When Toawaka Met Cook
by Rebecca Cox

Events

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When Toawaka Met Cook

Past Events

22 June  2019, 11am
Mercury Bay Museum

 

We are so excited to be hosting this event this weekend!! Come in, purchase a book, get it signed and then have a look around the museum!! See you Saturday!!

Head to the Mercury Bay Museum Saturday 22 June 2019 for the book launch of ‘ When Toawaka Met Cook’.

An account of 12 extraordinary days in November 1769, when James Cook and his Endeavour crew met Ngāti Hei chief Toawaka and his people in Te Whanganui o Hei (Mercury Bay), Coromandel, in a historic and groundbreaking encounter between Māori and European civilisations.

Te Whanganui o Hei Mercury 250 Trust

 

 

 

Design-a-badge Competition

Design-a-badge Competition

Design-a-badge Competition for Conservation Week (2nd – 8th September 2024)We need a NEW Museum Explorers badge to celebrate 'Conservation Week - 2-8th September 2024. So join in the fun and design a badge for us!!! The winning badge design will be launched and...

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Museum Explorers

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We have a fantastic new kids club – Museum Explorers 🕵‍♂️🕵‍♀️!!

📔 There are passports to collect along with cool badges to add to them.

 

🔍 Neat adventures to go on with us at the Museum.

Come in for a visit and join them up – it’s FREE to join, FREE for them to visit but parents/guardians have a small fee to pay.

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