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Te Awaroa Museum

Te rohe - Location
98 Mill Road, Helensville

Ngā haora mahi - Opening hours
10:30 - 1:30 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Other times by appointment

Te utu - Admission
Adult - $5
Child - $2
Family - $10

The Te Awaroa Museum comprises of 5 buildings:
- School Masters House is the original headmaster's home and is currently undergoing redesign. It will house our Taonga Māori.
- Hedley House is a renovated Edwardian house, set out in Edwardian New Zealand style.
- the Courthouse is the very first courthouse built by Native Affairs as a Māori Land Court.
- the Hec Nicholls Barn houses old farming and timber implements.
- Our Roy Monk Office and Archives building holds our original photographs, paintings, paperwork and our family history collection. It includes the Alan Jordan collection of Kaukapakapa, and the West photo collection. There is a good selection of photographs of local schools, buildings & people.

Ngā momo kohinga -
Collection Strengths

Art

  • Aotearoa art - Contemporary

Archives and manuscripts

  • Maps and plans
  • Newspapers

Audiovisual

  • Oral history

Books and journals

Pacific cultures

Photography

  • Documentary photography
  • Historic photography

Natural history and sciences

Social history

  • Textiles and clothing

Taonga Māori

  • Carving (whakairo)
  • Games (nga kemu) and karekao
  • Weaving (raranga)

Transport

Technology

Ngā wāhi -
Facilities

  • Archives

  • Reference library

  • Public programmes

  • Guided tours

  • Membership club

  • High resolution images available for order

  • Wheelchair access

  • Toilets

  • Parking

Whakapā mai -
Contact

Kei te mahere -
On the map