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Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum
(Te Huiteananui-a-Tangaroa)
AUCKLAND
also sponsors maritime heritage research sites - reach them through the museum's website www.nzmaritime.org |
Cnr Quay/Hobson Streets
Auckland City
PO Box 3141 AUCKLAND NZ
Tel: +64 9 373 0800
Fax: +64 9 377 6000 Summer (late Oct to Easter) 9am to 6pm
Winter 9am to 5pm
Closed Christmas Day
Admission charges apply, an audio-guide is included in the entry price.
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Formerly called the NZ National Maritime Museum. Located at the entrance to the Viaduct Harbour at the W end of Quay Street, a few minutes from Auckland's CBD.
Guided Tours daily (normally at 11.00 am) except weekends
Cruise on Scow 'Ted Ashby' and
steamboat excursions in SS PUKE (times of sailings vary - check museum website) Pacific Discovery Theatre gives a good presentation of polynesian immigration to NZ
Blue Water Black Magic - Tribute to Sir Peter Blake opened in December 2009
An excellent 'world-class' maritime museum.
Find accommodation near the New Zealand Maritime Museum
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BLUFF MARITIME MUSEUM www.bluff.co.nz/html/museum.htm
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227 Foreshore Rd
(By entrance to Island Harbour on left on main road as you come into Bluff from Invercargill)
Monday to Friday 10 am to 4.30 pm
Weekends/Public Holidays 1pm to 5 pm
Modest admission charge.
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A small museum originally based upon the Southland Harbour Board's collection and including history of Bluff.
Well worth a visit. |
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TAIRAWHITI MUSEUM (Te Whare Taonga o Te Tairawhiti)
www.tairawhitimuseum.org.nz |
10 Stout Street, GISBORNE PO Box 716
GISBORNE 4040 Tel: +64 6 867 3832
Fax: +64 6 867 2728 Monday to Friday 10 am to 4 pm
Saturday 11am to 4pm
Sunday/Public Holidays 1.30pm to 4 pm
Closed Christmas Day Boxing Day and Good Friday
Extended hours in summer
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Includes display of the 'Star of Canada' based upon a portion of the superstructure of a ship wrecked off Gisborne early 1900's. Includes an exhibition focusing upon James Cook's first landing in NZ - at Turanga in 1769.
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Cook's landing place is marked by a flagpole (by the main harbour wharves). A statue of Cook overlooks the port from a hill a short drive out of the city (the statue apparently is based upon the statue of an Italian Nobleman who once graced 'Cooks Brewery' in Auckland and was thus erroneously thought to be a statue of Cook!)
Recommended Hotel in Gisborne |
MUSEUM OF WELLINGTON
formerly
MUSEUM OF WELLINGTON CITY AND THE SEA,
formerly
The Bond Store
formerly Wellington Maritime Museum
www.museumofwellington.co.nz |
Queens Wharf, WELLINGTON Tel: +64 4 472 8904
Fax: +64 4 471 1373 Open 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Free museum
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The museum is housed in a refurbished historic building, the Bond Store.
No longer a maritime Museum 'per se', but a museum with excellent maritime content including videos, models, bells, lights and flags, and an exhibition which tells the story of the wreck of the 'Wahine' at Wellington in 1968. Includes a most evocative film. Free admission.
Hotels near the Museum
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WHANGANUI RIVERBOAT CENTRE MUSEUM
www.riverboat.co.nz
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1a Taupo Quay, Wanganui Tel: +64 6 347 1863
Fax: +64 6 347 1863
Monday to
Saturday 9 am to 4 pm
Sundays/Public Holidays 10am to 4 pm
Museum admission by donation. Riverboat cruises are charged at reasonable prices. |
Maritime enthusiasts (and those who enjoy a unique experience) should visit this centre, if in Wanganui.
Museum and home of 'PS Waimarie' a restored 80 ton riverboat.
"Originally named Aotea, this vessel was registered as No.1 in the Ships Register in Wellington in 1900. PS Waimarie worked the Whanganui River for 50 years until she sank at her berth in Wanganui in 1952. The Whanganui Riverboat Restoration and Navigation Trust Inc now operates her on the river."
Places to stay in Wanganui
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DARGAVILLE MUSEUM www.dargavillemuseum.co.nz |
Harding Park (South of Dargaville) Tel: +64 9 439 7555 9 am to 4 pm daily
Closed Christmas Day
Adult $7, child $2 |
Amongst general displays, this museum houses a wide collection of relics and treasures from the ships that used to once ply the busy waters of the Kaipara Harbour. Many were wrecked at the notorious entrance.
Houses the only permanent display of artefacts from the Rainbow Warrior (sunk by French government terrorists in Auckland in 1985). Two of her masts are mounted at the museum.
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NAVY MUSEUM
www.navymuseum.mil.nz
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Spring Street, Devonport, AUCKLAND
Tel: +64 9 445 5186
Daily 10am to 4.30pm
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday
Admission by donation |
This small museum houses a large number of interesting items from NZ's earliest naval history (along with a few which are earlier). Some artefacts from the Battle of the River Plate are on display and a turret and director from HMS ACHILLES is sited by the main gate to the naval base which is adjacent to the museum.)
A short walk from the ferry from Auckland City(turn left (ie west) as you leave the ferry wharf) takes you to the museum. In 2010 due to open on new site to the east of the ferry building at the end of King Edward Parade.
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OTAGO MUSEUM
www.otagomuseum.govt.nz |
419 Great King Street
Dunedin
Phone
+ 64 3 477 2372
Daily 10am-5pm
Closed Christmas Day
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The Maritime Hall at the museum has a fine collection of maritime exhibits, mainly owned by the Otago Maritime Society.
Hotels in Dunedin |
REGIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
www.pcmuseum.co.nz
pcmuseum@xtra.co.nz
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19 Beach Street
Port Chalmers
Dunedin
Weekdays 9am to 3pm
Weekends & Public Holidays 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Admission by gold coin donation.
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This excellent little museum in Port Chalmers (a short drive from Dunedin) contains a number of nautical artefacts. |
HISTORICAL MARITIME PARK
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Paeroa
Puke Rd
State Highway 2
(about 2 km from Paeroa (heading towards Auckland))
+64 7 862 7121
10am to 3pm (4pm at weekends)
Closed
Christmas Day
Adults $4, child $2, family $10 |
MANAWANUI at Paeroa Sadly neglected and underfunded, this facility is still worth a short visit if passing through Paeroa
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