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Introduction

Te Awamutu

Exhibitions

Collections

Archives

Tangata Whenua

True Colours

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...where history never repeats


Exhibitions

The stories of Te Awamutu and its people are told through a range of permanent and temporary exhibitions.

 

On show now: FamilyTreasures                                               Students from Te Awamutu Primary School share their family treasures- everything from an artificial leg to war medals and a teddy bear. On show until September 3rd 2005.

                     Items in the Family Treasures exhibition

 

The Fieldays No 8 Wire National Art Award                           Entries close October 17th 2005.                                      Exhibition Opens November 9th
Click here to check out the competition details.
 
 

The Tangata Whenua Gallery features a range of taonga Maori, including the figure of Uenuku - one of the most treasured taonga of the Tainui people.

View of Tangata Whenua Gallery
View of Tangata Whenua Gallery 
  
 
The True Colours exhibition tells the story of Te Awamutu's own Tim
and Neil Finn, and their rise to fame in the bands Split Enz and Crowded
House. True Colours features film, video and Finn family memorabilia.

True Colours exhibition
True Colours exhibition