With an excellent Māori gallery and quirky displays, which include a 1960s caravan set up as if the occupants have just popped down to the lake, this little museum makes an interesting rainy-day diversion. The centrepiece is an elaborately carved Māorii meeting house, Te Aroha o Rongoheikume. Historical displays cover local industries, a mock-up of a 19th-century shop and a moa skeleton, and there's also a gallery devoted to local and visiting exhibitions. Don't miss the rose garden alongside.
Set up in a courtyard, the 'Ora Garden of Wellbeing' is a re-creation of NZ’s gold medal–winning entry into the 2004 Chelsea Flower Show.
