Task 4

For Task4,I did some research about something new or old which related to New Zealand culture.


Step1 I found I was interesting in historic houses,so I found the Historic
Places Trust,and I have 3 options in Auckland,they are

• Alberton
• Ewelme cottage
• Highwic

And I decided to choose Alberton for my destination.
Here is the link the Historic Places Trust.
Historic Places Trust



Step2  I sent an email to them and make an appointment.The manager Penny was quite happy with my task.So we made an appointment at 2:30 last Thursday.
Unfortunately,Penny was busy with her job,so the volunteer Jane helped me with
my task questions.



Here are the questions:
1.Before the house was left to NZ Historic Places Trust,was it only owned by the Kerr Taylors,I mean that had it owned by any other families or organisations?

2.Why did the kerr Taylors leave the house to the NZ Historic Places Trust,where did they live after doing that in 1972?

3.After coming here, I found that the lifestyle at that time is much different from nowadays,my question is that is the life much easier than nowadays or not?

4.What were the entertainments they used to have at that time even it didn't have a radio?

5.How many people visit here a day normally?

Sept3 Interview
Here is the recording with Jane


Here are some photos taken that day:

                           The gate of Alberton
                 

Garfield

The dining room

The drawing room

The ballroom

                           The books in a small library

Our group in the front of Alberton

The booklet we bought

Reflection

For task4,I was given the topic about the old & new things related to the NZ culture, also before this I was already had some ideas about the old buildings in NZ. At the some time I had the idea and I found the website which I give above about the house Alberton, I talked to some classmates, 2 of them were both interested in that, so we wanted to do the task in a group which really made the confusing task much easier.

At the first, it was quite surprised me that for that young country it has lots of historical places, like Alberton which has located there for more than 100 years. Then, the organization is trying to keep it like it used to be very hard.

We made an appointment with the manage Penny but unfortunately she was quite busy with some other groups so that we had interviews one by one with another lovely stuff Jane who was an volunteer working there.

During the interview, I found I made some grammar mistakes and didn't do well at pause, but Jane was very kind to answer my questions and spoke very clearly and slowly for me with great patience.

Over all, I did a great step at this task oven I can do better;,anyway, thank for my classmates Maryam and Jessica. Maybe I can also add some more minutes for my group to ask some questions for my task. Anyway, I like the house Alberton, It is quite different from I used to see in China.