Te rohe | - Location
Cnr South Rd. & Matthew Ave

Ngā haora mahi | - Opening hours
Summer: 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday - Friday.
Winter: 10.30 - 4.30 Monday - Friday.

Te utu | - Admission
Entry by donation

The Te Ahu Heritage Museum in Kaitaia holds a remarkable collection. Its purpose is to illuminate the stories and histories of the very Far North district [Te Hiku o te Ika] of New Zealand. Treasures among the pre-European Maori collection include greenstone, early carvings and the 500 year old skeletal remains of the extinct kuri [ Polynesian dog]. Other major themes are gum digging and the Dalmatians, kauri gum and timber, early shipwrecks, missionary pioneers. The Museum has a large archives collection – documents, journals, newspapers, maps and photographs from the extensive Northwood Collection. It is the proud home of the first European item left in New Zealand, the mighty de Surville anchor.

Ngā momo kohinga -
Collection Strengths

Military

Natural history and sciences

Social history

Taonga Māori

Technology

• Reference library

• Public programmes

• Guided tours

• Wheelchair access

• Function space

• Toilets

• Parking

• Café

• Shop

• Other facilities

  Archive

• Postal address

  Cnr South Rd. & Matthews Ave Kaitaia, 0410

• Phone number

  64-9-4089457

• Email address

  kiaora@teahumuseum.nz

• Website

  https://teahumuseum.nz

• Staff details

  Whina Te Whiu - Manager of Te Ahu Museum and Archives
  Mary Daun - Museum Archivist
  Louisa Kiddie - Museum Assistant