Tawhiti Museum, Hawera Attraction Cafe Pottery

The Tawhiti Museum in Hawera is a truly unique heritage enterprise. The creation of artist Nigel Ogle, its attention to detail is simply stunning. Now widely acclaimed as the best private museum in the country, the museum uses life size exhibits and scale models to capture the past in a series of super realistic displays. All these displays - including the life size figures created from moulds cast from real people - are designed and built on the premises.

In fact the 'Body Shop' a series of three studios viewed as part of a museum visit - is Nigel's workshop where both the scale model 'dioramas' and all the life sized figures are built. The museum building itself is historic - an ex cheese factory, built in 1917 - ideal for housing the large collection of local artifacts brought to life and given a social context with the models and figures.

Other attractions at the museum include Mr Badgers Country Cafe with a Wind in the Willows theme, Tawhiti Pottery Mill and the Bush Railway.

Opening Hours
Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 10am - 4pm

SUMMER SEASON - Open every day from Boxing Day to the end of January

WINTER SEASON - June, July, August - Open Sundays only

Tawhiti Museum, Hawera Attraction Cafe Pottery Enquiry Form



Address:

401 Ohangai Road
Hawera
Taranaki

Phone: +64 6 278 6837

Fax:

Web: Visit website

RATES: Quoted in NZ$, Subject to Change.

Admission

  • Adults NZ$10
  • Children NZ$2 (5-15 years)
  • Concession: Groups of 20 or more adults NZ$8 per person
  • Groups outside normal hours are by arrangement only

Tawhiti Museum, Hawera Attraction Cafe Pottery Enquiry Form