaning ‘high rock’.27 The first European settler at Bluff was James Spencer who arrived in
January 1824. He obtained permission to work the land, and established a small settlement
built around a fishing station.28 The title to the land he purchased from Tūhawaiki was dated
12 February 1839.29 This settlement became Bluff and is the longest continually inhabited
European settlement in the South Island.
Encyclopedia of New Zealand http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/murihiku accessed 28 October 2020.
21 Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, Sec 163, 166
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/latest/DLM429955.html accessed 27 October 2020.
22 Statistics New Zealand 2018 Census Data via www.mashblock.nz accessed 19 November 2020.
23 Michael J. Stevens, ‘The ocean is our only highway and means of communication': Maritime culture in colonial Southern
New Zealand’, The Journal of New Zealand Studies, 12,2012, pp. 155, 159.
24 Hall-Jones, 1976, [n.p].
25 ibid., p. 8-9.
26 ibid., pp. 11-12.
27 ibid., pp. 1-2.
28 ibid., p. 17.
29 H. Hanson Turton., ‘Maori Deeds of Old Private Land Purchases in New Zealand, From the Year 1815 to 1840, with
Preemptive and Other Claims’, in He Reo Nō Ngā whakaritenga me Ngā Pukkapuka Here / Language of Agreement and
Obligation, 1882, via NZETC http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TurOldP-t1-g1-g1-g15-g9-t1.html accessed 28
October 2020; Hall-Jones, 1976, pp. 20-21.
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Colonial Period
In 1856 J. T. Thompson, the newly incumbent Chief Surveyor, made his way to Invercargill
and Bluff to plan both the town and port. ‘Bluff Town’ became the first town in Murihiku /
Southland to have its survey completed.30 The name was soon changed to Campelltown to
honour the family name of Governor Gore’s wife.31 Prior to the establishment of the deep-
water port at Bluff, Invercargill’s New River Estuary was the major port south of Dunedin.32
The advantage for Bluff being a deep-water port saw it take precedence as the port of choice
for large vessels. Consequently, trade between Melbourne and Bluff was firmly and regularly
established in the 1860s, ‘Bluff was a key entry point for goods, people, livestock and ideas
central to the lower South Island’s colonial development. In return it dispatched primary
products to points throughout the British Empire.’33 The flood of gold miners between 1862-
64 boosted the town, boarding houses and hotels sprung up to cater for the demand.
Infrastructure progressed rapidly. The railway link through to Bluff in 1867 proved to be the
beginning of the end for the Port of Invercargill.34 The Harbour Board first met in early 1877,
Southland Frozen Meat established a freezer in 1885, and the Ocean Beach Freezing works
were opened in 1891 following which, the Borough of Campbelltown was incorporated in
1897. It was a further twenty years before the official name reverted to Bluff on 1 March
1917.35 Sir Joseph Ward was instrumental in all these developments.
Sir Joseph Ward
Sir Joseph George Ward Bt. K.C.M.G. (1856-1930) remains a significant figure in both
Southland and New Zealand’s history. Born in Melbourne, the fifth of ten children of William
and Hannah Ward who had immigrated from Ireland, he moved with his mother and siblings
to Bluff in 1863.36 He was educated at Campbelltown School and started as a post office
messenger boy at the age 13 years. A precocious entrepreneur, Ward’s lifelong engagement
in business began at an early age. He founded the prominent stock and station company J. G.
30 Hall-Jones, 1976, p. 53.
31 ibid., p. 55.
32 ibid., p. 49.
33 Michael Stevens, World History of Bluff, 2021, www.worldhistoryofbluff.org.nz accessed 16 November 2020.
34 Invercargill City Council, Linkage Reserves Omnibus Management Plan 2014, 2014, p. 55 https://icc.govt.nz/wp-
content/uploads/2014/10/Linkage-Reserves-Omnibus-Management-Plan-2014.pdf accessed 1 May 2020.
