There's something for everyone at MTG Hawke's Bay, home of the region's taonga and other treasures. Explore the artefacts in the Maori gallery and discover the remarkable story of the region's recovery following the devastating earthquake of 1931. The museum also showcases changing exhibitions of art, culture and social history. MTG's Century Theatre features a varied programme of events, film, live theatre and music. You'll also find fun, interactive activities for children, a weekend Drop-In Zone, workshops for young and old alike, and school holiday programmes are offered throughout the year. Our exhibitions are drawn primarily from the Hawke's Bay Museum's Trust collection. Permanent exhibits on the 1931 earthquake and the region’s stunning Taonga Māori artifacts are supported by changing exhibitions in other gallery spaces. The museum's Main Foyer also boasts an ever-changing canvas for murals, sculptures and more.
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The House of Webb: a Victorian family's journey to Ormondville.
Follow the unusual journey of the Webb family as they leave their comfortable lifestyle in England and set out for New Zealand in 1884.
As a group of 14, they voyaged on board a vermin-infested ship to Napier, then onwards to...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 3 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From the onset of colonisation, European immigrants and their descendants have been bringing and maintaining their own culture in Aotearoa, including a characteristic art tradition.
These twelve artworks by five Pakeha painters illustrate the way in which people of European heritage in New...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Saturday 30 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down. The shock wave swept across it, creating a monster crossing the skyline.” - NG Bailey
At 10:47am on 3 February 1931, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay. In that moment it seemed the end of the world had...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This stunning exhibition features a broad range of historic and contemporary taonga from the collection of the Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi.
Translated as 'always here', Tēnei Tonu shares diverse stories of local Iwi Ngati Kahungunu and their enduring connection to the...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silver, valued for its rarity and attractive lustre, has for centuries been mined and formed into an extensive range of domestic, personal, religious, and ceremonial objects.
Silver is one of the most versatile and singular precious metals: it is malleable and ductile and has a relatively low...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Tuesday 31 December
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Matimati Huruhuru me te Muka
He mātiti raranga te turuturu e whakamahia ana kia kaua e pā te kākahu ki te papa i te wā e mahia mai. Ko te mātiti matua ko te mea matau, ā, ka taea tērā te whakanikoniko. E whakaatu ana i te mana o Te Whare Pora – ngā mātauranga toi. E pupuri ana te...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 15 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is a celebration of film on the finest screens in New Zealand. The event is the cultural highlight of winter in 13 towns and cities and is one of the longest running annual festivals in the country. NZIFF makes a great occasion out of movie-going...
Date: Sunday 15 September
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A city slicker couple turned progressive eco-farmers transform a barren orchard into a thriving landscape in this inspirational sustainability documentary.
Who hasn’t fantasised about ditching their city day job for a simpler life on the land? For John and Molly Chester, this journey begins...
Date: Sunday 15 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A street photographer convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée in this sweet and tender romance that unfolds amongst the chaotic streets of Mumbai. From the director of The Lunchbox.
Ritesh Batra returns to the Mumbai streets of his festival favourite The Lunchbox (NZIFF14) with this...
Date: Sunday 15 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The legendary opera singer, once described as “pure electricity” by Leonard Bernstein, eloquently recounts her life and career through interviews, unpublished letters, diaries and memoirs – and, especially, through her mesmerising performances – in a riveting self-portrait.
“Maria by...
Date: Sunday 15 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
For her follow-up to The Babadook (NZIFF14), Aussie auteur Jennifer Kent pivots to an entirely different brand of horror. A bleak, bloody revenge Western, her sophomore effort The Nightingale takes a cold, hard stare at her country’s history of colonial violence – and the results are genuinely...
Date: Sunday 15 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Meet Tessa Duder, and hear the story of how James Cook charted the first map of Aotearoa New Zealand 250 years ago. This talk is based on Tessa's new book, First Map, illustrated by David Elliot.
Tessa Duder has been long fascinated by James Cook’s iconic ‘New Zealand’ chart, and the...
Date: Wednesday 18 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Meet renowned author Tessa Duder and hear her story of how James Cook chartered the first map of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Tessa Duder writes for children and young adults and is also an author of short stories, plays and non-fiction. Among her numerous distinctions, Duder has been awarded the OBE...
Date: Wednesday 18 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
MTG’s Curator Māori Te Hira Henderson shares diverse stories of local Iwi Ngati Kahungunu and their enduring connection to the land through the historic and contemporary taonga from the collection of the Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi.
All welcome. No registration...
Date: Thursday 19 September
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hear six of the finest musicians from High Schools across the Hawke's Bay who have been selected as finalists to compete for the title of Young Musician of the Year.
The evening starts at the Waiapu Cathedral, 28 Browning Street, Napier at 6.45pm for the organist to perform, then moves into the...
Date: Friday 20 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join Nelson-based contemporary stitch artist Fleur Woods for a blissful day of florals and creativity. This workshop is designed to explore the beautiful details of flowers through the medium of hand embroidery. During the course of the one day workshop we will explore Fleur's favourite stitches...
