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Kauri Museum on drive for Northland visitors 29th February 2024 /

Kauri Museum on drive for Northland visitors

The Matakohe Kauri Museum is encouraging visitors taking detour routes to Northland and stop by over the next few months.


Southland welcomes new museum director 30th January 2024 /

Southland welcomes new museum director

Eloise Wallace has been welcomed as Te Unua Museum of Southland’s new museum director.


Crocheted wharenui coming to Waikato Museum 29th November 2023 /

Crocheted wharenui coming to Waikato Museum

A wharenui made of 5,000 balls of yarn will be on show at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato in Hamilton from December.


Construction to begin on Invercargill tuatara enclosure 3rd November 2023

Construction to begin on Invercargill tuatara enclosure

Invercargill City Council has selected the construction firm selected to build a new tuatara enclosure at Queens Park within the animal reserve.


Wētā’s WWI exhibitions to be unveiled at Te Arawhata 3rd October 2023 /

Wētā’s WWI exhibitions to be unveiled at Te Arawhata

Wētā Workshop is to open its $15m World War I art and visitor experience in Le Quesnoy, France, next week.


MOTAT receives investment for science, tech centre 27th September 2023 /

MOTAT receives investment for science, tech centre

Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies is investing in MOTAT’s new science and technology centre.


Marlborough Museum welcomes new team 13th September 2023

Marlborough Museum welcomes new team

Marlborough Museum now has a full team on board to protect the region’s history and taonga for the future.


MOTAT turns to tree-based biofuels for steam tram 11th August 2023 /

MOTAT turns to tree-based biofuels for steam tram

MOTAT is trialling tree-based biofuels to power one of its steam trams.


Cannabis museum to reopen in Auckland 10th August 2023

Cannabis museum to reopen in Auckland

Whakamana Cannabis Museum says it has secured a site at the city’s Hopetoun Alpha building.


Rotorua Museum’s $81m strengthening project gets council go-ahead 3rd August 2023 /

Rotorua Museum’s $81m strengthening project gets council go-ahead

Rotorua Lakes Council’s infrastructure and environment committee has voted in favour of strengthening and eventually reopening the city’s iconic museum.


EQC renews sponsorship of Canterbury quakes exhibit 1st August 2023 /

EQC renews sponsorship of Canterbury quakes exhibit

Toka Tū Ake EQC has renewed its sponsorship of the Quake City exhibition at Canterbury Museum for another three years.


Tauranga’s $21m civic precinct to include museum, gallery 21st July 2023 /

Tauranga’s $21m civic precinct to include museum, gallery

A new civic precinct in Tauranga will receive $21m in funding for facilities including a new museum, exhibition gallery, civic whare and a library and community space.


Contractor sought for Central Otago museum, events centre 12th July 2023

Contractor sought for Central Otago museum, events centre

Central Otago District Council is seeking a building contractor for its proposed new Cromwell Memorial Hall, museum and events centre, with registrations of interest open for the project.


Canterbury Museum pop-up to open on Matariki 30th June 2023 /

Canterbury Museum pop-up to open on Matariki

Canterbury Museum will open its pop-up museum in Christchurch with a free exhibition starting on the Matariki public holiday on 14 July.


Architects appointed for design of Invercargill tuatara enclosure 19th June 2023

Architects appointed for design of Invercargill tuatara enclosure

Invercargill City Council has appointed architects to design a new enclosure for its tuatara as part of the city’s museum redevelopment.


…while large exhibits leave Canterbury Museum 24th April 2023

…while large exhibits leave Canterbury Museum

Sir Edmund Hillary’s 1950s Antarctic expedition tractor, a giant globe, and other large objects have been removed from Canterbury Museum before its redevelopment.


Invercargill appoints museum architects, design expected in Aug 4th April 2023

Invercargill appoints museum architects, design expected in Aug

Invercargill City Council has selected the architectural firms responsible for developing the city’s new museum.


Wellington Museum building deemed earthquake-prone 1st March 2023

Wellington Museum building deemed earthquake-prone

The future of Wellington Museum could be on shaky ground after the building that houses it is set to be issued with an Earthquake-Prone Building notice.


Southland Museum preps for rebuild, tuatara to be rehomed 23rd February 2023

Southland Museum preps for rebuild, tuatara to be rehomed

Southland Museum is saying a temporary goodbye to resident tuatara Henry and his friends as they are rehomed while work gets underway on a major redevelopment project.


Council takes over Marlborough museum operations 17th February 2023

Council takes over Marlborough museum operations

Marlborough District Council is dissolving the Marlborough Heritage Trust and taking over its operations from 31 March.


PM attends museum opening on Chatham Islands 28th November 2022 /

PM attends museum opening on Chatham Islands

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has attended the official opening of a new museum and an important exhibit on the Chatham Islands.


Police Museum unveils memorial honouring the brave 20th October 2022

Police Museum unveils memorial honouring the brave

A new memorial honouring the outstanding courage of Police and members of the public has opened at the Royal New Zealand Police College’s lower grounds near Porirua.


Museum partnership supports local arts 12th August 2022 /

Museum partnership supports local arts

Whanganui Regional Museum is partnering with the Blumhardt Foundation in an effort to support public art galleries and museums in their acquisition of work by contemporary New Zealand craft practitioners.


Omaka to showcase 70th Cessna anniversary 23rd May 2022 /

Omaka to showcase 70th Cessna anniversary

The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre will put on a show to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Cessna 180 from 27-29 May.


