UPDATE - 23 March 2022 What a buzz getting to host William Waiirua at the museum today, simply tu meke!! William was awesome and we had...

I had the pleasure of hosting Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt at the museum this weekend. Sir Tim had planned a trip to Taranaki...

The museum was featured in this evenings episode of Uncharted New Zealand. It was great to spend some time with radio personality and...

Each year my eldest son (Dave) does a 6 day motorcycle tour around various parts of the country. This annual event, called Mancation,...

I had the privileged of a repeat visit from Tim Roxborogh today, this time in his professional capacity. Tim visited with Glen Broomhall...

Last month I was contacted by Jan Timmers from the Netherlands AZIË / Down Under magazine (www.aziemagazine.nl). Jan is a travel...

Visit from radio personality Tim Roxoborogh

Listen to my interview with Tim Roxoborogh on Newstalk ZB

New Zealand, like many countries is under lock down in an attempt to stem the outbreak of Corona virus (COVID-19). Last week we moved...

Some of you will be aware I have a granddaughter (Etana) based down in Wellington who, amongst other things, is one of those creative...

What a great year we’ve had at the museum in 2019 with visitors from all over the world. It’s been a challenging one for New Zealand...

I had Bryan Vickery swing by the Museum earlier this year. Bryan is our local breakfast host on the Hawera radio Hokonui show which...

You know it's a slow news day in our beautiful nation when I make the front page of one of our biggest online newspapers www.stuff.co.nz....

If you read a previous blog I mentioned the Fabulous Murray Brothers were going to do a live show at the museum today. In great 'Naki...

Ever seen hundreds of American muscle cars in one place, in New Zealand at that!! Last week was the annual Americana event hosted in New...

Are you going to be near Hawera on the 1st March? Come along to the museum and hear The Fabulous Murray Brothers perform a live set at...

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm fortunate to met a lot of new friends who come to visit from all over the world. The other month...

I've been a little quiet on here lately, time just seems to fly by quickly. I couldn't let today go by though without making note of The...

I was honored to have The Koi Boys visit the museum recently. These boys know how to sing and it was great chatting away to Danny...

Well this is the end of our trip, what an amazing week to get back to where my hero grew up and lived. For those of you that have been...