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Te Awamutu Museum

Top choice in Waikato & the Coromandel Peninsula


Te Awamutu Museum has a superb collection of M膩ori taonga (treasures) and an excellent display on the Waikato War. The highlight is the revered Te Uenuku (The Rainbow), an ancient M膩ori carving estimated to be up to 600 years old. If you鈥檙e a fan of the Finn brothers from Crowded House and Split Enz, videos, memorabilia and a scrapbook are available on request 鈥 Te Awamutu is their home town.


香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions

Nearby Waikato & the Coromandel Peninsula attractions

1. Rose Garden

0.32 MILES

The Rose Garden has 2500 bushes and 51 varieties with fabulously fruity names such as Lady Gay and Sexy Rexy. The roses usually bloom from November to May.

2. St Paul鈥檚 Church

2.88 MILES

All that remains of Rangiaowhia is the cute 1854 Anglican St Paul鈥檚 Church and the Catholic mission鈥檚 cemetery, standing in the midst of rich farming land鈥

3. Rangiaowhia

2.89 MILES

Before the Waikato invasion, Rangiaowhia (5km east of Te Awamutu on Rangiaowhia Rd; ask at the i-SITE for directions) was a thriving M膩ori farming town,鈥

4. Cambridge Museum

11.31 MILES

In a former courthouse, the quirky Cambridge Museum has plenty of pioneer relics, a military history room and a range of local history displays.

5. Jubilee Gardens

11.35 MILES

Apart from its Spanish Mission town clock, Jubilee Gardens is a wholehearted tribute to the 鈥榤other country'. A British lion guards the cenotaph, with a鈥

6. Mt Pirongia

12.73 MILES

The main attraction of the 170-sq-km Pirongia Forest Park is Mt Pirongia, its 959m summit clearly visible from much of the Waikato. The mountain is鈥

8. Lake Karapiro

13.16 MILES

Eight kilometres southeast of Cambridge, Lake Karapiro is the furthest downstream of a chain of eight hydroelectric power stations on the Waikato River鈥