35 Hall-Jones, 1976, p. 56; Bassett, 'In Search of Sir Joseph Ward', New Zealand Journal of History, 21.1, 1987, p. 118.
36 Michael Bassett., 1987, p. 113; Bassett, 1993.
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Ward and Co., bought wool, grain, and skins, and later sold grass seed, sheep dip, fertiliser
and stock feed.37
Ward was a larger-than-life figure. Historian Gavin McLean writes, ‘Ward was a dandy (fine
clothes, waxed moustache) and a title chaser (a knighthood in 1901, baronetcy in 1911)’.38 He
apparently loved to be photographed and would present signed photographs and postcards
of himself ‘to all and sundry.’39 He was loquacious; an observer wrote, ‘Listening to his
sentences I always feel like the man who watched the slow procession of the dredge buckets,
dreamily waiting for the last bucket to come up... Time disappears, the world fades away.’40
His personality certainly enabled his success in business and politics. Ward became deeply
involved in business and governance in Bluff, and later, New Zealand – his own prosperity and
that of the town and its population were inextricably intertwined. He was relentless in his
expansionist ideas and was enormously productive, always endeavouring to obtain the
maximum value from government spending and fascinated by the potential of new
technologies to enhance and grow business and jobs.
Bassett acknowledges the blurred lines and conflicts of interest inherent in Wards business
dealings, the development of Bluff, and his political aspirations.41 Ward’s first foray into
politics was at age 21 when he was elected to the Campbelltown Borough Council in 1878
and was Mayor of Bluff from 1881-88 and again from 1897-98.42 He was Chairman of the
Bluff Harbour Board 1883-8, and again in the 1890s.43 In 1887 Ward was elected to
Parliament, representing Awarua from 1887-1919. He became a cabinet minister in 1891,
and, in the same year, Postmaster General, negotiating to stay in Southland which suited him
well as he could keep an eye on his business interests. As Postmaster General he reduced the
cost of toll calls, and later, reduced the cost of telegrams. As the largest user of these services
in Invercargill, his political position certainly benefited his business interests, and no doubt,
that of business colleagues.44 As a buyer of the products of farmers, Ward understood their
needs and raised money in London to enable farmers to lend money cheaply to facilitate
37 Bassett, 1987, p. 116.
38 McLean, 1993.
39 Bassett, 1987, p. 113.
40 Bassett, 1993.
41 Bassett, 1987, p. 117; Bassett, 1993.
42 Bassett, 1993.
43 Bassett, 1987, p. 115.
44 Bassett, 1993.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 10intensive settlement. Ward launched the frozen meat industry in Bluff in June 1891 in the
form of the Ocean Beach Freezing Works – its implementation was facilitated by a rapidly
introduced act of parliament – and the business was run through Ward’s private bank
account.45
By the age of 40 he was the Colonial Treasurer.46 Ward was particularly close to Richard
Seddon (1845-1906) and Jon McKenzie (1839-1901) and was Seddon’s closest confidant until
his death; Bassett describes their relationship as ‘symbiotic.’47 In 1905 the yet to be founded
township of ‘Ward’ on the Flaxbourne estate was named after him. Eventually a railway line
would link Ward and Seddon as conclusively as the men themselves were tied.48 Ward, like
Seddon, was a proponent of a ‘White New Zealand’ philosophy and was part of a system that
passed discriminatory legislation against Chinese between 1880 and 1920.49 As Prime
Minister, Ward was prepared to ‘exclude all Asians if he thought the imperial government
would tolerate this.’50 Ward’s political career was building during the governments aggressive
land purchasing in the 1870s which facilitated the immigration and public works schemes
that were to dominate the next several decades. By the time Ward was Premier, most of the
land had passed from Māori ownership, and in many cases Māori did not receive the
services, such as schools, that they were promised.51 Ward’s own policies continued to
disadvantage Māori land owners. ‘The Native Land Act of 1909 was described by Finance
Minister Sir Joseph Ward in his 1909 financial statement as assisting the purchase of ‘as large
an area as possible’ from Maori owners while safeguarding their interests. He hoped that the
new system would avoid past difficulties by generally expediting purchasing after negotiation
with assembled owners.’52
45 Bennett, 1993.
46 Bassett, 1987, p. 114.
47 ibid., p. 120.
48 Marlborough Express (ME), 8 Jul 1905, p. 2; ‘Ward’, New Zealand History, n.d., https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keyword/ward
accessed 10 February 2020.
49 Steve Elers, “A ‘White New Zealand’: Anti-Chinese Racist Political Discourse from 1880 to 1920.” China Media Research
14.3, 2018, p. 91; Chinese Immigrants Amendment Act 1907 (7 EDW VII 1907 No 79)
http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/ciaa19077ev1907n79363/ accessed 10 February 2020.
