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The New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO has appointed two new members to its UNESCO Aotearoa Youth Leaders group. They are Mary Ieremia-Allan and Tara Shepherd.
The Observatory Tower Conservation Project in Christchurch has been honoured with the Award of Merit in the 2024 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Two new Commissioners have been appointed on to the Board of the New Zealand National Commission, by the Minister of Education, Erica Stanford. Laura Black will join the Board as our new Social Sciences Commissioner and Professor Gail Gillon (Ngā Tahu) will join as our new Education Commissioner.
In June Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and UNESCO announced the launch of a new partnership to spread the message of ocean conservation to an international audience during the 37th America's Cup. As part of this the UNESCO and SEA BEYOND logos are displayed on the sails of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli boat.
Four new New Zealand Memory of the World inscriptions were celebrated at a special event which took place at the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago, Dunedin on August 28th.
“The event was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the four new inscriptions to the UNESCO New Zealand Memory of the World Register, and in particular, an important collection of Janet Frame’s papers,” said Vicki, who spoke at the event.