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Controlled Environment Laboratory
Until its closure in 2013, the Controlled Environment Laboratory (formerly the National Climate...
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Colin McCahon: A Centenary Exhibition
Colin McCahon is New Zealand’s most famous modern painter. His artwork triggers recognition...
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Santa's Cave - Grown-Up Nights
The historic Santa’s Cave has enchanted generations of locals for a century. Santa hasn’t...
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Santa's Cave - PJs in the Cave
Beat the queues and bring the family in for an exclusive time in Santa’s Cave. The kids can...
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Santa's Cave
The historic Santa’s Cave is a perennial favourite for all ages and walks of life. For some,...
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Peter Simpson on Colin McCahon
Te Manawa has a rich collection of the work of Colin McCahon (1919-87). All of it is now on...
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The historic Santa’s Cave has enchanted generations of locals for a century. Santa hasn’t...
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Climate Change Theatre Action - Performance
All the work of the last five weeks comes to fruition with the performance of Climate Change...
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Beat the queues and bring the family in for an exclusive time in Santa’s Cave. The kids can...
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Mina McKenzie Memorial Lecture
In 2018 members of Whanganui’s Ngā Paerangi iwi welcomed home letters and photographs written...
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Manawatū Woodworkers' Guild
The craftspeople of the Manawatū Woodworkers’ Guild are masters of chisel and lathe. Come and...
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Climate Change Theatre Action
This is follow-up hui for the Climate Change Theatre Action project. Even if you missed the...
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Mighty Small, Mighty Bright
This summer, take a hands-on journey through the science of light, magnets and nanotechnology...
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Upcycling Club
The Upcycling Club meets every third Saturday of the month at Te Manawa. Every month there are...
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Feed Your Mind: Controlled Environment Lab: Plant & Food
The third in our series of informative and relaxed lunchtime talks inspired by Controlled...
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Ngā Kete Toi 2019
The annual exhibition showcasing the work of students and tutors of Ngā mahi a te whare pora...
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Art Gallery - G2
Te Manawa stores part of its collections on 24 floor-to-ceiling racks. The racks hold objects...
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Art Gallery - G3
Gallery 3 – the heart of the Art Gallery building – has been re-imagined as a space to pause and...
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Art Gallery - G4
Many items in the art collections are works on paper. We’re in the process of photographing...
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Active Tots
A programme for the under-5s, focused on self-directed play and exploration.
Nau mai, haere mai!...
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Water Room
The Water Room is setting sail with a new programme of activities that concentrates on learning...
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Taku P’eu Tūpuna
“The culture of my ancestors is also mine.”
Te Manawa has worked with Vainetini o Manawatū, a...
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NOA Open Studio
Come join NOA for twice-weekly facilitated drawing sessions in the Te Manawa foyer. NOA is both...
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Manawatu Spinners & Weavers Guild
With wheel and spindle, loom and dye, needles and hook, Spinners and Weavers Guild members turn...
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Heritage Building Tours
The Te Manawa site includes two historic buildings: the Awahou schoolhouse and the cottage,...
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Te Rangi Whenua
(Currently closed for upgrades) Te Taiwhanga o Te Rangi Whenua (Te Rangi Whenua Gallery) shares...
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Te Awa - The River
Te Awa – The River, Heart of the Manawatū explores our river from different angles.
The...
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Manawatū Journeys
A journey through our shared history – the stories of the pioneers who shaped the land as we...
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