Auckland & Northland Heritage

Claphams National Clock Museum

Presenting one of the largest collections of clocks in the southern hemisphere, Claphams National Clock Museum was established in the 1940s by...

Collins Bros Sawmillers Ltd

If you are looking for something unique that's guaranteed to inspire, intrigue and amaze you, then Collins Bros Sawmillers Ltd is the place to...

Russell Museum

Russell was an established settlement of various Maori tribes. At that time it was named Kororareka and developed from a small Maori village into...

Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

MOTAT celebrates New Zealand's transport, technology and social heritage by creating an interactive and visually stimulating experience for...

Butler Point Whaling Museum

Butler Point Whaling Museum, acknowledged as one of the most comprehensive private museums of its kind in New Zealand, has been developed to...

Subritzky/Wagener Historic Homestead

Recognised as one of the more significant historic homesteads in the North, the Subritzky/Wagener Homestead (circa 1860) restored in the...

Te Waimate Mission House, NZ Historic Places Trust

The only survivor of three mission houses built in 1832, Te Waimate is the second oldest building in New Zealand. Originally built to house the...

Auckland War Memorial Museum

High on the hill, overlooking the lawns of Auckland city sits the Auckland Musem.

Here is where to come to get insight and perspective on...

Clendon House, NZ Historic Places Trust

Clendon House was built in the 1860s by James Reddy Clendon, trader, witness to the Treaty of Waitangi and New Zealand's first US Consul. ...

Far North Regional Museum

The Far North Regional Museum holds a remarkable collection. Its purpose is to illuminate the stories and histories of the very Far North district...

Ewelme Cottage

Ewelme Cottage was built in 1863-4 for the Rev. Vicesimus Lush and his wife Blanche Hawkins. Upon his death, Blanche had the cottage enlarged in...

Highwic, New Zealand Historic Places Trust

Highwic is one of New Zealand's finest timber Gothic houses, dating from 1862. Home to Buckland's 21 children, Highwic remained in the...

Mangungu Mission House, NZ Historic Places Trust

Built in 1838-9 the Mangungu mission house now converted into a little museum is situated beside a little church and an historic mission cemetery...

The Kauri Museum

Experience the history of the mighty Kauri, its gum and the pioneering past. The Kauri Museum is an amazing museum based in the North of New...

Gumdiggers Park

Gumdiggers Park is an authentic Kauri gum digging site steeped in the history of the Far North. Giant Gumholes from the late 1800s have been...

Waipu Heritage Museum

Discover at Waipu Museum, the dramatic story of one of the world's most remarkable migrations. A story of a determined community, overcoming...

Pompallier, NZ Historic Places Trust

Overlooking the breathtaking Bay of Islands and surrounded by an attractive garden, Pompallier is New Zealand's oldest surviving Roman...

Whangamarino Redoubt

As European settler numbers continuously increased, the Maori became more and more suspicious of their intentions. Fighting eventually broke out...

Northern Steamship Co. Limited

While on vacation cruise on this authentic steamship in the Bay of Islands. Relive the bygone days when steam driven vessels ruled the sea. A...

Sunbeamland Motorcycle & Pioneering Museum

Enthusiastic bike orientated museum with a wealth of information and unusual, rarely seen exhibits mostly in working order. Sunbeamland Motorcycle...