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Wild Weather Gets Wackier With William Waiirua!
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...
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- Mar 20
- 1 min
Sir Tim Shadbolt
I had the pleasure of hosting Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt at the museum this weekend. Sir Tim had planned a trip to Taranaki...
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- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Uncharted New Zealand
The museum was featured in this evenings episode of Uncharted New Zealand. It was great to spend some time with radio personality and...
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- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
Mancation Madness
Each year my eldest son (Dave) does a 6 day motorcycle tour around various parts of the country. This annual event, called Mancation,...
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- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
How to Holiday
I had the privileged of a repeat visit from Tim Roxborogh today, this time in his professional capacity. Tim visited with Glen Broomhall...
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- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
Elvis in Nieuw-Zeeland
Last month I was contacted by Jan Timmers from the Netherlands AZIË / Down Under magazine (www.aziemagazine.nl). Jan is a travel...
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- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
And Now Tim's Visit...
Visit from radio personality Tim Roxoborogh
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- Jun 1, 2020
- 2 min
Interview With Tim Roxborogh
Listen to my interview with Tim Roxoborogh on Newstalk ZB
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- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
Museum Under Lock Down
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...
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- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
Sharing with the Generations
Some of you will be aware I have a granddaughter (Etana) based down in Wellington who, amongst other things, is one of those creative...
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- Dec 25, 2019
- 1 min
Christmas Fun and Media
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...
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- Oct 11, 2019
- 1 min
Tour by Bryan Vickery
I had Bryan Vickery swing by the Museum earlier this year. Bryan is our local breakfast host on the Hawera radio Hokonui show which...
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- Apr 20, 2019
- 1 min
An oldie but a goodie - rare record find
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....
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- Mar 1, 2019
- 1 min
Live Gig
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...
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- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Visiting Ambassador
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...
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- Feb 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Fabulous Murray Brothers - Live Show
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...
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- Jan 9, 2019
- 1 min
Museum Through Pictures
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...
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- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Happy Birthday King
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...
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- Oct 23, 2018
- 1 min
TKB - The Koi Boys
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...
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- Sep 20, 2018
- 1 min
Elvis Has Left The Building
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...
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