50 P.S. O’Connor, ‘Keeping New Zealand White, 1908-1920,’ New Zealand Journal of History, 2.1, 1968, p. 44.
51 Claudia Orange, 'Treaty of Waitangi - Dishonouring the treaty – 1860 to 1880', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand,
2012, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/36363/maori-land-loss-south-island accessed 11 February 2021; The
Treaty in Practice, Obtaining Land, New Zealand History, updated 13 January 2016,
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/the-treaty-in-practice/obtaining-land accessed 10 February 2020.
52 Appendix to the Journal of the House of Representatives, 1909, B-6, cited in Cathy Marr, Rangahaua Whanui District 8. The
Alienation of Maori land in the Rohe Potae (Aotea Block) Part 2: 1900-1960, August 1999, p. 11,
https://waitangitribunal.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/WT-Part-2-The-alienation-of-Maori-land-in-Rohe-
Potae.pdf accessed 10 February 2021.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 11In 1894 Ward resigned as Colonial Treasurer. He was facing financial ruin due to the
liquidation of the Colonial Bank by the Bank of New Zealand of which his company, J.G. Ward
Farmers Association, was its greatest debtor.53 In 1897, having become ‘hopelessly insolvent’
he resigned from Parliament and from Bluff Harbour Board.54 When his financial affairs
recovered (with some considerable assistance from his family and friends as well as
connections in business and politics) he was voted back into those same posts and in
November that year was re-elected Mayor of Bluff.
Later, as leader of the Liberal Party, he became New Zealand’s 17th Prime Minister between
1906 and 1912, and again 1928-1930, this time as leader of the United Party, before resigning
because of poor health.55 His first tenure was enormously productive and included a change
for New Zealand from a colony to a Dominion in 1907.56 Ward was instrumental in connecting
the country and building the economy through the Post and Telegraph, and Railway Services
– the latter enabling the settlement of people and the movement of products from source to
city and port. The postal changes resulted in 13 million more letters were posted in the first
year that penny postage than the previous year. By 1912 there were an additional 33,000
telephones in the country. Passenger fare on the railways were reduced resulting in a marked
increase in use – aided by the opening of the North Island main trunk line in 1908.57
In 1929 Ward suffered a series of strokes and he died on 8 July 1930. Ward, his wife Theresa
and other family members are buried at the old Bluff Cemetery.58 Ward’s record of public
service spanning 52 years, 23 of which where he was a minister of the Crown remains
unmatched.59
53 Bassett, 1987, p. 122.
54 Bassett, 1993.
55 ibid.
56 ‘Dominion status’, New Zealand History, updated 11 May 2018, https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/dominion-day accessed
11 February 2021.
57 Bennett, 1993; Birth of a National Railway System', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock,
originally published in 1966, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/railways/page-
3 accessed 11 February 2021; ‘The Railway System Takes Shape’, from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H.
McLintock, originally published in 1966, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/railways/page-4 accessed 11 February 2021.
58 For more detail refer to Bassett, 1993.
59 ibid.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 12The statue of Sir Joseph Ward
After Sir Joseph Ward died, William Handyside (1848-1935) commissioned Auckland sculptor
William Henry Feldon (1871-1945) to create a sculpture of Ward.60 Handyside was a
gentleman, and a prominent figure in Invercargill’s business life in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. With Sir John Roberts he started the Nightcaps Coal Company in about
1882 and acted as general manager for some 25 years and was then managing director for
the next 18 years until the company ceased operation in 1925 when the coalfield closed.61 He
was a generous benefactor to many charities as attested in his will.62 A clear connection
between Handyside and Ward has not been established, however they may have had
dealings through the business community. One event does stand out. The Troopship Orient
was rumoured to be holding a passenger with smallpox in 1902. Handyside was a Lieutenant
on the ship whose men were decanted onto Matiu / Somes Island, and Ward is reported as
initiating an investigation into complaints about the Orient, ‘with commendable
promptitude’.63 Bassett notes that following his financial collapse Ward was particularly self-
conscious, at times paranoid, and consumed with recognition of his achievements and to
retore his reputation. It is possible this statue was one of several honours for Ward that was
organised on his behalf although Handyside requested his involvement remain anonymous.64
Handyside had already commissioned Feldon, who was based in Auckland, to produce
statues of Lord Kitchener and Lord Jellicoe, both prominent British World War One figures.65
Kitchener was Field-Marshal of Britain’s first mass army and quickly became the face of the
War.66 Jellicoe became Governor General of New Zealand in September 1920 and quickly
became a popular contributor to New Zealand society through sporting pursuits, his role in
charitable organisations, continued interest and involvement with ex-servicemen, and his
60 Note that the inventory item in Fox, 2004, and the publications Fox consulted, wrongly record the sculptor as Captain W.H.
