Museum services for schools – check out the 2019 education programme booklet here!
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 8.30am to 2.00pm, Saturday 9.30am – 12.30pm, closed Sundays.
What’s Happening at the Museum
Exhibitions
Flat-Pack Whakapapa – Maureen Lander
Opening: 17/05/19 5:30 pm
Dr Maureen Lander is of Ngāpuhi (Te Hikutu subtribe) and Pākehā (New Zealand European) descent. A noted multimedia installation artist, weaver, and academic who has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally since 1986. In Flat-Pack Whakapapa, Lander has created three installations that explore the connections between whakapapa and raranga (Māori weaving). Flat-Pack Whakapapa considers kinship, family... Read more »
About Time – David Andrew
Opening: 03/05/19 5:30 pm
As a youngster I was always interested in drawing. This interest turned into art as a subject at Lytton High with Stan Bugden. He had a great influence on me and created a desire to carry on with art throughout my life. I attended Ardmore Teachers College and majored in art for two years and... Read more »
OHO
Opening: 29/03/19 5:30 pm
An exhibition of recent works by Fiona Collis, Melanie Tahata, Izzy Te Rauna. OHO is the awakening of creative energies experienced by each of the three exhibiting artists in the last two years. Izzy Te Rauna discovered a passion for tukutuku. Fiona Collis has gone back to her traditional weaving roots and her passion for... Read more »
Posing, Not Posing
Opening: 26/11/18 10:00 am
Long before smartphones, selfie sticks and one-swipe filters, having your ‘perfect’ picture taken took practice, preparation and plenty of posing. Early cameras and photographic materials required the sitter to be still for many seconds. While this is often given as the reason for a lack of smiles, a more likely reason is that early portrait... Read more »
Wyllie Cottage
Wyllie Cottage
Wyllie Cottage is the oldest European house still standing in the Gisborne area and also a popular tourist attraction. It was restored and refurbished in 2016. You can find out more about this project on our blog. The cottage was built in the early days of the township of Gisborne for Keita (Kate) and James... Read more »
Watersheds | Ngā Wai Pupū
Watersheds | Ngā Wai Pupū is Tairāwhiti Museum’s semi-permanent exhibition which gives the visitor a snapshot of the history of the Gisborne/East Coast region. Our exhibition forms a river that flows through the history of Tairāwhiti. Beginning with Māori accounts of how the world began and where people came from, this river of history finishes in... Read more »
Events
Winter concert series
Join us at the museum for performances by some of New Zealand’s finest young musicians from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music Sun 12 May, 2pm Jazz duo – Oscar Laven & Adrian Jenson Sun 9 Jun, 2pm Classical guitar duo – Rameka Tamaki & Amber Madriaga Sun 8 Jul, 2pm Harry Grigg (vocal)... Read more »
Winter concert series
Join us at the museum for performances by some of New Zealand’s finest young musicians from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music Sun 12 May, 2pm Jazz duo – Oscar Laven & Adrian Jenson Sun 9 Jun, 2pm Classical guitar duo – Rameka Tamaki & Amber Madriaga Sun 8 Jul, 2pm Harry Grigg (vocal)... Read more »
Winter concert series
Join us at the museum for performances by some of New Zealand’s finest young musicians from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music Sun 12 May, 2pm Jazz duo – Oscar Laven & Adrian Jenson Sun 9 Jun, 2pm Classical guitar duo – Rameka Tamaki & Amber Madriaga Sun 8 Jul, 2pm Harry Grigg (vocal)... Read more »
Winter concert series
Join us at the museum for performances by some of New Zealand’s finest young musicians from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music Sun 12 May, 2pm Jazz duo – Oscar Laven & Adrian Jenson Sun 9 Jun, 2pm Classical guitar duo – Rameka Tamaki & Amber Madriaga Sun 8 Jul, 2pm Harry Grigg (vocal)... Read more »