$33m Hundertwasser Art Centre opens 21st February 2022 /

$33m Hundertwasser Art Centre opens

The $33.2m Hundertwasser Art Centre and Wairau Māori Art Gallery opened doors in Whangarei on Sunday.


Historic theatre, museum gets backer, targets 2022 opening 21st February 2022

Historic theatre, museum gets backer, targets 2022 opening

New Zealand’s longest operating provincial movie theatre until its closure in 2012 is getting a chance at resurrection.


“Like nothing you’ve ever experienced” – Hundertwasser centre’s CEO on opening 17th February 2022 /

“Like nothing you’ve ever experienced” – Hundertwasser centre’s CEO on opening

The new Northland attraction will still open this weekend despite the Omicron wave.


Kauri Museum on track with rebuild, eyes research tie 9th February 2022

Kauri Museum on track with rebuild, eyes research tie

The Kauri Museum at Matakohe expects three out of four of the projects funded by a $3m Provincial Growth Fund grant to be complete by Labour Day.


Te Papa visitor numbers fall again as borders stay shut 8th December 2021 /

Te Papa visitor numbers fall again as borders stay shut

Visits to The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa reached 894,292 in the year to June 2021, down 18.7% from 1.1 million in the previous 12 months.


Te Papa, Whanganui Museum mandate vaccination 23rd November 2021 /

Te Papa, Whanganui Museum mandate vaccination

More attractions require visitors and staff be fully vaccinated against Covid.


Northland operator eyes rebound for its Covid-safe offerings 19th November 2021 /

Northland operator eyes rebound for its Covid-safe offerings

Kiwi North could be one of the earlier operators to see more custom in the post-lockdown era, says director Allie Fry.


Museum staffers among world’s best dressed 18th November 2021 /

Museum staffers among world’s best dressed

Auckland War Memorial Museum has won an international award for its front-of-house visitor host uniforms.


Auckland Museum mandates staff, visitor vaccination 15th November 2021 /

Auckland Museum mandates staff, visitor vaccination

The museum re-opens today with Covid-19 alert level 3 step 2 and social distancing protocols in place.


Auckland attractions ready to open at alert level 3.2 8th November 2021 / /

Auckland attractions ready to open at alert level 3.2

Auckland Museum will join other attractions and open if the city moves to Covid-19 alert level 3 step 2.


Historical village looks to turn page as ‘must-do’ attraction 8th October 2021

Historical village looks to turn page as ‘must-do’ attraction

The low-profile ‘living history’ museum aimed to transform into an attraction that drew out-of-region visitors, and achieve endorsement as a ‘must-do’ visitor product from Auckland Unlimited by 2023.


Timaru selects museum design, preps for tenders 24th September 2021

Timaru selects museum design, preps for tenders

Timaru District Council will soon take a project to restore the Theatre Royal and build a new destination museum to market for tender.


Museum to host world-renowned photo exhibition 13th August 2021

Museum to host world-renowned photo exhibition

Puke Ariki Museum in New Plymouth is set to host the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, starting on Saturday 14 August.


Niche focus with international view attracts 900k visitors to Te Papa 30th July 2021 /

Niche focus with international view attracts 900k visitors to Te Papa

Switching to a domestic audience has been challenging but positive learning curve for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.


New $16m gallery gifted to Canterbury Museum 22nd July 2021 /

New $16m gallery gifted to Canterbury Museum

Ravenscar House Museum set to open to public in October.


Hastings gets $5.5m boost for museum 1st July 2021 /

Hastings gets $5.5m boost for museum

The New Zealand Lotteries Commission has granted $5.47m funding for a museum storage facility in Hastings.


Work begins on Timaru theatre and museum 1st July 2021

Work begins on Timaru theatre and museum

Next phase of design to be presented to council later in year.


Rotorua Museum secures $4.1m grant 30th June 2021

Rotorua Museum secures $4.1m grant

Funds tagged for exhibition use, as well as earthquake strengthening due to start next year.


Te Papa to re-open Tuesday 28th June 2021 /

Te Papa to re-open Tuesday

Te Papa is expected to open following deep cleaning last week after the Australian Covid case visit.


Museums Aotearoa executive director resigns 21st June 2021

Museums Aotearoa executive director resigns

Resignation just days before annual general meeting and new board election.


Section of Taupo Museum closes for refresh 31st May 2021

Section of Taupo Museum closes for refresh

Remaining areas to be free entry until reopening on 11 June.


Auckland Museum wins architectural awards 28th May 2021

Auckland Museum wins architectural awards

Auckland Museum’s redeveloped South Atrium has received a Public Architecture Award and Heritage Award.


Covid-inspired exhibition to open at Auckland Museum 24th May 2021 /

Covid-inspired exhibition to open at Auckland Museum

All That Was Solid Melts exhibition open until Sunday 10 October.


New museum and a revamped theatre for Timaru 17th May 2021

New museum and a revamped theatre for Timaru

A new heritage museum and an upgraded Theatre Royal is set to open its doors in 2023.


Historic shipwreck to return near to place of original construction 6th April 2021

Historic shipwreck to return near to place of original construction

The wreck from the 1800s will be temporarily set up next to Mangawhai Museum.


Public feedback sought on Canterbury Museum plans 11th March 2021

Public feedback sought on Canterbury Museum plans

Canterbury Museum has put out a call for residents to have their say on the attraction’s redevelopment plans.