Rakiura Museum Te Puka O Te Waka

Pleasant place to visit

A pleasant way to spend an hour our of the cold. Well organised displays, some electronic. Interesting video of locals recounting history. Small gift shop. Clean toilets.

Entry fee is great value

There were informative, easy to read displays that gave a real insight in to the history and development of Rakiura Stewart Island. There were also some good audiovisual presentations as well. I was e...

Very interesting - lots of excellent history

Lots of early history covering a lot of different subjects. All presented very professionally. Plenty of interactive things to do and the displays are really very good. Definitely worth a visit if in ...

Worth a look.

Great way to spend some time learning more about local area history. Covers some pre European Māori elements. Most is post European settlement. Lovely building and a good way to spend a couple of hour...

Worth a look for the local history

Interesting displays and artefacts, some unique hosts in the shop too. A decent mix of Maori and European local history.