Elizabeth KerrDunedin heritage advocate Elizabeth Kerr has died following a short illness. She was 57. Ms Kerr was a former New Zealand Historic Places Trust Otago committee chairwoman, University of Otago Design Studies tutor and private heritage consultant. University fellow Michael Findlay said she was ''a tireless advocate for local architecture'', and said she had most recently been prominent through her blog What If? Dunedin, where her views on development in the city ''were read and valued by many, even if she occasionally drew the ire of her opponents''.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 20, 2017 20:51 UTC