Boris Bogdanovic spent years working with local communities in conflict areas of Afghanistan and Jordan to help them save their cultural heritage.
Now back in New Zealand, Boris is a Conservation Advisor for Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga's Northern Region.
This involves helping owners of historic buildings - from individual homes to museums - conserve and if necessary extend or update their properties legally and sympathetically.
He also works as a Conservation Architect. Lynn Freeman first talked with Boris about his pride in his Serbo-Croatian heritage.