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.
Documentary directed by Claudio Poli (90 min runtime)
After 70 years from the Hitler’s declaration of war to “degenerate” art, an event film that reveals secrets of the Fuhrer treasure.
Picasso, Matisse, Renoir and Chagall: paintings hidden, looted and condemned finally come to light...
Date: Saturday 28 May
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cosy up this Winter F.A.W.C! and delight in the F.A.W.C! Film Festival at the MTG Hawke’s Bay.
The film is a love letter to the joys and pleasures of champagne. Major champagne houses featured include Pol Roger (Winston Churchill famously drank over 40,000 bottles in his lifetime), Bollinger...
Date: Friday 3 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cosy up this Winter F.A.W.C! and delight in the F.A.W.C! Film Festival at the MTG Hawke’s Bay.
Ants on a Shrimp is an exploration of creativity and inspiration, and a journey of discovery into the people and places, sights and sounds, tastes and flavours, of one of the world's most amazing...
Date: Saturday 4 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cosy up this Winter F.A.W.C! and delight in the F.A.W.C! Film Festival at the MTG Hawke’s Bay.
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite to take their wit and appetites on a coast-to-coast road trip through picturesque Spain. After tripping through the UK & Italy, Steve and Rob eat, bicker and do...
Date: Saturday 4 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cosy up this Winter F.A.W.C! and delight in the F.A.W.C! Film Festival at the MTG Hawke’s Bay.
A former celebrated chef, Rob (Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage), now lives a quiet life alone in the Oregonian wilderness truffle hunting with his beloved foraging pig. But when his pig is...
Date: Saturday 4 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cosy up this Winter F.A.W.C! and delight in the F.A.W.C! Film Festival at the MTG Hawke’s Bay.
Via London, Versailles, and Instagram, Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles follows famous chef Yotam Ottolenghi on his quest to bring the sumptuous art and decadence of Versailles to life in cake...
Date: Sunday 5 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cosy up this Winter F.A.W.C! and delight in the F.A.W.C! Film Festival at the MTG Hawke’s Bay.
Determined to fulfil her late mother's dream of opening a bakery in charming Notting Hill, 19-year-old Clarissa enlists the help of her mother's best friend Isabella and her eccentric estranged...
Date: Sunday 5 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cosy up this Winter F.A.W.C! and delight in the F.A.W.C! Film Festival at the MTG Hawke’s Bay.
On the busiest night of the year at one of the hottest restaurants in London, charismatic and commanding head chef Andy Jones balances along a knife's edge as multiple personal and professional...
Date: Sunday 5 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld, has inspired composers since opera’s earliest days. Rising American composer Matthew Aucoin now carries that tradition into the 21st century with a captivating new...
Date: Friday 10 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
GARETH FARR
Te Kōanga
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No. 1 in E flat Major, op 12
ROSS EDWARDS
White Cockatoo Spirit Dance
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
String Quartet No 12 in F Major, op 96, ‘American’
With a legacy spanning almost three decades without a change of membership, the...
Date: Sunday 12 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
MTG Movie Club for June features three fashion-themed movies, starting with Yellow if Forbidden at 1pm.
Talented Chinese dressmaker Guo Pei dreams of high fashion, and wants to become part of the exclusive world of haute couture.
Not rated. 1 hr 37 mins.
Date: Sunday 19 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
MTG Movie Club for June features three fashion-themed movies, starting with Yellow if Forbidden at 1pm, followed by Dries at 3pm, an intimate portrait of the fashion designer Dries Van Noten. .
This film offers an insight into the life, mind and creative heart of a Master Fashion Designer who,...
Date: Sunday 19 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
MTG Movie Club for June features three fashion-themed movies, starting with Yellow if Forbidden at 1pm, followed by Dries at 3pm, and finishing with Westwood at 6pm.
Since igniting the punk movement with ex-partner and Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren, Dame Vivienne Westwood has been...
