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Moana Currents: Dressing Aotearoa Now
Looking through the lens of fashion, the exhibition ‘Moana Currents’ considers the history of migration and cultural exchange, adaption, and adoption in the Pacific, Te Moana nui a Kiwa.
The exhibitions document how these histories are visible in what...
Date: Friday 28 January to Sunday 6 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of a New Zealand Women’s Institute (WI) at Rissington, Hawke’s Bay, on 27 February 1921. The founder was Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer (1872–1955), who lived and worked in Hawke’s Bay for most of her life. The aim of...
Date: Friday 28 January to Thursday 31 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Waka kōrero Māori: waka carrying the taonga, te reo
The Waka Kōrero Māori exhibition encourages learning the Māori alphabet by pronouncing the names of the kaharehe animal treasures on display.
Bring your whanau to MTG – it’s free!
Kō Waka Kōrero Māori hei whakaaturanga kia...
Date: Friday 28 January to Thursday 31 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Hard Edged paintings with startling precision and dramatic shapes, is how Hawke’s Bay artist Leanne Morrison’s art works have been described. Commissioned by MTG Hawke’s Bay, Leanne will create a large-scale painting directly on MTG’s foyer wall.
Since graduating with a Masters in...
Date: Friday 28 January to Sunday 1 May
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: Friday 28 January to Monday 2 May
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: Friday 28 January to Tuesday 3 May
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A Bloody Business: the history of five Hawke’s Bay freezing works explores the effect the frozen meat processing industry had on the socio-economics of the Hawke’s Bay region using as illustration five significant meat works: Tomoana (1884), Hawke’s Bay & North British (1887), Thomas...
Date: Friday 28 January to Sunday 24 July
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This exhibition shows a history of people and places of Ngāti Kahungunu, telling stories of their time and the events that shaped Te Matau-a-Māui into the region of Hawke’s Bay, events that also helped to shape Aotearoa into New Zealand.
Kahungunu was a peaceful man, a producer, provider,...
Date: Friday 28 January to Wednesday 1 June
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Georgina Burne Hetley, an early botanical artist used her talent to capture both the beauty and scientific details of New Zealand’s flora.
Ever adventurous, Georgina was able to travel throughout New Zealand revelling, not only in the wonderfully diverse botanical treasures discovered, but in...
Date: Friday 28 January to Sunday 12 June
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Cemetery Walks -- VACCINE PASS REQUIRED
Discover tales of tragedy and bravery as the tour winds its way through this
historic and picturesque cemetery guided by MTG’s Curator of Social History Gail Pope.
What to bring: Sturdy walking shoes, sun hat, sunscreen and bottled water.
Allow 1 &...
Date: Sunday 30 January to Sunday 27 March
Where: Old Napier Cemetery, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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