On Saturday 6 December, from 6.00am – 8.00am, we will officially open our brand-new Waterways Exhibition, Mutumutu ki Mukukai: Freshwater to Saltwater, at Pātaka Museum — and we warmly welcome our whānau to stand with us as we open this gallery for the very first time.

This significant kaupapa honours our enduring relationship with wai, tracing the stories, histories, and lifeforce of our waterways as they flow across our rohe from the mountains to the moana. The exhibition reflects our role as kaitiaki, the intergenerational knowledge carried by our people, and the shared responsibility we hold to protect and restore the health of our freshwater and saltwater environments