by admin | Dec 11, 2025
Taonga Journey back in time and view the tools that were used by Māori in pre-european times. Stone toki (adze), wooden ko (digging stick) and bone matau (fishing hooks) and pā (lure spinners). What would daily life have been like using these tools to tend to gardens...
by admin | Dec 11, 2025
Whiti Town 1943 Explore our locally created diorama of a section of Whitianga Township in 1943. What has changed and what is still the same??Can you find the Whitianga Hotel that is still there today? The diorama helps you explore Whitianga of old and takes some of...
by admin | Dec 11, 2025
Gaming Gaming Den – history of home gaming Step into our teenagers gaming den and challenge yourself or a friend at our tetris wall, have a game on the original X-Box or just marvel at the technology that was at the forefront of gaming at home. Check out the gaming...
by admin | Dec 11, 2025
Shaping Te Whanganui o Hei ‘Shaping Te Whanganui o Hei’ is a brand-new permanent exhibition in the Mercury Bay Museum at Whitianga. The exhibition will take the visitor through time to learn and interact with the people, events and places that have shaped our area...
by Rebecca | Feb 8, 2019
The Kauri Our Kauri Room displays many artifacts to illustrate this important period in our history. Nam consequat diam nec leo rutrum tempus. Nulla accumsan eros nec sem tempus scelerisque. Morbi tincidunt risus magna, posuere lobortis felis. Donec at vehicula risus....
