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 into Alert Level 3 of ...

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

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 though with a couple of...

I had Bryan Vickery swing by the Museum earlier this year. Bryan is our local breakfast host on the Hawera radio Hokonui show which launched in April 2015. ...

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. A few weeks back I...

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 fashion the weather wa...

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 Plymouth. This thi...

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 the museum!! Brothers...

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 Hans and Ingrid van Bee...

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 King's birthday tod...

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 Faifai, Kevin Keepa and Ng...

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 here before, you will...

Well my time here in Memphis is nearly up, what a great experience to get back here and especially special to spend it with my son, Chris. I honestly don't ...

Well it's the 17th September here in the US (18th back home), and I've hit the big 70 years young! What an amazing way to spend my birthday, at the home of ...

What a great day we're having here in Memphis. We spent some time on Beale Street last night and got up and did a few numbers at one of the local karaoke ba...

We’ve made it to Graceland and have checked into the hotel right next door to my hero’s home. Weather is amazing here, 33 degrees celsius mid afternoon! Once...

This is a very special time for me. My favourite son Chris is taking me back to Graceland to see my hero again. It's been 31 years (1987) since I last visi...

I woke this morning to hear the sad news that the graceful Aretha Franklin passed away overnight from pancreatic cancer, 41 years to the days since the passi...

It's hard to believe that Elvis died 41 years ago today. At 42 years of age and to died of a heart attack, he was taken too soon. I remember the time I hea...