Welcome to our award-winning museum, home of the region's taonga and other treasures.
The naming of a new apple cultivar Billy Apple® fulfils a long-held ambition for the artist and is the natural culmination of his 1962 self-branding exercise.
Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product 1962—2020 looks back to Apple’s name change and the way Apple created artworks that...
Date: Saturday 23 October to Sunday 31 October
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: Saturday 23 October to Sunday 24 July
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: Saturday 23 October to Thursday 31 March
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: Saturday 23 October to Wednesday 1 June
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: Saturday 23 October to Monday 2 May
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: Saturday 23 October to Thursday 31 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: Saturday 23 October to Tuesday 3 May
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Teremoana Rapley: Of a Housegirl
Fresh from her sold-out 2021 Kia Mau Festival theatre debut, Daughter, Teremoana Rapley continues her live creative research and development inquiry triptych series with Of a Housegirl.
The second instalment of this analogue, sensory-challenging experience,...
Date: Tuesday 26 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project
Paul Bosauder
[Please note that an additional performance of 'Tierra y Mar Flamenco Project' has been added on the 29th of October 2021 in the Toitoi Opera House.]
Paul Bosauder is a cultural ambassador, performing around the world as a highly regarded...
Date: Wednesday 27 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
[Please note that the venue for this event has changed from the Paisley Stage to the MTG Century Theatre.]
Stepping into the Sun. Stories of Coming out - in conversation with...
Date: Friday 29 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Funny Ha Ha - Tom Sainsbury and Catherine Robertson die on stage.
[Please note that the venue for this event has changed from the Paisley Stage to MTG Century Theatre. Due to...
Date: Friday 29 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Readers + Writers - Presented by Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Trust in association with Hawke's Bay Arts Festival
Writing for Children - Workshop with Kyle Mewburn
C.S. Lewis said “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the...
Date: Saturday 30 October
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Motuhake
Jandel J & The Funky Friends
“You are Special / I am Special (Motuhake)” is a highly interactive and magical show for children and families. This story is set in an imaginary world where the main character gets spooked as he journeys through adventures and finds puppets that come...
Date: Saturday 30 October
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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