Arts and Heritage

Westland Culture and Heritage Tourism Development Project

Posted on May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 by J Gurden

Partnering with Coast Link Services Ltd. a plan has been created for the development of culture and heritage tourism in Westland. The proposal includes a number of public sector heritage asset developments, townscape planning, business development and marketing. Client: Heritage West Coast Inc. (2017 – Current)

Heritage West Coast

Posted on August 10, 2016August 19, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Heritage West Coast was established to facilitate regional coordination amongst the large number of heritage groups in the region. Forums are held twice a year with leading guest speakers. A regional heritage strategy has been produced, a very popular footprints tourism brochure has been produced and reproduced on many occasions and a website is under development. Jackie Gu...

Shantytown Redevelopment Project Manager

Posted on August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Shantytown is the West Coast's most visited man-made tourism attraction. Visitor numbers began to decline and a major redevelopment was planned. Gurden Consulting acted as Project Manager for the redevelopment working in conjunction with the Board, staff and a range of specialists to create some new engaging attractions. New attractions include a state of the art hologram t...

Chatham Island War Memorial & Community Centre

Posted on August 10, 2016November 27, 2017 by GurdenConsulting

The Chatham Islands is embarking on a major project to replace their Council building, Museum and Centennial and War Memorial Hall with a new Council and Community Facility. Gurden Consulting Ltd prepared the Feasibility Study for the community component of this project. The proposed new facility will become a War Memorial and contain a War Memorial feature in the entrance fo...

Shantytown Archives Feasibility Study

Posted on August 8, 2016August 17, 2016 by GurdenConsulting

Shantytown Archive Facility Feasibility Study Shantytown has the need for an archive facility to enable the safe storage of various historical items and records. This project involved exploring archive facilities in other regions, identifying the storage needs of other entities on the West Coast, considering Shantytown's needs and drawing this information together into a fe...