@eloisew
Twitter émigré - was Tairawhiti_muse history, art, archives, books & all old things and their stories + museums, galleries Recently departed Te Tairāwhiti for Murihiku Southland and living in Waihopai Invercargill. Te Unua Southland Museum Director
Museum job alert - we've hiring now for 4 fantastic new roles in the Te Unua Museum of Southland team - Senior Designer, Senior Curator, Senior Educator and Team Leader Ops and Visitor Services - cool opportunity to be in at the beginning to create a brand new museum www.icc.govt.nz/council/jobs
Thank you I'm excited!
I've had a look through but I don't think they'd add much if anything
About to throw out the 14 notebooks I've gone through in my 8+ years as Tairāwhiti Museum Director and feeling a bit emotional
!foryou
How fabulous! All hail the mighty feijoa.
Love em, but definitely better with cheese. Mouse trap variant on a split hamburger bun with cheese on top also a staple
Come and get my job! It's a good 'un. Seriously, it is. Great opportunity to move into a museum director role. Happy to have a chat about it & if it does interest you, please don't worry if you don't hit all the requirements, put in an application.
tairawhitimuseum.org.nz/about-us/job...
Congratulations, well deserved Vincent
Looks it right!?
Hey that's me! Cheers Courtney
Hi nice to meet you, how are you finding Invers being new to town?
I'm going to be up and down a little before Christmas but relocating properly in Jan, house hunting at the moment.
I feel like you might be able to give me the low down on book shops and craft shops Maree! I'm kinda excited to be moving to a spotlight city again lol
Hi Maree!
Thanks looks good :)
Stunning evening quite far south yesterday! I'm moving from Tairāwhiti to Murihiku soon - any Southlanders on here? All local intel and connections very much welcomed :)
Loving this, classic Hawke's Bay vibes, including 'Brent from Auckland'. I hope you get to Tairāwhiti for this series :)
Ha ha love my museum so much but gotta keep it a little humble...
Great, love your work
So so good, I've been meaning to ask our retail manager to order some of your fab pins for our museum shop, hope that's possible! I'll be in touch
In Gizzy, there's the museum of course, lots of nice walks along beach & board walk and rivers, great views from Titirangi (Kaiti hill). Favourite spots are is The Dome for movies and food; Sunshine Brewery, Smash Palace, cafe fav is Puku Ora.
My favourite vineyard is Matawhero matawhero.co.nz. Lovely outdoor area, platters and wine tasting but we have a few good vineyard options if that is your thing!
South of Gisborne eastwoodhill aboretum is lovely, they also have accomodation www.eastwoodhill.org.nz and there is gisborne railbikes which has different length trips and can do on an ebike also www.railbikes.nz
Nearby is Tatapouri Bay, you can camp there and they have a beachside cafe, live music and beach yoga etc in summer. Lovely spot. tatapouri.co.nz
In no particular order - Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve
g.co/kgs/c2HDAh is an awesome spot to picnic, snorkel or just laze in rock pools in the summer. At www.divetatapouri.com you can spend time with stingrays, it's more pricey but amazing & unique experience
What kinds of things do you like to do? Looking for free or paying activities. I'm happy to give some recommendations :)
Koastie Kapu - prezzie from Gizzy Boys' High School students
Tea + lexicology, two of my favourite things
Some photos in our new exhibition Up the Coast you might like. Punt over the river in Tolaga Bay, 1916 (the bridge had subsided in a flood) & the Tapuwae causeway on the Coast Road (which was mostly on the beach) near Pouawa.
Kia ora Michael, nice to connect and thanks for sharing that story. I always love hearing about those moments and stories that spark an interest in history.