Howick Historical Village is a living history museum in a peaceful natural setting. It comprises 30 buildings set in 7 acres of grounds and gardens, and depicts a Fencible settlement in the period fro...
Nelson's visual arts heritage is on display in the region's public art museum, located next to the picturesque Queen's Gardens. The Suter has a café with wonderful views. Other exceptional features i...
Joseph Brain shipbuilder's family home entirely furnished with late owner's possessions. Kauri villa built 1881.
This major New Zealand regional museum holds in trust almost two million collection items of regional, national and international significance. The collections cover a wide range of topics including C...
Large Modern Museum with a huge range of artefacts and displays of local history.
Dannevirke, a thriving town in the Tararua District, was originally the centre of a large sawmilling district in the Forty Mile Bush and is situated on the Napier-Wellington Railway, approximately one...
The little bach in the Titirangi bush where NZ's most famous painter, Colin McCahon and his family lived during the 1950s has been restored and is now a museum. Visitors can experience the very enviro...
From seaweed and shellfish to sharks and seabirds, the Marine environment of southern New Zealand is rich and diverse. The University of Otago's New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium roll bac...
A unique collection of memorabilia compiled by historian and teacher Pat Gaitely, dating from the 1863 Battle of Rangiriri. Enter through the cafe with home cooked fare. The collection is housed in th...
The Kauri Museum is located approximately 2 hours drive north of Auckland, in the rural backdrop of Matakohe. With truly stunning collections The Kauri Museum offers something that is like no other, a...
The exhibits and displays in the Museum reflect the varied and colourful history of the Kaikoura district. It has Plesiosaur bones in rock, Mäori artifacts, approximately 20,000 photographs of people...
Situated in the 1882 historic Athenaeum building, the museum has nationally significant collections; The Willetts Collection of taonga tuku iho o Waitaha and the Temuka Pottery Collection. The Commun...
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