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 9.30am to 1.00pm, 9.30am to 1.00pm Saturday, closed Sunday
What’s Happening at the Museum
Exhibitions
Flight Path – Nova Avni
Opening: 06/03/21 10:00 am
“From my mountain to your mountain” Kia ora, my woven art collection is based on traditional raranga techniques, mixed with wild Israeli organic weaving. This is a visual story of my journey, as a New Zealand – Israeli woman. We live between Wainui Beach, Gisborne and my husband’s kibbutz, in Israel, situated in the middle... Read more »
Passport Collection – VHoy Creative
Opening: 05/02/21 5:30 pm
V is a multidisciplinary artist, specialising in surrealist photography as well as dreamlike portraiture. She is a graffiti aficionado and produces large scale paint works. Her latest photo series Passport Collection aims to challenge the ideas and impact of social and cultural labelling. In a contemporary world where countless numbers now identify as multi-ethnic, constantly... Read more »
Tuakana Taina
Opening: 29/01/21 5:30 pm
Tuakana Taina features an intimate collaboration of resilience through creative activation. Over the past 6 months, with the wonderful support of Creative New Zealand, the artists involved, leading and aspiring, navigated their way through creative interpretation – resetting, reframing and reimagining collaborative and innovative pathways with their creative compass. This exhibition of new art works... Read more »
Places and Faces
Opening: 04/08/20 12:00 am
Fred Foster found a way to make a dollar. Well pre-decimal pounds actually. His plan was to learn how to use a camera and make photographs. That accomplished he took his camera and his sale like charms to his neighbourhood. Knocking on the doors of homes, many newly built, he would talk the lady of... Read more »
Tū te Whaihanga: a recognition of creative genius
Opening: 07/10/19 10:00 am
Tū te Whaihanga is a resurgence of the creative genius of the past, and carries the cultural aspirations of tangata whenua into the future. Sacred taonga that left the shores of Te Tairāwhiti 250 years ago will return home to be celebrated in the upcoming exhibition, Tū te Whaihanga. The homecoming will see these taonga stand... Read more »
Events
My Secret Life Ian Sinclair: Spanish Flamenco Guitar
Who would have guessed that Ian Sinclair, renowned war zone reporter has a secret addiction, -to Spanish flamenco guitar. After producing nearly two thousand television stories, he made a giant leap of faith, he quit journalism and became a flamenco guitarist. Within the walls of our lovely museum, Sinclair will perform concert items coloured with... Read more »
Race Unity Speech awards regional heats
The theme this year, Kia kotahi te hoe – Paddle as one, will give students a chance to share their vision for race unity and their ideas on how we can work towards eradicating racial prejudice and injustice. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Speech Awards, so it is timely that we reflect... Read more »
