Diana McCaulay has written about how, on a visit to Auckland where she saw the good use put to a historic colonial building, such places, often built by the colonised and enslaved themselves, can appropriately be restored or memorialised to capture the role played by our ancestors (rather than the colonisers and slavers who designed them). She locates this discussion within the current debates about what to do with buildings damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Melissa:
The place I visited in Auckland was called The Pah Homestead in the suburb of Hillsborough. It sits inside the Monte Cecelia Park and is owned by the Auckland City Council. New Zealand, of course, experienced both a colonial history and the near annihilation of native peoples so has something in common with Jamaica.
In August 2025 the Pah Homestead included a restored and well maintained colonial house, currently home to their Arts House Trust and a grassy park. People walked in a sculpture garden, ate and drank at a small verandah café, and viewed aboriginal art in a gallery. I could tell from the accents that many people were Kiwis, meeting friends, perhaps including a visitor like myself, enjoying what the site had to offer.
