Te Paataka Open Day

Your visit to Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum and Gallery just took an unexpected turn.
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Suddenly, you are tasked with a mission to find the secrets hidden within the museum. The clock is ticking, the stakes are high, and the clues are hidden in plain sight.
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How it works:

Working as team, you’ll move through the galleries of Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, finding stations and solving clues that get you closer to pulling off the ultimate discovery.
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This is a collaboration between Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum and Gallery and Confinement Hamilton.
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Good to know:

This event is open to all ages, but all children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Teams must be between 2 and 6 people.
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The museum closes to the public at 5pm. Please arrive by 4:45pm, as latecomers will not be admitted after the doors close.
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Food and drinks will not be available within the museum for this event

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There's a great line up of events on each month in the central city.

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Aotearoa Music and Taite Award-winning artist Vera Ellen returns to Aotearoa in July for a six-date national tour in celebration of Heaven Knows What Time, out on Flying Nun Records.

The title Heaven Knows What Time arrived while Vera was lying on the top bunk of a house truck in Buenos Aires. After multiple working titles, it surfaced with clarity and immediacy - less a decision than a moment of recognition.

It reflects the album’s central tension: frustration and surrender to forces outside of control. As Vera describes it, creativity cannot be demanded - it can be nurtured, but ultimately arrives in its own time, like a baby.

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