The Museum periodically publishes a newsletter of its activities, acquisitions and special exhibits. This is distributed to local residents and copies are available from the Museum.

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Below are some of our old newsletters from times gone by.

Museum Newsletter December 2022

Museum Newsletter December 2022

Kia ora and welcome! Welcome to our quarterly Museum newsletter to keep you up to date with what is happening at Russell Museum Te Whare Taonga o Kororāreka. The last quarter has been a wonderful change welcoming our manuhiri (visitors) from overseas back to the...

Newsletter Jan 2016

Newsletter Jan 2016

Nga mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou katoa/ New Year greetings to you. As is customary Russell Museum/ Te Whare Taonga o Kororareka, an asset that belongs to the community, reports to you. It has been a year of high and low points but we believe we have made some...

Newsletter 2015

Once again, season's greetings, as another year turns over. We are Te Whare Taonga o Kororāreka, the house for treasures of Kororāreka - Russell. We care for those taonga that come to us from the wider community of this place that is dear to the hearts and minds of so...

Newsletter 2013

This is how it looks from the outside - have you been inside yet? You might imagine, if you are new to Russell that this museum is here as an attraction for visitors to our village. Wrong. It is here for you. Our mission statement is to preserve the history and...

Newsletter 2010

Tena kotou katoa. Russell Museum welcomes the opportunity to report to the community and to wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. MUSEUM PROJECTS The Board undertook a number of projects aimed at ensuring the future condition of the museum. These were: The...

Newsletter 2009

Tena kotou katoa. Russell Museum welcomes the opportunity to report to the community and to wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. MUSEUM PROJECTS Two natural timber seats have been added to the museum grounds.    A  macrocarpa slab on two rounds is now...

Newsletter 2008

Russell Museum welcomes the opportunity to report to the community and to wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. MUSEUM PROJECTS The museum grounds have been recently enhanced. New plants with attractive foliage have been established along York Street and the...

Newsletter 2007

The Museum publishes an annual newsletter of its activities, acquisitions and special exhibits. This is distributed to local residents and copies are available from the Museum. Our latest newsletter is below. If you would like to receive an electronic copy, please...

Newsletter 2006

Marie King Gallery Once again we have mounted several short term exhibitions. We hope you had the opportunity to visit and see these exhibitions. From Dec 05 to Feb 06 it was Windy Harbour – the story of Whangamumu which told the story of the shore based whaling...

Newsletter 2005

Marie King Gallery Our gallery space has been valuable for providing an area for changing exhibitions. Over the summer we featured the work of local photographer Ian Hanlon who recorded Russell people and places in the 1950s and 60s. Through the lens of a Camera...