by Rebecca | Jun 7, 2023 | HMS Buffalo
In July 1840, the British naval ship, HMS Buffalo, took shelter in Mercury Bay, Whitianga, New Zealand to weather out an incoming storm. When the storm hit, it was described as ‘hurricane strength’ and resulted in the vessel becoming a total loss on what is now known...
by Rebecca | May 25, 2022 | Museum Events, Past Events
Where Mercury Twin CinemasWhen Saturday, 11 June 2022 from 15.00-17.00Duration 2 hoursPrice $10 each (all proceeds go to the Mercury Bay Museum) Join the Mercury Bay Museum, Mercury Twin Cinemas and HMS Buffalo Re-examination Unit to bring...
by Rebecca | Mar 16, 2022 | Manager Update
March Overview The Museum has been a little quiet lately with a reduced number of visitors. The visitors that are still coming through however have travelled from some distances – Whanganui, Nelson and Christchurch just to name a few. So New Zealanders are still...
by Rebecca | Nov 26, 2021 | Manager Update
Our Blog Come Behind the Scenes – a weekly insight into the Museum world! Covid Update On Monday 22nd November 2021, the Government announced its intention to move Aotearoa New Zealand into the COVID-19 Protection Framework from Thursday 2nd December 2021 at 11:59pm....
by Rebecca | Jun 16, 2021 | HMS Buffalo
It has been a busy time at the Museum recently with arrival of not one or two, but now six pieces of timber that we believe are from the shipwreck HMS Buffalo. Over the weekend of 28th May we received a total of five timbers that were collected from the beach with the...
