Welcome to our award-winning museum, home of the region's taonga and other treasures.
As always the safety and wellbeing of our visitors, team members and community is our top priority. We’re taking all necessary precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This includes mandatory QR code scanning, wearing of face masks, restriction on numbers in certain areas, cashless transactions, social distancing protocols, as well as robust cleaning processes. Currently MTG Hawke’s Bay is open to vaccinated and non-vaccinated visitors until further information is outlined by the Government. Any tickets purchased for an event affected by a change in Covid levels will be refunded.
The Century Theatre, built in 1977 as a concert chamber to commemorate Napier’s first century as a city, is the setting for the museum's performing arts, film and talks programme. The Theatre bar opens one hour before every show and sells a range of confectionery, alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages.
A stunning exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth's rivers, in all their majesty and fragility. With score by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Directed by Jennifer Peedom and Joseph Nizeti, presented by Willem Dafoe.
Rating: PG
Date: Sunday 28 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A breathtaking voyage into the extreme and an experience featuring the highest peaks around the world. With accompanying score by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Directed by Jennifer Peedom with narration by Willem Dafoe.
Rating: PG
Date: Sunday 28 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
PUBLIC LECTURE followed by discussion and refreshments
Understanding the Digital Divide in Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand: How do we move towards a more digitally inclusive society?
EIT’s Associate Professor Emre Erturk will speak on his research around the ongoing digital divide and digital...
Date: Wednesday 1 May
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A presentation about Napier’s legendary 30,000 club, and its indelible mark today.
MTG Century Theatre, Thursday 2nd May, 5:30pm
Napier’s 30,000 Club was the envy of New Zealand.
Formed in 1912, it was a forerunner of many service organisations such as Lions and Rotary, but acted more as...
Date: Thursday 2 May
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Marking the centenary of the death of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), this special cinema event will delve into the story of a remarkable talent that surpassed legend and stereotypes.
From his origins in Livorno, home of the ‘Macchiaioli’, to the Paris of Picasso and Brancusi that became the...
Date: Thursday 9 May
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Since 1976, the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival has been an industry leader in the celebration of Mountain Culture. Following the festival held every October, the annual World Tour reaches more than 40 countries on 7 continents, making it the largest adventure film tour on the planet....
Date: Thursday 16 May
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A bitter, ageing couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young house guests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
Directed by Mike Nichols, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and George Segal.
Rating: R18
Date: Sunday 26 May
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A bitter, former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono.
Rating: M
Date: Sunday 26 May
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The incredible and moving story of the Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany. Narrated by Charles Dance.
2022 - 110 mins - Documentary - Rated PG
Date: Sunday 23 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The exciting story of the fighter plane and daring pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II. Narrated by Charles Dance.
2018 - 99 mins - Documentary - Rated PG
Date: Sunday 23 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Kha, architect and builder of tombs for the pharaohs, has to undertake the journey to the Underworld, amid a thousand dangers. Eternal life is at stake, but the risk is ending up being dissolved into cosmic nothingness.
Telling us the story of his adventure is Jeremy Irons. His words take us...
Date: Thursday 18 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin
Run Time: 3h,17m
Date: Sunday 28 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George...
Date: Sunday 28 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
With the enchanting narrative voice of Helena Bonham Carter, a new exciting cinema production celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance. It will explore the rivalry among the most important Venetian artists of the 16th century: Tintoretto,...
Date: Thursday 12 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Programme
Bach | Fantasie and Fugue in G minor BWV 542
Schubert | Fantasie in F minor
Gershwin | An American in Paris
World Premiere of NZ Work
Artists
Oliver Boekhoorn, Oboe
Bart De Kater, Clarinet
Raaf Hekkema, Saxophone
Jelte Althuis, Bass Clarinet
Alban Wesly, Bassoon
“Calefax...
Date: Saturday 21 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Writer and musician Nick Cave marks his 20,000th day on the planet Earth. Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave.
With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process, the film examines...
Date: Sunday 29 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: David Byrne, Bernie Worrell,...
Date: Sunday 29 September
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Programme
Giuseppe Tartini | Devil’s trill sonata
Camille Saint-Saëns | Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75
Eugéne-Auguste Ysaÿe | Sonata No 5
Henryk Wieniawski | Polonaise de Concert Op 4
Béla Bartók | 3 Burlesques op. 8
Frédéric Chopin | Andante spianato and grande polonaise...
Date: Tuesday 29 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Beauty, creativity, genius: the Renaissance Florence of Lorenzo de' Medici was a powerhouse of art and culture. Among countless shops and government buildings, there was endless beauty coexisting with the dark side of the city, made up of power struggles, plots, intrigues and brutal violence.
...
Date: Thursday 7 November
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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