Museum & History

Auckland War Memorial Museum tells the story of New Zealand, from our unique flora and fauna and our history at war, to our priceless collection of Maori and Pacific treasures. The Museum’s galleries showcase the natural, cultural, and social history...

Highwic was built in the early 1860s by Alfred Buckland, a well-known 19th century businessman and stock and station agent. The design of the house, in the English Gothic Style, was taken from an American pattern book. Owned by the NZ Historic Places...

The Olympic Pool was completed in 1939. In recent years a cinema complex has been built above the pool but the original Art Deco entrance on Broadway still remains. This facility has a 50 metre indoor pool – ideal for lap swimming – a learner’s...