Date: Sunday 19 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy, Mystery | Rating TBC | 103 minutes
French with English subtitles.
Sink your teeth into this juicy murder comedy!
Was it Colonel Mustard in the kitchen with the candlestick? Or was it Mrs Peacock in the conservatory with the lead pipe?
Murder Party follows Jeanne (Alice Pol), a...
Date: Thursday 23 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy | Rating TBC | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
Cathy is a stubborn 40-year-old sous chef. This year, she is finally about to fulfil her lifelong dream: opening her own gastronomic restaurant. But nothing goes as planned.
Facing serious financial difficulties, she reluctantly...
Date: Thursday 23 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy | M | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
With an all-star ensemble cast led by Gérard Depardieu, The Villa joins the ranks of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and The Intouchables, with its touching and oft-hilarious depiction of friendships formed against all...
Date: Friday 24 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 108 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
In his feature debut, French filmmaker Yohan Manca breaks down the barriers and preconceptions surrounding art and culture with a touching story of hope, chance and overcoming adversity.
La Traviata, My Brothers and I, tells...
Date: Friday 24 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
THRILLER / FRANCE / 2022 / 127 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
Based on incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s (The Odyssey, AF FFF19) gripping new spy thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly found himself in conflict with one of the modern...
Date: Friday 24 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
FAMILY, KIDS COMEDY, COMEDY / FRANCE / 2021 / 103 MIN / PG
French with English subtitles
From writer/director Julien Rappeneau (Rosalie Blum, Of Love & Lies), this charming and hilarious comedy is a lavish big-screen adventure featuring author René Goscinny (Asterix) and illustrator...
Date: Saturday 25 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | M | 103 minutes | French with English subtitles.
A crooner with a broken heart, Gaspard had sworn never to fall in love again. As for Lula, a pretty mermaid, she has only her singing to defend herself from men, making their hearts race until they explode.
Date: Saturday 25 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 116 MIN / M
The legendary Daniel Auteuil gives one of his most superlative screen performances in the gripping new film from writer/director Fred Cavayé, based on the celebrated, multi–Molière Award-winning play.
Occupied Paris, 1941: Jews are instructed to...
Date: Saturday 25 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A hilarious comedy à la française! From South America to Sweden, Employee of the Month will make you cry with laughter and take the audience on an overdue journey around the world.
Jérôme Commandeur (Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, AF FFF19) produces a satire full of twists and...
Date: Saturday 25 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 108 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
In his feature debut, French filmmaker Yohan Manca breaks down the barriers and preconceptions surrounding art and culture with a touching story of hope, chance and overcoming adversity.
La Traviata, My Brothers and I, tells...
Date: Sunday 26 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In this psychological thriller in the Hitchcockian tradition, Virginie Efira (Bye Bye Morons, AF FFF21) deftly embodies the troubled personality of Madeleine Collins, a woman living a double life, whose identity cracks under the weight of her own lies.
The film tells the parallel stories of a...
Date: Sunday 26 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Adapted from Emmanuèle Bernheim’s memoir, Everything Went Well, Director François Ozon (Summer of 85, AF FFF21) delivers a powerful drama which tackles the sensitive and complex issue of the right to die with dignity.
When André (André Dussolier, Of Love and Lies, AF FFF20), 85, has a...
Date: Sunday 26 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The legendary Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th-century crime fiction in Maigret, the masterfully directed and hugely entertaining new film from multi-award-winning writer/director Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Ridicule, The Girl on The...
Date: Sunday 26 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy | M | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
With an all-star ensemble cast led by Gérard Depardieu, The Villa joins the ranks of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and The Intouchables, with its touching and oft-hilarious depiction of friendships formed against all...
Date: Thursday 30 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
THRILLER / FRANCE / 2022 / 127 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
Based on incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s (The Odyssey, AF FFF19) gripping new spy thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly found himself in conflict with one of the modern...
