
WHANGANUI REGIONAL HERITAGE TRUST
2023 Awards Winners

In this Section:
Heritage Awards 2020
We thank all our entrants and congratulate our winners. We also thank our 2023 naming rights sponsor Bushy Park Homestead.
The results by category are:
Supreme Award
Trophy Sponsor: Katie Brown of Brown & Co
WINNER:
Johnston & Co. Building, 49 Taupo Quay – Owners Dmytro Dizhur & Marta Giaretton*
About the Winner
Since March 2020, the 106-year-old building has been earthquake strengthened and fully restored including reroofing and interior fitout to a very high standard and retaining original features.
Originally built in 1914 for Messrs. Johnston & Co. shipping, trade and insurance company, this mercantile house was intricately linked with Whanganui’s flourishing economic development during the early 20th century. The owners created a full-floor retail space on the ground level, now occupied by a boutique store and a wine bar will open shortly on the rear deck looking over the Whanganui River, both run by the owner of The Burrow.
The first floor is an office space, the second floor has two large New York style apartments and the top floor has a spacious penthouse apartment.
Domestic - Saved & Restored
Sponsor: DIZHUR Consulting
First
- Tahawai, Riverbank Road, Sharon & David Warburton
Merit
- Halswell Street, Jude Buller
- Bayly House, Campbell Street, Julie Johnston
Public Realm – Saved & Restored
Sponsor: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
First Equal
- Jane Winston Chapel, Jane Winston, Ryman Healthcare
- Johnston & Co. Building, Dmytro Dizhur & Marta Giaretton
Merit
- 38/44 Drews Avenue, Hadleigh Reid
- The Braeburn, Scott Phillips & Trudy Reeves
Heritage Tourism
First
- Whanganui Tours & Mail Run, Tracy Marshall
Second
-
Snowy Waters Lodge, Raetihi
Merit
- Durie Hill Elevator
- Whanganui Regional Museum
Outstanding Contribution to Heritage
Sponsor: Warren & Mahoney Architects
First
- Whanganui Collegiate School Museum & Archives
Second
-
Historic Whanganui Rate (Property) Rolls Database Project
Third
- Author Noel Petherick, Wanganui Club 140 Years
Future Heritage
Sponsor Whanganui & Partners
First
- Ucol Whanganui Campus, 16 Rutland Street
Seismic Award
First
- Whanganui Collegiate School, Big School Building
Second
- Johnston & Co. Building
Merit
- Jane Winston Chapel
Māori Realm
Sponsor: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
First
- Whanganui Tours & Mail Run
Merit
- Waka Maumahara mo Pura McGregor Sculpture, Virginia Lake Trust Inc
Highlights of the Prizegiving
MC: Deputy Mayor and Heritage Trustee Helen Craig
Trophies Presented by: Andrew Coleman, CEO of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
Distinguished Guests: Whanganui Mayor Andrew Tripe, Whanganui MP Carl Bates, Historic Places Wellington Trustee Richard Norman
Special mention to our Naming Rights Sponsor Dale Pullen of Bushy Park Homestead
Special mention to Heritage Trustee Ann Petherick who was the Manager and main organiser of the Awards. “We owe Ann a debt of gratitude for her huge effort to organise the Awards for 2023”, says Helen Craig
The Awards committee:
- Ann Petherick
- Mary-Ann Ewing
- Bryce Esquilant
- Christine Haber
- Scott Flutey
- Richard Bourne
MC Helen Craig comments at beginning of Award Ceremony
- We hold Awards to celebrate and reward those who’ve invested in preserving our history, heritage and cultures, for future generations to enjoy and enrich our lives.
- We also hope others will get behind history & heritage preservation because of the Awards.