Fenton.
61 Southland Times (ST), 4 Mar 1882, p. 2; ES, 22 May 1935, p. 15.
62 Evening Post (EP), 22 May 1935, p. 17; New Zealand Herald (NZH), 10 Jun 1935, p. 10; Invercargill City Cemeteries Search,
https://icc.govt.nz/cemetery-result/?id=42003 accessed 27 November 2020; Probates and Letters of Adminstration,
HANDYSIDE William - Invercargill - Gentleman (R22055299) Archives New Zealand,
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE55562500 accessed 27 November 2020.
63 NZH, 12 Aug 1902, p. 5; Press, 12 Aug 1902, p. 6; HANDYSIDE, William - SA N/N – Army, Archives New Zealand
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24479085 accessed 4 February 2021.
64 Bassett, 1987, p. 123; Letter from Weldon to Invercargill Mayor in 1931, Sir Joseph Ward Statue file, Invercargill Archives,
Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file 12018-147; NZH, 15 Jul 1930, p. 8.
65 EP, 28 Nov 1930, p. 10; see Figure 18 and Figure 17.
66 'Your country needs you' advertisement in London Opinion, Vol. XLII No.546, 5 September 1914 via
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/your-country-needs-you# accessed 5 February 2021.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 13position of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand.67 Handyside intended to gift
the statues of these three prominent men to the people of New Zealand, and the
government agreed they could be erected in the square in front of the Invercargill Post Office
and were installed in January 1931.68 The statue of Ward was completed in October 1931 and
shipped to Invercargill.69 Feldon travelled south to supervise the installation.70
What motivated Handyside to commission the sculptures remains unknown, he was a private
individual, and as his obituary states, ‘The statues of Lord Jellicoe, Lord Kitchener, and Sir
Joseph Ward in the Post Office square, Invercargill were gifts of Mr Handyside, who, with
characteristic modesty, would permit no public reference to these gifts during his lifetime.’71
The inscription on the rear of the statue simply states it was ‘erected by a citizen’.72
Following Handyside’s death in 1935, and his widow offered the statues to the Invercargill
City Council. There was a condition that the statues be removed from the Post Office square
should the land be required for future building projects.73 The Council had requested that the
statue of Ward be positioned in the vestibule of the new Post Office as a tribute to Ward,
who had been Postmaster-General for many years, however this request was denied.74 Plans
for a new post office on the site progressed and saw the statues relocated to the Gala Street
reserve (renamed Memorial Park) by MacDonald Weston between 28 December 1935 and 11
January 1936.75 They were arranged in a triangular formation against a background of trees,
with Ward at the apex of the triangle.76
67 Ian McGibbon, ‘Jellicoe, John Henry Rushworth’, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998, Te Ara - the
Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4j4/jellicoe-john-henry-rushworth accessed 5 February
2021.
68 EP, 9 Jan 1931, p. 8; see Figure 5, Figure 6, Figure 8.
69 NZH, 14 Oct 1931, p. 12.
70 Auckland Star (AS), 4 Nov 1921, p. 3; The approximate location of the statues in Post Office square can be seen in
Figure 3 Figure 5, and Figure 6.
71 ES, 22 May 1935, p. 15.
72 See Figure 15.
73 Letter from Chief Postmaster 15 October 1935 from Invercargill City Archive in Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file
12018-174; J.O.P. Watt, Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871-1971, Southland Times Printing Service, Invercargill,
1971, p. 157; Bluff History Group, Bluff in Retrospect, Bluff, 2001, p. 61.
74 ibid.