Date: Thursday 30 June
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy | Rating M | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
Cathy is a stubborn 40-year-old sous chef. This year, she is finally about to fulfil her lifelong dream: opening her own gastronomic restaurant. But nothing goes as planned.
Facing serious financial difficulties, she reluctantly...
Date: Friday 1 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The legendary Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th-century crime fiction in Maigret, the masterfully directed and hugely entertaining new film from multi-award-winning writer/director Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Ridicule, The Girl on The...
Date: Friday 1 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Juliette Binoche (How to Be a Good Wife, AF FFF20) stars in this immersive drama based on French journalist Florence Aubenas’ bestselling non-fiction book, Le Quai de Ouistreham (The Night Cleaner).
Marianne (Binoche), a writer posing as a cash-strapped divorcée who needs work, is hired as a...
Date: Friday 1 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A hilarious comedy à la française! From South America to Sweden, Employee of the Month will make you cry with laughter and take the audience on an overdue journey around the world.
Jérôme Commandeur (Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, AF FFF19) produces a satire full of twists and...
Date: Saturday 2 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 116 MIN / M
The legendary Daniel Auteuil gives one of his most superlative screen performances in the gripping new film from writer/director Fred Cavayé, based on the celebrated, multi–Molière Award-winning play.
Occupied Paris, 1941: Jews are instructed to...
Date: Saturday 2 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | M | 103 minutes | French with English subtitles.
A crooner with a broken heart, Gaspard had sworn never to fall in love again. As for Lula, a pretty mermaid, she has only her singing to defend herself from men, making their hearts race until they explode.
Date: Saturday 2 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Comedy | Rating M | 97 minutes
French with English subtitles
Cathy is a stubborn 40-year-old sous chef. This year, she is finally about to fulfil her lifelong dream: opening her own gastronomic restaurant. But nothing goes as planned.
Facing serious financial difficulties, she reluctantly...
Date: Saturday 2 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
FAMILY, KIDS COMEDY, COMEDY / FRANCE / 2021 / 103 MIN / PG
French with English subtitles
From writer/director Julien Rappeneau (Rosalie Blum, Of Love & Lies), this charming and hilarious comedy is a lavish big-screen adventure featuring author René Goscinny (Asterix) and illustrator...
Date: Sunday 3 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Adapted from Emmanuèle Bernheim’s memoir, Everything Went Well, Director François Ozon (Summer of 85, AF FFF21) delivers a powerful drama which tackles the sensitive and complex issue of the right to die with dignity.
When André (André Dussolier, Of Love and Lies, AF FFF20), 85, has a...
Date: Sunday 3 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A hilarious comedy à la française! From South America to Sweden, Employee of the Month will make you cry with laughter and take the audience on an overdue journey around the world.
Jérôme Commandeur (Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, AF FFF19) produces a satire full of twists and...
Date: Sunday 3 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In this irreverent and feel-good comedy, a group of long-time friends get together for a hilarious and eventful vacation, in which nothing will go as planned and their friendship will be put to the test.
To celebrate Yves’ 50th birthday, his friends plan to take him to the sunny paradise of...
Date: Sunday 3 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Attention all architecture lovers!
We're proud to present 'Working with Dreams', an unmissable lecture series from 2021 Gold Medallist Julie Stout @mitchellstoutdodd_architects.
An accomplished architect, educator and activist, Julie is the first woman to receive the Gold Medal, the highest...
Date: Wednesday 6 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
The clueless, arrogant, hilarious and staunchly patriotic French secret agent, as silly as his retrograde attitudes — Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka agent OSS 117 — is back in OSS 117: From Africa With Love.
It’s 1981,...
Date: Thursday 7 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The fabulous Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud and Cécile de France beguile in The Young Lovers, Carine Tardieu’s eagerly anticipated follow up to Just to Be Sure (AF FFF17), a modern and emotionally-nuanced romantic dramedy of a woman who embarks on a relationship with a much younger man, and the...
