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Looking Back – The inspiration behind the Bath House building
Monday, 16 December 2024
As the strengthening and redevelopment of Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa strides along, we thought we would take a little look back on why the Bath House building (home to Rotorua Museum) looks like it does! In 1901 responsibility for the spa, and the administration of the…
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Hidden Treasures – Music from the past
As the Museum project team are about to head into a well-earned break over summer, we just wanted to share some of the cool discoveries they have made while construction has been taking place this year. This record, entitled Kia Hiwa Ra!, was recorded live at Tudor Towers and performed…
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Meet Syd Martin and learn his connection to the Bath House Building
Friday, 18 October 2024
Meet Syd! Earlier this year Sydney Martin was visiting Rotorua and reached out to the Museum project team about his very special connection with the Bath House building! Let us tell you about it… Born in Whakatane before moving with his family to Rotorua when we was in primary school,…
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Private Tour for Competition Winner
Friday, 11 October 2024
Back in August we ran a competition to guess the length of scaffolding steel used on the North Wing. Mateo Peni guessed 28km and the actual amount was 27.77km Last week Mateo went on his private tour inside the Museum to see what has happened so far, whats happening next…
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MUSEUM PROJECT UPDATE: October – December 2024
Monday, 7 October 2024
What’s happening over the next three months? ⚙ The North Wing (zones 4, 5 and 6 ) is fully scaffolded and wrapped, and work is progressing to get the scaffolding up in zone 2 so that the main central section (zone 3) can be scaffolded and wrapped. The North Wing…
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Museum gets warm roofing system
Thursday, 3 October 2024
Check out this video of Brent Withers (DPA Architects) and Bevan Wansbrough (Watts & Hughes Construction) and learn more about what is happening on the Museum roof!
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Wrapped and Recyclable – North Wing
Thursday, 19 September 2024
The North Wing of Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa is now fully scaffolded and wrapped We expect this side of the building to be covered for approximately one year to allow for installation of warm roofing system, tiling and exterior maintenance. Did you know? The canvas on…
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Award winning rangatahi scientists visit the inspiration for their experiment
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Earlier this year, aspiring young Rotorua scientists fromTe Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology won the Supreme Overall Award at Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā Mātauranga Māori Science and Design Fair, from more than 100 entries. Their winning project investigated the feasibility of sound travelling from Mokoia Island, over Lake Rotorua, and…
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North Wing scaffold goes up
Friday, 2 August 2024
Scaffolding is going up on the North Wing!! Because of the differing ground levels and unique shape of the building this does take a while – approx 1 month – but the team are making great strides now! We expect the scaffolding to remain up on this section of the…
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MUSEUM PROJECT UPDATE: August – September 2024
It is an exciting time as we have scaffolding going up all over zones 4, 5 and 6 (the North Wing)! It is going to take a month or so due to the size of the building and all its sticky-outy bits! The turrets and viewing platforms will be removed…
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