Taupō Museum & Art Gallery

Taupō Museum

This building was once an early Taupō Post Office (1911 - 1940), then the Taupō Library until 1992 and has been added to many times.

Question Time.

What is the Māori welcome on the front doors?

ANSWER

Nau mai. Haere mai.

Taupō Museum

<p>Photographed by Hawira Karaitiana. December 2021.</p> <p>Taupō Museum</p>
<p>Photographed by Hawira Karaitiana. December 2021.</p> <p>This carved house (Whare Whakairo) is named 'Te Aroha o Rongoheikume' and was carved by Tene Waitere of the Ngāti Tarāwhai and Ngā Puhi people.</p>
<p>Photographed by Hawira Karaitiana. December 2021.</p> <p>This tōtara waka (canoe) was discovered in the 1960s. Visit the Taupō Museum to view the waka inside the Tūwharetoa Room.</p>

Awesome! Where to next?

Walk 25m to the Joan Williamson Rose Gardens.