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
Colour Visions – Jan Linklater
Opening: 14/11/25 10:00 am
Aotearoa colour is exceptional. It is intensified by the clear light that enhances even the ordinary. As someone brought up with the soft hues and muted tones of England it never ceases to amaze. Colour gives excitement to movement and highlights the patterns of landscape My obvious European allegiance to Matisse and Hockney is now... Read more »
How the Light Gets In – John Pennington
Opening: 20/09/25 10:00 am
John is a photographer who works on long-term community-based documentary projects. The project (ongoing) How the Light Gets In reflects two of John’s preoccupations. One: how photography can be used to access a geographical place and its communities. For someone new to Tairawhiti this involves photography as sense making, orientation and discovery. By its nature... Read more »
New Old
Opening: 08/09/25 10:00 am
Every month the museum receives generous offers of material to be added to it’s collections. New Old is a cross section of some of the historic photographs the museum has had donated over the last five years. We have made a selection to show the broad variety of images that have extended our already diverse... Read more »
Events
Hohou Te Rongo o Waerenga a Hika 1865
There are no upcoming events at this time. Pinepine te kura, hau te kura Whanake te kura i raro i Awarua Ko te kura nui, ko te kura roa Ko te kura nā Tūhaepō He kura whakakitenga – Hohou Te Rongo e pōhiri nei He karanga maioha tēnei, ki ngā kura o te motu kia huihui mai... Read more »
UNESCO Memory of the World Presentation
The Tairāwhiti Museum warmly invites you to the presentation event from UNESCO Memory of the World in acknowledgement of the inclusion of the William F Crawford Collection into the register.