Date: Saturday 21 September to Sunday 22 September
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Jeremy Salmond, the latest recipient of New Zealand architecture’s premier award, will speak in Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Wellington, Napier and Queenstown during the course of the NZIA Aon Gold Medal Lecture Series.
Across nearly five decades, Jeremy Salmond has forged a reputation as...
Date: Tuesday 24 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Brazil-born, Hastings based artist Mauricio Benega has work in collections around New Zealand and the world.
Enjoy a leisurely Sunday session listening to Mauricio talking about various aspects of fine art and his experience as an international artist.
Mauricio is the 2019 Hawke’s Bay Wine...
Date: Sunday 29 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The House of Webb: a Victorian family's journey to Ormondville.
Follow the unusual journey of the Webb family as they leave their comfortable lifestyle in England and set out for New Zealand in 1884.
As a group of 14, they voyaged on board a vermin-infested ship to Napier, then onwards to...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 3 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From the onset of colonisation, European immigrants and their descendants have been bringing and maintaining their own culture in Aotearoa, including a characteristic art tradition.
These twelve artworks by five Pakeha painters illustrate the way in which people of European heritage in New...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Saturday 30 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down. The shock wave swept across it, creating a monster crossing the skyline.” - NG Bailey
At 10:47am on 3 February 1931, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay. In that moment it seemed the end of the world had...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This stunning exhibition features a broad range of historic and contemporary taonga from the collection of the Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi.
Translated as 'always here', Tēnei Tonu shares diverse stories of local Iwi Ngati Kahungunu and their enduring connection to the...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silver, valued for its rarity and attractive lustre, has for centuries been mined and formed into an extensive range of domestic, personal, religious, and ceremonial objects.
Silver is one of the most versatile and singular precious metals: it is malleable and ductile and has a relatively low...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Tuesday 31 December
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Matimati Huruhuru me te Muka
He mātiti raranga te turuturu e whakamahia ana kia kaua e pā te kākahu ki te papa i te wā e mahia mai. Ko te mātiti matua ko te mea matau, ā, ka taea tērā te whakanikoniko. E whakaatu ana i te mana o Te Whare Pora – ngā mātauranga toi. E pupuri ana te...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 15 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Learn how to create a virtual tour of iconic landmarks around Te Matau a Maui Hawke’s Bay. Use Tour Creator to create your own virtual tour using imagery from Google Street View or your own 360 photos. This fun, hands-on workshop will give you the skills to build your own virtual tour and view it...
Date: Wednesday 2 October
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Create an abstract, geometric artwork you can be proud of! Using painting tape, acrylic paints and glitter be prepared to WOW family and friends with your stunning creation.
We will be learning painting techniques (blending, contrasting colours etc) and applying acrylic paint and other mediums...
Date: Thursday 3 October
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join tutor Jo Dixey and learn different stitch techniques including crewelwork, goldwork, and blackwork.
Jo will focus on feather and fibre motifs, using our latest exhibition Turuturu: Fingers, Feathers and Fibre as inspiration.
All materials provided.
Tickets available through...
Date: Saturday 5 October to Sunday 6 October
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Make your own cute 3D foam creation. Just choose a picture and have some fun making it in foam, then use your creation to decorate books, diaries or cards for family and friends. You could also photograph your creation and send it as an e-birthday card.
All materials provided.
Age: 5-7...
Date: Wednesday 9 October
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
New Zealand’s premier national chamber choir Voices New Zealand perform a stunning musical and visual reminder about the beauty and importance of our oceans, essential to survival on our planet. This inspiring concert celebrates our oceans as taonga with uplifting and moving music from around the...
Date: Friday 18 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Love Letter to the Oceans. World-premiere. New Zealand's premier national chamber choir, Voices New Zealand, performs a stunning musical reminder of the beauty and importance of our oceans.
Taonga Moana is a celebration of uplifting and moving music by composers from Canada, Latvia, Indonesia...
Date: Friday 18 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Embroidery fun for kids.
Join local fabric artist Ngaio Blackwood for a fun session of stitching with recycled materials.
All materials provided.
Where: MTG Education Suite
This is a free event for children but please register on Eventfinda to secure a space.
Date: Saturday 19 October to Sunday 20 October
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Inspired by Nuit Blanc in Paris, White Night offers a unique opportunity to engage with artists, musicians and performers in an open and accessible way. For one night only, Napier’s art precinct will come alive after hours with all galleries open late, live performance, interactive events,...
Date: Saturday 19 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Sir Tipene O’Regan, Damon Salesa and Scott Hamilton.
Chair: Chris Perley
What does it mean to be a New Zealander living in Aotearoa today? Ngāi Tahu kaumatua, historian and retired academic, Sir Tipene O’Regan, Professor in Pacific Studies, Damon Salesa, and author and blogger, Scott...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Scott Hamilton and Graeme Lay.
