Covid Update

We are now open and looking forward to seeing you again! ! Please note that masks need to be worn,…

Due to Level 4 lockdown the museum will be shut. Museum staff, however, are working from home, so you can…

Search the Hawera Star Negatives

We have just uploaded the Hawera Star negative database so that you can search this to find photos that were…

In May we were very privileged to receive the Nicholson Photography collection into our archive. It is a collection of…

Community groups have long been an integral part of life for smaller and rural townships. A number of these groups…

The museum is celebrating this day by hosting speakers from various local environmental groups. They will talk about their passion,…

Please click the above link to view our guide for April-September 2021

This photo was taken on Princes Street looking south. The building was built by the South Taranaki Winter Show Company…

In case you missed it! Tales & Taonga of South Taranaki is a 200 pg book we recently published, crammed…

The Aotea Waka Memorial in Pātea was unveiled in 1933 to commemorate the journey of the Aotea waka’s journey over…