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Tawhiti Museum

Tawhiti Museum

Te rohe - Location
401 Ohangai Road, Hawera

Ngā haora mahi - Opening hours
OPEN
Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 10am - 4pm

SUMMER SEASON
Open every day from Boxing Day to the end of January

WINTER SEASON
June, July, August - Open Sundays only

Groups
By arrangement outside these hours.

Te utu - Admission
Museum
Adults $10
Children* $3

Bush railway
Adults $5
Children* $2

Traders and Whalers
Adults $10
Children* $5

Tawhiti Museum presents our South Taranaki history in a lively informative way, using lifesized figures, scale models, light and sound effects and of course artifacts. We are always improving displays - making them more interactive and more appealing to our younger visitors. From early Maori settlement to the present day we present stories of the people who have made South Taranaki their home.

Ngā momo kohinga -
Collection Strengths

Military

Social history

Taonga Māori

Technology

Ngā wāhi -
Facilities

  • Public programmes

  • Wheelchair access

  • Function space

  • Toilets

  • Parking

  • Café

  • Shop

  • Other facilities

    Bush Railway: The Tawhiti Bush Railway is a dramatic presentation of the logging railways that used to operate in Taranaki. With life size figures, buildings along the line and an interpretation centre set in a reconstructed sawmill at the end of the track, this 2'6" gauge railway is an additional attraction on the museum site.

    Traders & Whalers: Created by Nigel Ogle, who also created the world class Tawhiti Museum. This project, with the assistance of the South Taranaki District Council, has been 5 years in the planning and building. A first for New Zealand, this amazing themed environment is a truly unique attraction.

Whakapā mai -
Contact

Kei te mahere -
On the map