Chair: Charles Ropitini
With this year being the 250th anniversary of Cook’s landing, we bring two South Pacific experts to discuss the life and legacy of the man who first put New Zealand on the map. Graeme Lay, author of three novels based on Cook’s life...
Date: Sunday 20 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
German photographer and storyteller Volker Gerling is a passionate creator of flipbooks and an intrepid traveller. His journeys are reminiscent of the days when cinema itself was itinerant, when projectionists would move from town to town and there were no movie theatres.
With these...
Date: Tuesday 22 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This is a story you may think you know; a grand classic born on the backs of gods and warriors. New Zealand’s own master storyteller, Michael Hurst, gives a towering performance as the Poet, in a passionate and exciting reimagining of Homer’s influential work, written by the genius coupling of...
Date: Wednesday 23 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The House of Webb: a Victorian family's journey to Ormondville.
Follow the unusual journey of the Webb family as they leave their comfortable lifestyle in England and set out for New Zealand in 1884.
As a group of 14, they voyaged on board a vermin-infested ship to Napier, then onwards to...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 3 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From the onset of colonisation, European immigrants and their descendants have been bringing and maintaining their own culture in Aotearoa, including a characteristic art tradition.
These twelve artworks by five Pakeha painters illustrate the way in which people of European heritage in New...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Saturday 30 November
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down. The shock wave swept across it, creating a monster crossing the skyline.” - NG Bailey
At 10:47am on 3 February 1931, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay. In that moment it seemed the end of the world had...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This stunning exhibition features a broad range of historic and contemporary taonga from the collection of the Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi.
Translated as 'always here', Tēnei Tonu shares diverse stories of local Iwi Ngati Kahungunu and their enduring connection to the...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silver, valued for its rarity and attractive lustre, has for centuries been mined and formed into an extensive range of domestic, personal, religious, and ceremonial objects.
Silver is one of the most versatile and singular precious metals: it is malleable and ductile and has a relatively low...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Tuesday 31 December
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Matimati Huruhuru me te Muka
He mātiti raranga te turuturu e whakamahia ana kia kaua e pā te kākahu ki te papa i te wā e mahia mai. Ko te mātiti matua ko te mea matau, ā, ka taea tērā te whakanikoniko. E whakaatu ana i te mana o Te Whare Pora – ngā mātauranga toi. E pupuri ana te...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 15 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down. The shock wave swept across it, creating a monster crossing the skyline.” - NG Bailey
At 10:47am on 3 February 1931, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay. In that moment it seemed the end of the world had...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This stunning exhibition features a broad range of historic and contemporary taonga from the collection of the Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi.
Translated as 'always here', Tēnei Tonu shares diverse stories of local Iwi Ngati Kahungunu and their enduring connection to the...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silver, valued for its rarity and attractive lustre, has for centuries been mined and formed into an extensive range of domestic, personal, religious, and ceremonial objects.
Silver is one of the most versatile and singular precious metals: it is malleable and ductile and has a relatively low...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Tuesday 31 December
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Matimati Huruhuru me te Muka
He mātiti raranga te turuturu e whakamahia ana kia kaua e pā te kākahu ki te papa i te wā e mahia mai. Ko te mātiti matua ko te mea matau, ā, ka taea tērā te whakanikoniko. E whakaatu ana i te mana o Te Whare Pora – ngā mātauranga toi. E pupuri ana te...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 15 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down. The shock wave swept across it, creating a monster crossing the skyline.” - NG Bailey
At 10:47am on 3 February 1931, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay. In that moment it seemed the end of the world had...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This stunning exhibition features a broad range of historic and contemporary taonga from the collection of the Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Ta-u-rangi.
Translated as 'always here', Tēnei Tonu shares diverse stories of local Iwi Ngati Kahungunu and their enduring connection to the...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Wednesday 1 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Matimati Huruhuru me te Muka
He mātiti raranga te turuturu e whakamahia ana kia kaua e pā te kākahu ki te papa i te wā e mahia mai. Ko te mātiti matua ko te mea matau, ā, ka taea tērā te whakanikoniko. E whakaatu ana i te mana o Te Whare Pora – ngā mātauranga toi. E pupuri ana te...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 15 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Matimati Huruhuru me te Muka
He mātiti raranga te turuturu e whakamahia ana kia kaua e pā te kākahu ki te papa i te wā e mahia mai. Ko te mātiti matua ko te mea matau, ā, ka taea tērā te whakanikoniko. E whakaatu ana i te mana o Te Whare Pora – ngā mātauranga toi. E pupuri ana te...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 15 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Matimati Huruhuru me te Muka
He mātiti raranga te turuturu e whakamahia ana kia kaua e pā te kākahu ki te papa i te wā e mahia mai. Ko te mātiti matua ko te mea matau, ā, ka taea tērā te whakanikoniko. E whakaatu ana i te mana o Te Whare Pora – ngā mātauranga toi. E pupuri ana te...
Date: Sunday 15 September to Sunday 15 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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