75 See Figure 17, Figure 18, Figure 19.
76 File note and newspaper article ‘Statues moved’ 8 Jan 1936 [np] Sir Joseph Ward Statue file, Invercargill City Archive in
Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file 12018-174; see Figure 4, Figure 8.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 14In 1969 Invercargill City Council offered the statue to the Bluff Borough Council.77 This was
accepted with ‘much pleasure’ on 23 December 1969.78 An article from the Southland Times
reported that the Invercargill City Council offered the statue to the Bluff County Council. The
sculpture was seen to be coming ‘home’, and that it was a fitting offer to the town.79 When
the statues of Lord’s Jellicoe and Kitchener were shifted to the western end of the reserve
behind the Cenotaph, Ward’s statue was removed to Bluff on 16 April 1971 and installed to,
‘stand vigil over the entrance to the island harbour’.80 The Bluff location is fitting given Ward’s
strong association with the town, having moved there in 1863 with his mother, who ran a
hotel in the town (Club Hotel, List No. 2241) and through his many and various business and
governance roles in Bluff. In recent years, discussions to relocate the statue resulted in
heated community debate, reflecting the importance of the statue to the town.81 An
information plaque was installed in by the Bluff History Group and Bluff Community Board in
2001.82
Associated List Entries
Club Hotel (List No. 2441, Historic Place Category 2)
2.2. Physical Information
Current Description
Setting
The statue faces east situated at the end of Bluff’s main street at the end of what was a
public esplanade reserve, though aerial photographs indicate that the land on which the
statue sits is legal road.83 The public reserve is a flat grassed area with some areas of
planting. Across the road is a petrol station, while many of the surrounding properties are
residential. The town centre of Bluff is further to the east.
77 J. Mitchell, ‘Sir Joseph Ward Statue Offered to Bluff’, Southland Times (ST), 26 Nov 1969, [np], Heritage New Zealand
Dunedin Office file: 12018-147.
78 Letter from Town Clerk of Bluff Borough Council to Town Clerk Invercargill Council, Sir Joseph Ward Statue file, Invercargill
City Archive, Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file 12018-174.
79 ‘Sir Joseph Ward Statue Offered to Bluff.’ ST, 26 Nov 1969, [np], Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file 12018-174.
80 Borough Council Newspaper Clipping Book 1970-1973 in Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file 12018-147; Letter from
Town Clerk of Bluff to Town Clerk of Invercargill sending thanks for receipt of the statue 3 May 1971. Sir Joseph Ward
Statue file, Invercargill Archive, Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file 12018-174.
81 Jan Mitchell, Bluff Community Board, nomination, Heritage New Zealand file 12018-147.
82 Fox, 2004, p. BHR 54 d.
83 See Figure 1.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 15The statue
The statue faces east towards the town centre and stands on a stepped white granite base,
with red granite plinth and white granite capping.84 The statue is life-sized, carved from a
block of white Italian marble weighing approximately 3.5 tons took Feldon a year to
complete.85 The statue reflects Ward’s likeness as he appeared around 1910.86 An article at
the time reported, ‘At that time the dead statesman was in his best form – a vigorous, robust
man.’87 Ward is bare headed but dressed formally in ‘morning dress’ consisting of a buttoned
down shirt, ties, waistcoat and pocket watch, trousers and open tail-coat as in.88 He leans
slightly against a plinth which is topped by a stack of books, his right hand behind his back,
‘to represent Sir Joseph’s wide learning and his amazing power of assimilating knowledge…’89
In his left hand he holds a scroll of paper, reminiscent of the photograph.90 His weight is on
his right foot and his left is slightly bent and stepping forwards. His posture, open jacket and
lack of a hat produce a somewhat relaxed attitude taken from life which is apparent in a
photograph of a ‘debonair’ Ward bearing a similar stance to Felton’s sculpture (see).91 The
dressing of Ward was the subject of discussion between Feldon and the Mayor in April 1931,
Feldon preferring ‘him as if addressing an audience, in his ordinary clothes (morning
coat?)…’.92
At a time when much of the sculptural commissions were obtained from Italy or London,
Feldon was unusual in that his work was produced here.93 The style of the sculpture is typical
of Feldon’s work. Like his war memorials in Matakana (List No.9816), Helensville and Mercer
(List No. 7647) the figure is stiff without the naturalism apparent in the work of other
sculptors, nor does it have the complexity of Feldon’s Arawa War Memorial at Rotorua
(included within the Rotorua Government Gardens Historic Area, List No. 7015).94 It is similar
84 Russell J. Beck NZOM, 2003, Past Director of Southland Museum, Heritage New Zealand Dunedin Office file: 12018-147.
85 NZH, 14 Oct 1931, p. 12; See Figure 7.
86 Manawatu Standard (MS), 17 Oct 1931, p. 4.
87 AS, 14 Nov 1931, p. 8.
88 See Figure 10.
89 ibid.
