E nga mana e nga reo o te ao, tenei te mihi maioha ki a koutou katoa me te karanga ano hoki kia anga mai koutou ki tenei matapihi e whakaatuhia ai nga tini ahuatanga e pa ana ki tenei whare taonga, ara, ko te whare taonga o te Tairawhiti. Nau mai, haere mai, whakatau mai ra.

Greetings to you, the many prestigious cultures of the world.
We invite you to glance through this portal which will allow you to witness the many activities undertaken by the Tairawhiti Museum. Welcome to our web-site.
We are very excited about being able to showcase all that we have to offer local residents and visitors to the region.

Tairawhiti Museum Winter Lecture: 5.30pm Tuesday 3 August

                                                           Michel Tuffery M.N.Z.M – Cookie Huahine

Michel Tuffery (MNZM) presents:

‘First Contact’  A 21st Century view of 18th century Pacific history.

Michel Tuffery is an internationally renowned New Zealand artist of Samoan, Cook Island and Tahitian descent who has undertaken a series of projects relating to James Cook’s voyages into the Pacific. His art works have focused on James Cook’s encounters with the indigenous people of the pacific, including Maori in New Zealand. He is also interested in the Tahitian navigator and scholar Tupaia who travelled with Cook to New Zealand in 1769 and who played an important part in his first encounters with Maori here in Tairawhiti.  In August 2009 the British Museum purchased Tuffery’s painting entitled ‘Cookie in the Cook Islands’.

Tairawhiti Museum Winter Lecture: 5.30pm Tuesday 3 August

OPENS : Friday 9 July, 5:30pm
  

Two photographic exhibitions previously on display at the Tairawhiti Museum are now available for viewing on-line.

Check them out.....

The Times they are a changin' click here...

Not Just Black & White click here...

  
 

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