This photo was taken on Princes Street looking south. The building was built by the South Taranaki Winter Show Company…
Book: Tales & Taonga of South Taranaki
In case you missed it! Tales & Taonga of South Taranaki is a 200 pg book we recently published, crammed…
Blessing of the repainted Aotea Waka Memorial
The Aotea Waka Memorial in Pātea was unveiled in 1933 to commemorate the journey of the Aotea waka’s journey over…
Freaky Friday at the Museum
And now for something completely different! For the first time ever we will be hosting a Halloween themed ‘Night at…
Ōpunakē Pop-Up Museum
In conjunction with Heritage Month, Aotea Utanganui presents a pop-up photographic exhibition at Ōpunakē LibraryPlus. The exhibition showcases collection photographs,…
Pepeha Patea Area School Art Exhibition
From now until November 2020 we will be exhibiting work by Patea Area School students. Each month will show a…
Princes Street, Hāwera , Early 1880’s
This amazing early photograph of Hāwera is part of the Alexander Turnbull Library collection. I have identified it as Princes…
The Building of the Current Museum
11 years ago the new museum was busy being built…(6 Aug 2009)
Our New Archivist – Amber Wright
Amber Wright, Technical Archivist, cares for our maps, photographs, films and documents within the archives collection. When she’s not burrowed…
Tales & Taonga Exhibition
Our current exhibition features items and photographs from the archives and some are featured in our upcoming book of the…