Date: Thursday 7 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Adapted from Emmanuèle Bernheim’s memoir, Everything Went Well, Director François Ozon (Summer of 85, AF FFF21) delivers a powerful drama which tackles the sensitive and complex issue of the right to die with dignity.
When André (André Dussolier, Of Love and Lies, AF FFF20), 85, has a...
Date: Friday 8 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In this irreverent and feel-good comedy, a group of long-time friends get together for a hilarious and eventful vacation, in which nothing will go as planned and their friendship will be put to the test.
To celebrate Yves’ 50th birthday, his friends plan to take him to the sunny paradise of...
Date: Friday 8 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 116 MIN / M
The legendary Daniel Auteuil gives one of his most superlative screen performances in the gripping new film from writer/director Fred Cavayé, based on the celebrated, multi–Molière Award-winning play.
Occupied Paris, 1941: Jews are instructed to...
Date: Friday 8 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
In this psychological thriller in the Hitchcockian tradition, Virginie Efira (Bye Bye Morons, AF FFF21) deftly embodies the troubled personality of Madeleine Collins, a woman living a double life, whose identity cracks under the weight of her own lies.
The film tells the parallel stories of a...
Date: Saturday 9 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The remarkable Vincent Lindon (At War, AF FFF19; Rodin, AF FFF18), reunites with acclaimed writer/director Stéphane Brizé (At War, AF FFF19) for the stunning Another World, delivering a powerhouse turn as a driven white-collar manager torn between duty to his job, his family and his...
Date: Saturday 9 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 108 MIN / M
French with English subtitles
In his feature debut, French filmmaker Yohan Manca breaks down the barriers and preconceptions surrounding art and culture with a touching story of hope, chance and overcoming adversity.
La Traviata, My Brothers and I, tells...
Date: Saturday 9 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This romantic comedy is centered around Antoine (Pascal Elbé, Knock, AF FFF18) a history professor in his early 50s, who discovers he is losing his hearing. Unable to own up to his disability and his attempts to disguise it only resulting in those around him finding his behaviour increasingly odd,...
Date: Saturday 9 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The fabulous Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud and Cécile de France beguile in The Young Lovers, Carine Tardieu’s eagerly anticipated follow up to Just to Be Sure (AF FFF17), a modern and emotionally-nuanced romantic dramedy of a woman who embarks on a relationship with a much younger man, and the...
Date: Sunday 10 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
DRAMA / FRANCE / 2022 / 116 MIN / M
The legendary Daniel Auteuil gives one of his most superlative screen performances in the gripping new film from writer/director Fred Cavayé, based on the celebrated, multi–Molière Award-winning play.
Occupied Paris, 1941: Jews are instructed to...
Date: Sunday 10 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The legendary Gérard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th-century crime fiction in Maigret, the masterfully directed and hugely entertaining new film from multi-award-winning writer/director Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Ridicule, The Girl on The...
Date: Sunday 10 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
From an early age, men are conditioned to believe that expressing their feelings is incompatible with male identity. Get ready to explore the whole range of emotions through a masculine lens in this feel-good comedy.
Seven men, aged from 17 to 70 years old, all city-dwellers, meet up at a remote...
Date: Sunday 10 July
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
NEW DATE - RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY.
Join award-winning comedian Chris Parker on tour for a night of his greatest hits.
A rising star of the New Zealand comedy scene, Chris has been seen on TV on 7 Days, Jono and Ben, Funny Girls and Have You Been Paying Attention as well as making a...
Date: Friday 5 August
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
The resonance of the cello pulls at the heartstrings, a compelling soundtrack for star crossed lovers and deep longings for that beyond our reach. Few have not yearned to be with loved ones in the last two years. This tour reunites two friends, and musical accomplices that have made their homes on...
Date: Saturday 13 August
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Borders divide us. Yet in the meeting places between one thing and another is sometimes found the greatest variety and vitality. From Tasmania comes a group of performers that revel in the liveliness and intrigue of borderlands. Playing music of composers who lived and worked, as fluid borders...
Date: Saturday 13 August
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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