Taupo — Large kohatu or rocks from sacred peaks throughout the District have completed the revitalisation of Heuheu Street connecting it to a legacy of leadership.

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Hamilton — The travelling exhibition ‘Anne Frank: A History for Today’ will open at Waikato Museum next Wednesday, 18 May.

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Hamilton — Waikato Museum visitors will have the chance to learn the secrets of the second most successful Guinness World Record breaker of the last decade, when two shows are held at the facility next Wednesday [14 April].

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Hamilton — A piece of Hamilton’s history will be celebrated this Sunday [7 March] when a civic ceremony is held to mark the completion of the PS Rangiriri restoration project.

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Hamilton — A play about women written and performed by women, for women, with proceeds to go to Women’s Refuge will be held at Waikato Museum to mark International Women’s Day.

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Hamilton — Residents are invited to try their hand at building bridges, throwing grenades and 'pinning the moustache on the gentleman' during the first of a two-part series of fun days at Waikato Museum this Saturday [28 November] from 11am-4pm.

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Hamilton — Hundreds of Pacific people gathered in Hamilton on Saturday to celebrate the diversity of Waikato's Pacific heritage and hear Pacific Island Affairs Minister Georgina te Heuheu open the inaugural Waikato Nesian Festival.

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Hamilton — The first of a series of free workshops aimed at improving people's understanding of the issues faced by trans people will be held at Waikato Museum this Thursday [12 November].

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Hamilton — An exhibition providing a rare insight into the extraordinary – yet often very ordinary – worlds of New Zealand's diverse 'alternative' gender communities opens at Waikato Museum this Saturday [31 October].

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Hamilton — Popular demand has led to the extension of the Da Vinci Machines exhibition at Waikato Museum.

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Hamilton — Forty-eight finalists from throughout New Zealand have been selected from 90 entrants for the Waiclay National Ceramics Award 2008.

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Hamilton — An exhibition providing an insight into the lives of refugees will open at Waikato Museum next Wednesday [10 December] at 10am – coinciding with celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

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Hamilton — An exhibition allowing an insight into the collection of one of the most passionate and dedicated art collectors in the Waikato opens at Waikato Museum this Saturday [29 November].

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Hamilton — An exhibition that celebrates 150 years of the Kingitanga movement in the Waikato opens at Waikato Museum this Saturday [4 October].

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Hamilton — Hot on the heels of having won the People’s Choice Award on Australia’s ABC program, The New Inventors in July 2008, Leonie West’s invention, an Adjustable Ruler with Locking Fabric Guide will make its NZ debut at the NZ Craft & Quilt Fair on September 18 – 21, 2008 at the Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton.

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Hamilton — The National Association of New Zealand Quilters (NANZQ) will be displaying an inspiring showcase of quilts and fabric art in its annual exhibition ‘Quilts Aotearoa’ from September 18 – 21, 2008 at the Craft & Quilt Fair, Claudelands Events Centre, Hamilton.

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Hamilton — Auckland local Stephanie Cameron fondly remembers rainy winter afternoons spent with her mother and grandmothers learning to knit and sew.

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Waikato — Some 850 images of Waikato -Tainui land confiscation records dating back from the 1830s to the early 1900s have been digitised in a project to help make archives more accessible, the Minister responsible for Archives New Zealand Judith Tizard said today.

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Waikato — Waikato Museum has just completed its most successful February in terms of visitor numbers since 2000.

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Hamilton — Religious trends in our city and surrounding region are set to be examined as the Keeping Faith exhibition opens at Waikato Museum tomorrow [13 October], highlighting a further dimension to the museum’s commitment to expressing our city’s unique heritage and showcasing stories from our local community.

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