Tairāwhiti Museum is a 5-minute walk from the CBD, across Peel Street Bridge and through Kelvin Park. There is free parking on Stout Street.
Opening Hours
- Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
- Sunday and Public Holidays 1:30pm – 4:00pm
- Closed – Easter Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Admission
- Adults $5 (12 years and under and Friends of the Museum free entry)
- Free entry every day for local residents!
Exhibit Cafe
- Monday – Friday 9am to 2.00pm, closed weekends
What’s Happening at the Museum
Exhibitions
Te Whare Pora: a sacred space Maungarongo Te Kawa
Opening: 29/11/24 5:30 pm
Te Whare Pora: a sacred space presents works by artist Maungarongo (Ron) Te Kawa of Ngāti Porou from the past three years, alongside three new quilts reflecting the core pou (pillars) of his practice: Te Whare Pora, the sacred zone of making; Hineteiwaiwa, the guiding atua (deity) for creativity; and Waipunarangi, the source of ancestral... Read more »
Wimples, crosses, and lepers Women of influence – Margaret Hansen
Opening: 22/11/24 5:30 pm
It began simply enough. Margaret’s aunties looked at her from their old photographs. These aunties, Marie and Alice were Catholic nuns, of different orders, women among the last of their kind. Margaret looked back and came to wonder about their lives, about who they were within and beyond their veils. She decided to honour the... Read more »
Events
There are no upcoming events at this time.