90 See Figure 11.
91 ‘Joseph Ward’, New Zealand History https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/sir-joseph-ward accessed 28 October 2020; See
Figure 10.
92 Letters between W.H. Feldon and the Mayor in April 1931, Sir Joseph Ward Statue file, Invercargill Archives, Heritage New
Zealand Dunedin Office File 12018-147.
93 Maclean and Phillips, 1990, p. 113; ‘Matakana War Memorial’, New Zealand History, updated 8-Nov-2017,
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/matakana-war-memorial accessed 28 October 2020.
94 ‘Matakana War Memorial’, New Zealand History, updated 8-Nov-2017, https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/matakana-
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 16to the figures of Lords Kitchener and Jellicoe that remain on the Gala Street Reserve in
Invercargill, where Ward’s statue was previously located.
Construction Professionals
William Henry Feldon (1871-1945)
Feldon was born in Oxford where he served a five-year apprenticeship in sculpting with J. H.
Arnett. He then worked for Farmer and Brindley in London. He was a visiting Master to the
College at Eastbourne where he taught carving and modelling, while also teaching many
apprentices at Oxford.
He immigrated to New Zealand with his wife and children in 1910 where he first undertook a
series of panels for Government House in Wellington. He served during the First World War.95
Following the war he won competitions for the design of war memorials at Bombay, Pōkeno
and Rotorua. 96 By 1920 he had achieved a level of recognition as a sculptor of public art.97
Feldon was responsible for many statues during his life including the Arawa Memorial
(Rotorua Government Gardens Historic Area, New Zealand Heritage List No. 7015) and the
Matakana War Memorial statue of George V (List No.9816).98 Feldon was also responsible for
the carving of the Auckland Town Hall, the Auckland Ferry Buildings, St Paul’s Church,99 a
statue of Earl Jellicoe, Auckland Children’s Hospital and Helensville District memorials.100
Construction Materials
Marble, granite
Key Physical Dates
1930 Original construction
1931 Statue installation in Post Office Square, Invercargill
war-memorial accessed 28 October 2020; ‘Arawa War Memorial, Rotorua’, New Zealand History, 2013, updated 2019
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/arawa-war-memorial-rotorua accessed 28 October 2020.
95 ‘William Henry Feldon’, Cenotaph Record, Auckland Museum, https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-
cenotaph/record/C62497 accessed 28 October 2020.
96 ‘Feldon, William Henry – WW1 88199 – Army’,
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20195392 accessed 19 August 2020.
97 NZH, 24 Jan 1920, p. 8.
98 Maclean and Phillips, 1990, pp. 113, 126-7; EP, 6 April 1945, p. 6; The Kaipara Pioneer: Newsletter of the Helensville &
District Historical Society (Inc), February 2014, p.3.
99 ‘Immigrant sculptor: William Henry Feldon’, Auckland War Memorial Museum,
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-catalogq40-84443.aspx accessed 28 October 2020.
100 ‘William Henry Feldon’, Auckland Libraries, http://ourboys.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/5221 12 March 2017 in Dunedin
Office file: 12018-147.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 171941 Statue relocated to Gala Street Reserve ‘Memorial Park’, Invercargill
1971 Statue relocated to Bluff
2001 Plaque added to the statue
Uses
Civic Facilities - Statue
2.3. Chattels
There are no chattels included in this List entry.
2.4. Sources
Sources Available and Accessed
This report has used both published and unpublished materials that provide sufficient
information about the statue for the purposes of the List Entry.
Further Reading
Michael Bassett, ‘In Search of Sir Joseph Ward’, New Zealand Journal of History, 21.1, 1987,
pp. 112-124.
Michael Bassett, ‘Ward, Joseph George’, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the
Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1993, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/2w9/ward-
joseph-george accessed 27 November 2020.
J. R. Feldon, Immigrant Sculptor: William Henry Feldon, Feldon, Auckland, 2014.
Aaron Fox, Historic Bluff: A history of the heritage and unique features of Bluff, prepared for
the Invercargill City Council, March 2004, p. BHR 54 d.
Gavin McLean, ‘Joseph Ward’, New Zealand History, updated 8-Nov-2017,
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/sir-joseph-ward accessed 27 November 2020.
