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
Tōiri. Vibe with your Tribe
Opening: 07/03/25 10:00 am
A Māori artist collective re-indigenises the customary artform of taonga puoro (Māori musical instruments) through the contemporary lens of their respective art practices—whakairo (carving), uku (clay), print media, and videography. Taonga puoro has undergone a renaissance in recent years, the sounds and associated stories emerging and reintegrating into the living culture of tangata whenua. In... Read more »
A Piece of Me – Gisborne Pottery Group
Opening: 22/02/25 10:00 am
The Gisborne pottery group has been ever evolving for the past 50 years. It takes time, effort and connection to transform a piece of clay into a piece of art. A Piece of Me is a reference to our work being ‘A Piece’ or ‘Pieces’. Each piece has been moulded and created by hand which... Read more »
Identity in Frame – Charly Walsh
Opening: 01/02/25 10:00 am
Charly Walsh is a 26-year-old photographer from Tairāwhiti, based in Ōtepoti Dunedin. His practice is inspired by the layered ways art can capture intimacy, history, and community. Captivated by historic locations, psychogeography, quiet drizzly nights, negative space, and conceptual portraiture, all which weave into his visual storytelling. With each photograph, you are invited to step... 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
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