Passing Time: A Phenomenological Approach to Heritage Design

Abstract

It's a debate that's been bubbling among Akaroa's townsfolk for 130 years. Should the 4.9ha Garden of Tane (or the Domain, as it was known until 1986) be allowed to return to natives, or should it be restored, in part at least, to what many regard as its glory days in the last few decades of Queen Victoria's reign? (Lovell-Smith, 2004, p D22).