18 October 2019
Wharekaho
Te Pōwhiri is to acknowledge & commemorate that first encounter between Ngāti Hei and European 250 years ago. Visit the Mercury250 website for more information on Tuia
Past Stories
Older articles from our archives
Tuia 250 Voyaging Flotilla
18 -21 October 2019
Wharekaho
The Tuia 250 Voyage will take the form of a flotilla of vessels – waka hourua va’a tipaerua heritage vessels and their crews sailing to and engaging communities
Te Mahutatanga o Takero – Mercury Rising
1 – 12 November 2019
Mercury is rising, and Whitianga is coming together to celebrate this planetary passing from beautiful Mercury Bay.
A Mystery to Solve!
Summer has now left us and the mornings are a lot cooler. The Museum is now in its winter hours – so closed Monday’s (except for Queen’s Birthday) and 10am-4pm Tuesday to Sunday. Thank you to all who visited over the summer break. It was great to see so many new...
An Exciting Find
The old water tank of the Mercury Bay Dairy factory (the building that is now the Mercury Bay Museum) is home to a substantial collection of historical maps, records, books containing financial transactions and novels - many more than a century old. Mercury Bay Museum...
Night @ The Museum – A History Mystery
23 October 2020
Come along to a Night at the Museum – A History Mystery!
When the Regional Collections Advisor comes to visit
When our Regional Collections Advisor – Kate, calls and says that she is coming to visit and to find her some interesting objects to look at it - we put our thinking caps on. While looking through the collection objects for the redevelopment of the HMS Buffalo exhibit...
MYSTERY OBJECT FOR FEBRUARY
The Delusion Mouse Trap was designed by an American named John Morris.
Latest update from the Mercury 250 Trust
19 October 2019 (TBC)
Powhiri at Wharekaho
Venue: Wharekaho Beach and Ngati Hei land
Tour Behind the Scenes
January 2020- date TBA
Come and see behind the locked doors!!
DEC 2018 OVERVIEW
Goodbye 2018 and welcome 2019!!I thought we should have a look back at 2018 – a year in review!Number of Visitors – 6,337 (January to December 2018) 736 from Mercury Bay and wider Coromandel, 3,565 from New Zealand and 2,036 from the World.New Exhibits – 5 – pictured...
Mystery Object Jan19
Miniature Chest of Drawers – 1987.001.05This miniature chest of drawers caught the eye of our collection assistants so we did a little more research on the owner.The provenance that was recorded for these drawers was in itself very exciting and then what we discovered...
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