NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, WELCOME TO WHIRINAKI WHARE TAONGA. Plan your visit, buy tickets, and discover what's on here.
Current Exhibitions
Nugent Welch: Sketches from the Trenches
4 Apr 2026 - 12 Jul 2026
Explore the work of Nugent Welch, one of New Zealand's first 'war artists'.
25 Apr 2026 - 2 Aug 2026
Delve into the realm of Rūaumoko, the atua of volcanoes and earthquakes, and the youngest child of Ranginui and Papatūānuki.
24 Dec 2025 - 9 Aug 2026
Welcome to the colourful and creative world of board games at Whirinaki.
7 Mar 2025 - 17 Oct 2026
'Bodgies to Bogans' tells the story of the juvenille delinquency and teenager rebellion of the 1950s to the Bogans of the 1980s.
What's On?
30 May 2026 | 8.00pm
Tickets from $20.00
Irish folk music and stories, with old movies. Enjoy live Irish music played to the backdrop of Super 8 movies taken in Ireland, with Sean Kelly on vocals, whistles, bodhran and guitar, Jono Lonie on fiddle and mandolin and Maree Limpus on cello.
31 May 2026 | 8.00pm
Tickets from $40.00
One of Aotearoa’s most iconic bands, The Warratahs hit the stage with their signature home grown country roots-driven sound. Don’t miss this legendary band who were inducted into the NZ Music Hall of fame last year.
29 May 2026 | 8.00pm
Tickets from $25.00
An explosive mix of reo Māori and Big Band Jazz, the 19-piece Capital City Big Band teams up with songstress Lisa Tomlins to play jazz hits from the big band era with traditional waiata Māori show band classics.
5 Jun 2026 | 8.00pm
Tickets from $20.00
Prepare for a wild, laugh-out-loud ride where biting satire meets theatrical wizardry. This gloriously funny solo tour de force follows a man hilariously losing face - and everything else - in his desperate (and ridiculous) quest to stay relevant.
