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Waikato Museum celebrates Chinese New Year

Waikato Museum celebrates Chinese New Year

Ancient Chinese cultural traditions will be showcased on the first day of Chinese New Year at Waikato Museum on Saturday (25 January).

Entries open for Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award

Entries open for Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award

The annual call is out to turn an iconic farming product into art with kiwi ‘No.8 wire ingenuity’.

Exhibition celebrates Maaori and Native Hawaiian female ancestors

Exhibition celebrates Maaori and Native Hawaiian female ancestors

Nearly 200 people attended the opening of a new exhibition in Hamilton featuring works that explore the contemporary and ancestral importance of Maaori and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) women.

Exhibition celebrates Maaori and Native Hawaiian female ancestors

Exhibition celebrates Maaori and Native Hawaiian female ancestors

A new large-scale exhibition featuring works that explore the contemporary and ancestral importance of Maaori and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) women opens at Waikato Museum on Saturday, 14 September

Dunedin-based artist wins $25,000 National Contemporary Art Award

Dunedin-based artist wins $25,000 National Contemporary Art Award

Dunedin-based artist Ayesha Green has won the prestigious $25,000 National Contemporary Art Award for 2019 for a painting entitled Nana’s Birthday (A Big Breath).

Finalists for 2019 National Contemporary Art Award announced

Finalists for 2019 National Contemporary Art Award announced

Finalists for 2019 National Contemporary Art Award announced

Past winners among finalists of 2019 Fieldays No8 Wire Award

Past winners among finalists of 2019 Fieldays No8 Wire Award

The 2019 Fieldays No.8 Wire Art Award will be hotly contested with two past winners, four recent place-getters and a previous People’s Choice Award recipient among this year’s finalists.

Esteemed artist to judge National Contemporary Art Award in milestone year

Esteemed artist to judge National Contemporary Art Award in milestone year

One of Aotearoa’s most notable and decorated artists will judge the 2019 National Contemporary Art Award.

Waikato Museum first New Zealand venue for Scarface Claw exhibition

Waikato Museum first New Zealand venue for Scarface Claw exhibition

Scarface Claw, the roughest and toughest, boldest and bravest of cats, takes centre stage at Waikato Museum in an exhibition dedicated to the villain of the Hairy Maclary and FriendsTM book series.

Morrinsville in 1993 remembered at Waikato Museum

Morrinsville in 1993 remembered at Waikato Museum

The heart of rural communities as well as the atmosphere, lifestyles, and culture of early 1990s New Zealand are celebrated in a nostalgic exhibition at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

International photo exhibition open at Waikato Museum

International photo exhibition open at Waikato Museum

A selection of the most significant images to appear in National Geographic magazine are now on display at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

International photo exhibition open at Waikato Museum

International photo exhibition open at Waikato Museum

In this adorable claymation pic, Jimmy learns about the beauty and simplicity of permaculture.