The Kauri Museum has embarked on a new digital age. The Museum has always been a hands on experience, but has now declared itself a selfie friendly zone with a new website, mobile app and audio tour so visitors are able to enjoy the Museum digitally, as they explore the galleries. This innovative digital experience also includes a …
Percy Smith (aka Tatty) is a grandson of early pioneering settlers, Richard and Catherine Smith. Tatty and his sisters, Mavis and Clarice, played an important role in establishing the Museum and Tat was well known for turning his hands to anything practical that was required. Tat has until recently been fulfilling the starring role of The Kauri Museum’s Gumdigger, carving gum while …
So where has Tat (aka Percival Smith) been all this time? Poor Tatty, while his nickname was originally bestowed on him for his birthplace of Tatarariki, people began to question whether it was for another reason entirely, so Tat was removed from display for a clean and spruce-up from the museum’s Collections team. Back on public …
“What’s in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet” So said Juliet to her Romeo sometime between 1591 and 1595 when it is believed that William Shakespeare wrote those words. Here at The Kauri Museum we have a living collection of more than 120 roses, many of …
The local Agricultural and Pastoral (A&P) Show at Paparoa was one of the highlights of the annual social calendar for early settlers. First held in 1876 at Pahi, then rotating between Paparoa, Maungaturoto, Pahi and Matakohe, ‘the Show’ has been at its current location in Paparoa since 1890. In 1962, the Paparoa and Matakohe districts …
