The New Zealand government is interested in ratifying an international treaty designed to protect important national treasures in times of war. A new discussion paper seeks your input on which cultural treasures in New Zealand should be protected during armed conflict.

Cultural property protected by the treaty gets this groovy logo attached to it. Perhaps I’m biased, but I’ve love to slap one on the NZLive.com server (just kidding …).

The paper has a list of indicative cultural property earmarked for protection, and the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark is encouraging museums, libraries, iwi, archives and heritage organisations, amongst others, to participate in forming this list.

See the press release and also the consultation paper and questionnaire on the website of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Best get your submission in on what you think makes the cut. Submissions close mid June.

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