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Organisers of a 60th anniversary celebration at the Kauri Museum in Matakohe, held on October 15, are describing it as an outstanding success.
Museum director Barbara Hilden says the event had a great atmosphere and at one stage there were more than 1200 visitors in the museum.
“It was really satisfying to see so many locals and visitors enjoying the hard work put in by staff, volunteers and exhibitors,” Hilden said.
Visitors were welcomed to the celebration by museum chair Grant McCallum and the anniversary cake was cut by former director Roger Mulvay and the son of museum founder Mervyn Sterling, Darcy Sterling.
Three new exhibitions were opened to mark the anniversary. A commemorative silver tea set, given to the retiring headmaster of Paparoa Primary School in 1894, is a feature of Overlooked. There is also photographic display covering the construction of the various wings of the museum, and many of the local people involved in the work and events since the first building was opened in 1962.
A third exhibition based around social history recordings is called Forgotten Tales of the Kaipara. The recordings feature a series of short stories and reflections about people and places of the Kaipara region, as told by five longstanding members of the local community.
All three exhibitions continue for the rest of the year.
