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?
12 May 2026 | 1.00pm
Entry by donation
Strings, performed by students from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music.
17 May 2026 | 2.30pm
Tickets from $20.00
The Hutt Valley Singers and the Upper Hutt Brass Band present a Slice of Heaven: music celebrating all things New Zealand.
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.
26 Jul 2026 | 8.00pm
Tickets from $25.00
A psychedelic exotic jazz band featuring vibraphone, tuba, harmonica, pan flute and more – all brought to life against a stunning backdrop of hand-drawn animations.