J. O. P. Watt, Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871-1971, Southland Times Printing
Service, Invercargill, 1971.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 183. SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT101
3.1. Section 66 (1) Assessment
This place has been assessed for, and found to possess, aesthetic and historical significance
or value. It is considered that this place qualifies as part of New Zealand’s historic and
cultural heritage.
Aesthetic Significance or Value
Located at the edge of a public reserve looking down Gore Street, Sir Joseph Ward’s statue is
a prominent piece of public art in Bluff. In its design, style and execution it is a good example
of the work of sculptor William H. Feldon, whose work made an important contribution as a
New Zealand artist at a time when most public art was sourced overseas. The statue is
situated looking down Gore Street towards the hotel in which Ward was raised, the Post
Office where he began his working life, and where he and his wife owned property along the
waterfront.
Historical Significance or Value
The statue is a significant tribute to one of the most significant historical figures to have
come from Bluff reflecting Sir Joseph Ward’s importance and contribution to the history of
the town and province. It is the only sculpture commemorating Ward.
3.2. Section 66 (3) Assessment
This place was assessed against, and found to qualify under the following criteria: b, e, h and
k. It is considered that this place qualifies as a Category 2 historic place.
(b) The association of the place with events, persons, or ideas of importance in New Zealand
history
The statue represents (and is therefore associated with) Sir Joseph Ward, one of New
Zealand’s most well-known and significant figures in the country’s history, according to
historian Gavin McLean, and the important part he played in the shaping of the Bluff
101For the relevant sections of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 see Appendix 4: Significance Assessment
Information.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 19community through his development of business in the area. The statue emphasises, ‘Sir
Joseph Ward was from Bluff, and Bluff was Sir Joseph Ward.’
(e) The community association with, or public esteem for the place
The statue is valued highly by the Bluff community as illustrated by its prominence on
heritage trail, websites, and interpretation plaques at the statue itself. When further
relocation was proposed, there was community opposition.
(h) The symbolic or commemorative value of the place
The statue commemorates Sir Joseph Ward’s life and achievement. By relocating the
statue to Bluff in the 1970s his association with the place is accentuated and was
considered a coming home for this most significant of local figures.
(k) The extent to which the place forms part of a wider historical and cultural area
The statue of Sir Joseph Ward, while relocated to this site, contributes to the wider
historical area as a strong reminder of the impact of Ward’s work, and that of his family,
on the development of the town of Bluff.
Summary of significance
The statue commemorates the early life of Sir Joseph Ward, businessman, statesman and
Premier of New Zealand. Ward was a dynamic local figure in Bluff and had a significant impact
on the development of New Zealand’s economic and technological development. The statue
has aesthetic and historic significance and is unusual for its time in that it was commissioned
and privately funded by a local citizen and was produced by a New Zealand artist. While it has
been moved twice and is now separated from the sculptural group of which it was part for 40
years, it now resides in a more significant location that aptly reflects the origin of the impact
Sir Joseph Ward would go on to have on the nation from his hometown of Bluff.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 204. APPENDICES
4.1. Appendix 1: Visual Identification Aids
Location Maps
Bluff
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 21Maps of Extent
Figure 1: Extent of List entry (legal road) detail, extent of statue in green. Extent includes part of the land
described as legal road, and the structure known as the Sir Joseph Ward Statue, thereon.
Figure 2: Detail of the extent is outlined in green.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 22Current Identifier
There is no record of title.
4.2. Appendix 2: Visual Aids to Historical Information
Historical Plans
Figure 3: Location 1. The approximate location of the statues in 1931-1941 is indicated in red. The Council of The Fire
Underwriters Association Sheet No. 8, 1913. Collection of Invercargill City Libraries and Archives, Ref: A0010 S00890120_011
Figure 4: Location 2. Sketch from 1935 indicating the repositioning of the statues. Sir Joseph Ward Statue file, Invercargill
Archives
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 23Historical Images
Figure 5: Location 1. Positioning of statues outside the Invercargill Post Office, c.1931, note there is a second empty plinth in
the rear left. Given that the statue of Ward was the third to be installed it is unlikely this is the statue of Ward. Collection of
Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19615 https://collection.mtghawkesbay.com/objects/92299
Figure 6: Location 1. Positioning of the three statues can be seen in this detail from a 1934 aerial view of Invercargill looking
over The Crescent. Invercargill City Libraries and Archives, Ref: A0010 S00940005
http://archives.ilibrary.co.nz/repositories/icla/digital_objects/aerial_view_of_invercargill_looking_south_over_the
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 24Figure 7: Photo of the sculptor W. H. Feldon completing the statue of Sir Joseph Ward. Manawatu Standard, 17
October 1931, p. 4.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 25Figure 8: Location 2. Positioning of the statues on Gala Street Reserve ‘Memorial Park’ – Sir Joseph Ward is at the apex of the
triangle with Jellicoe to his rear left, and Kitchener to his rear right. Detail of aerial 7 June 1946 via Retrolens
http://retrolens.nz/ accessed 27 November 2020.
