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2025 Friends Events
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Annual General Meeting
Thursday 29th May, 5pm for 5.30pm
The 51st AGM will start with drinks and nibbles. We look forward to hearing from our director Liz Cotton about her visit to the Venice Biennale, her latest update from our Musuem, Annabel's scholarship outcomes and hopefully only a short amount of business!
Tour of The Pā, University of Waikato
Wednesday 11th June, 10am
To go on this cultural narrative tour with Ruameto Hamiora please book with Kate Hill at [email protected] phone 0210348776
The cost is $15.00 per person to be deposited in the account of Friends of Waikato Museum of Art and History Incorporated 38-9026-0444727-00
The Tour will begin at the front of the Wharenui on Hillcrest Rd at 10am.
Once you have registered with Kate, some parking through Gate 8 (Hillcrest Rd) will be available but please carpool if you can as space will be limited.
For those of you who saw the TV program 'The Drawing Board' you will know what a golden opportunity this will be to tour the Wharenui and see the Pā firsthand with a guide.
Please book by Sunday night 8th June. Numbers are limited.