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| Adult | $10.00 - $20.00 |
Warrior dioramas at Tawhiti Museum
The Pact, Tawhiti Museum Diorama
Diorama representation of a Maori Village
Pig Pen, Tawhiti Museum
Traders & Whalers attraction, Tawhiti Museum
Traders & Whalers Canal Boat, Tawhiti Museum
Behind the passion: Nigel Ogle
401 Ohangai Road, Hawera, Hāwera, New Zealand.
Widely regarded as the best private museum in NZ, Tawhiti Museum features thousands of life-size models and scale figures to tell Taranaki’s history. Attractions include Traders & Whalers, Tawhiti Bush Railway, Farmpower Hall & Mr Badger’s Cafe.
Widely regarded as the best private museum in NZ, Tawhiti Museum features thousands of life-size models and scale figures to tell Taranaki’s history. Attractions include Traders & Whalers, Tawhiti Bush Railway, Farmpower Hall & Mr Badger’s Cafe.
Warrior dioramas at Tawhiti Museum
The Pact, Tawhiti Museum Diorama
Diorama representation of a Maori Village
Pig Pen, Tawhiti Museum
Traders & Whalers attraction, Tawhiti Museum
Traders & Whalers Canal Boat, Tawhiti Museum
Behind the passion: Nigel Ogle
| Adult | $10.00 - $20.00 |
Museum - $10 adult / $3 child; Traders & Whalers - $10 adult / $5 child; Bush Railway - $5 adult / $2 child
Children under 14 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Young children may find aspects of this attraction scary. Guests must be ambulatory. No photography permitted.
What started out as a hobby has become widely regarded as the best private museum in NZ. Tawhiti Museum is an impressive & engaging visual history of Taranaki. Life-size exhibits & scale models are used to capture the past in super-realistic displays. All displays are created onsite in the ‘body shop’ - part of the museum visit. Further on-site attractions include Traders & Whalers - a unique & innovative historical presentation of the Taranaki coast in the 1800s with an underground canal boat ride; Tawhiti Bush Railway – a dramatic historical presentation of the logging railways in Taranaki; Farmpower Hall – a collection of farm machinery depicting their evolution from the 1930’s & Mr Badger’s Cafe – offering fresh home-baking & coffee.
401 Ohangai Road, Hawera, Hāwera, New Zealand.
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