Figure 9: Location 3. Detail showing the Sir Joseph Ward statue in situ in Bluff. Detail from aerial of 17 Feb 1973 via Retrolens
http://retrolens.nz/ accessed 27 November 2020.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 26Figure 10: Joseph Ward standing in a pose similar to that used by Feldon Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: AAQT 6403, 3127. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 27
Figure 11: Official portrait of Sir Joseph Ward taken for the 1928 election campaign. Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964. PAColl-5469-009. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22737066 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 28
4.3. Appendix 3: Visual Aids to Physical Information
Current Plans
N/A
Current Photographs of Place
Figure 12: Location of Sir Joseph Ward Statue at the intersection of Blackwater, Gore and Shannon Streets, Sarah Gallagher,
Heritage New Zealand, January 2020.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 29Figure 13: Frontal view of Sir Joseph Ward Statue Figure 14: View from the south
Figure 15: View from the west Figure 16: View from the north
Sarah Gallagher, Heritage New Zealand, January 2020.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 30Figure 17: Feldon’s sculpture of Admiral of the Fleet John Figure 18: Feldon’s sculpture of Field Marshal Horatio
Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl of Jellicoe. By William Henry Herbert Kitchener, Ist Earl of Kitchener. By William Henry
Feldon, 1929. Photo Kiltedkiwi 12 September 2019 CC B SA Feldon, 1929. Photo Kiltedkiwi 12 September 2019 CC B SA
Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons.
Figure 19: Gala Street Reserve where Feldon’s statues of Jellico and Kitchener are now situated. Screenshot from ICC aerial
Photo and Property Viewer.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 314.4. Appendix 4: Significance Assessment Information
Part 4 of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014
Chattels or object or class of chattels or objects (Section 65(6))
Under Section 65(6) of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, an entry on the
New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero relating to a historic place may include any chattel
or object or class of chattels or objects –
a) Situated in or on that place; and
b) Considered by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga to contribute to the significance of
that place; and
c) Proposed by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga for inclusion on the New Zealand
Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero.
Significance or value (Section 66(1))
Under Section 66(1) of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, Heritage New
Zealand Pouhere Taonga may enter any historic place or historic area on the New Zealand
Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero if the place possesses aesthetic, archaeological, architectural,
cultural, historical, scientific, social, spiritual, technological, or traditional significance or
value.
Category of historic place (Section 66(3))
Under Section 66(3) of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, Heritage New
Zealand Pouhere Taonga may assign Category 1 status or Category 2 status to any historic
place, having regard to any of the following criteria:
a) The extent to which the place reflects important or representative aspects of New
Zealand history
b) The association of the place with events, persons, or ideas of importance in New
Zealand history
c) The potential of the place to provide knowledge of New Zealand history
d) The importance of the place to tangata whenua
e) The community association with, or public esteem for, the place
f) The potential of the place for public education
g) The technical accomplishment, value, or design of the place
h) The symbolic or commemorative value of the place
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga – List Entry Report for a Historic Place, List No. 9263 32i) The importance of identifying historic places known to date from an early period of New
Zealand settlement
j) The importance of identifying rare types of historic places
k) The extent to which the place forms part of a wider historical and cultural area
Additional criteria may be prescribed in regulations made under this Act for the purpose of
assigning Category 1 or Category 2 status to a historic place, provided they are not
inconsistent with the criteria set out in subsection (3)
Additional criteria may be prescribed in regulations made under this Act for entering historic
places or historic areas of interest to Māori, wāhi tūpuna, wāhi tapu, or wāhi tapu areas on
the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero, provided they are not inconsistent with the
criteria set out in subsection (3) or (5) or in regulations made under subsection (4).
NOTE: Category 1 historic places are ‘places of special or outstanding historical or cultural
heritage significance or value.’ Category 2 historic places are ‘places of historical or cultural
heritage significance or value.’
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