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Join us at the Howick Historical Village to delve into the past through the enchanted world of Folklore and Fairytales!
Explore the historic buildings and heritage gardens and meet costumed villagers along the way. Learn about much loved storybook characters and themes and discover more in a fun… View moreJoin us at the Howick Historical Village to delve into the past through the enchanted world of Folklore and Fairytales!
Explore the historic buildings and heritage gardens and meet costumed villagers along the way. Learn about much loved storybook characters and themes and discover more in a fun fairytale trail or a folklore talk at 11am.
Churn butter, attend a school lesson and make your own beeswax candle. Learn the art of bookbinding with members of the Association of Book Crafts. Get crafty and design your own bookmark. Taste freshly baked goods, hot from the coal range in Puhi Nui Homestead and visit the sweet shop filled with old-fashioned lollies and fudge! The blacksmith will be at work in the forge and woodworkers in the carpenter’s workshop.
With outdoor games and performances - Morris dancing at 10:30am & 11:30am bagpipe band at 12pm - there will be lots of fun for everyone! Have brunch or lunch Homestead Café and make a day of it.
Admission: adult $18, student/senior $14, child $10, family $46. Children under 5, members & annual pass holders - free entry.
Join us at Howick Historical Village to discover what the Victorians did on their days off in our live day devoted to hobbies, games and crafts.
Meet costumed villagers crafting up a storm in the parlour of the grand homestead, Puhi Nui! Make a rag rug from fabric scraps or learn about … View moreJoin us at Howick Historical Village to discover what the Victorians did on their days off in our live day devoted to hobbies, games and crafts.
Meet costumed villagers crafting up a storm in the parlour of the grand homestead, Puhi Nui! Make a rag rug from fabric scraps or learn about hand-crank sewing.
Churn butter and make your own beeswax candle to take home. Learn the art of bookbinding with members of the Association of Book Crafts. See the blacksmiths at work at the forge and the coal range fired-up. Taste freshly baked bread, hot from the bread oven and visit the sweet shop filled with old-fashioned lollies and fudge!
With craft activities, outdoor games, and performances - Morris dancing at 10:30am & 11:30am bagpipe band at 12pm - there will be lots of fun for everyone! Have brunch or lunch Homestead Café and make a day of it!
Admission: adult $18, student/senior $14, child $10, family $46. Children under 5, members & annual pass holders - free entry.
Howick Historical Village will be open until 8pm with 50% off admission prices on #Matariki, Friday 28 June 2024!
Howick Historical Village is honouring Matariki through a kōrero, spoken word reading and short film screening from Indigenous Māori and Pacific storytellers and filmmakers in … View moreHowick Historical Village will be open until 8pm with 50% off admission prices on #Matariki, Friday 28 June 2024!
Howick Historical Village is honouring Matariki through a kōrero, spoken word reading and short film screening from Indigenous Māori and Pacific storytellers and filmmakers in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Join us in Puhi Nui parlour from 12:30pm - 1:30pm to listen to poems from published spoken word poet Ivy Lyden-Hancy and watch the compelling short films by South Auckland raised filmmaker Trina Lealavaa-Ama.
You can also head down to Pakuranga School house to make your own Matariki-inspired arts and crafts or explore the Village using our Matariki themed trail booklets.
Visit 👉 historicalvillage.org.nz...... to see the full details of our Matariki programme!
Come see the Village enchantingly lit up!
Missed out on our Winter Lights Festival? Come experience the magic of the Village illuminated after dark during our EXTENDED HOURS on Saturday 22 June and Friday 28 June (Matariki), until 8pm
There will be no food vendors, drinks, music or activities, … View moreCome see the Village enchantingly lit up!
Missed out on our Winter Lights Festival? Come experience the magic of the Village illuminated after dark during our EXTENDED HOURS on Saturday 22 June and Friday 28 June (Matariki), until 8pm
There will be no food vendors, drinks, music or activities, simply the chance to explore the grounds and historic buildings enchantingly lit up with beautiful, twinkling light installations. Don't miss this special opportunity before the lights come down!
Normal admission rates apply. No booking required!
Photo: Michael Yu. Howick Photographic Society.
Howick Historical Village is honouring Matariki through a kōrero, spoken word reading and short film screening from Indigenous Māori and Pacific storytellers and filmmakers in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Join us in Puhi Nui parlour on Friday 28 June 2024 from 12:30pm - 1:30pm to listen to poems from … View moreHowick Historical Village is honouring Matariki through a kōrero, spoken word reading and short film screening from Indigenous Māori and Pacific storytellers and filmmakers in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Join us in Puhi Nui parlour on Friday 28 June 2024 from 12:30pm - 1:30pm to listen to poems from published spoken word poet Ivy Lyden-Hancy and watch the compelling short films by South Auckland raised filmmaker Trina Lealavaa-Ama.
You can also head down to Pakuranga School house to make your own Matariki-inspired arts and crafts or explore the Village using our Matariki themed trail booklets.
Howick Historical Village presents the Winter Lights Festival!
Experience the Village after dark on this enchanting winter evening. Explore the gardens and venture into historic buildings magically illuminated with twinkling light installations.
Make a paper lantern to light your way. Enjoy … View moreHowick Historical Village presents the Winter Lights Festival!
Experience the Village after dark on this enchanting winter evening. Explore the gardens and venture into historic buildings magically illuminated with twinkling light installations.
Make a paper lantern to light your way. Enjoy treats from the old-fashioned sweet shop and some of Auckland’s top food vendors. Warm up with a nip of mulled wine or hot spiced apple juice and dance the winter blues away with live music by The Flaming Mudcats!
Gather friends and whānau to enjoy the ambiance of the night in the Village’s unique heritage setting.
Admission: Adult $20 Child $10. Bookings highly recommended - limited door sales only.
This event is proudly sponsored by The Fairy Light Shop.
Experience an old-fashioned Village Fête. Play fair games and win prizes! Make butter, attend a Victorian school lesson, see the coal range fired-up and the blacksmith at work!
🐝 The village beekeeper Talk & beeswax candle making at 1pm
🍦 Mister Gelato
🪓 The Solo Blacksmith
… View moreExperience an old-fashioned Village Fête. Play fair games and win prizes! Make butter, attend a Victorian school lesson, see the coal range fired-up and the blacksmith at work!
🐝 The village beekeeper Talk & beeswax candle making at 1pm
🍦 Mister Gelato
🪓 The Solo Blacksmith
🧈 Make your own butter
📖 Meet the bookbinders
🥁 Morris dancers and City of Manukau Pipes & Drums
🌿 East Auckland Eco Day as part of EcoFest
AND MORE!! Bring the family and make a day of it!
Admission: adult $18, student/senior $14, child $10, family pass $46, child under 5, members & annual pass holders - free entry
Howick Historical Village, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga
The Howick Historical Village Easter Extravaganza is BACK for 2024. Come along to experience a fun-filled, family-friendly celebration!
Explore the Village with an egg hunt* and Easter trail or take photos with the Easter Bunny! Discover how aspiring bunnies are trained by the Easter Fairy in a … View moreThe Howick Historical Village Easter Extravaganza is BACK for 2024. Come along to experience a fun-filled, family-friendly celebration!
Explore the Village with an egg hunt* and Easter trail or take photos with the Easter Bunny! Discover how aspiring bunnies are trained by the Easter Fairy in a live show by Act One Productions.**
With plenty of chocolate, crafts, face painting, and outdoor games, there will be something around every corner. Learn how to make homemade butter, see the coal range fired up in Puhi Nui, or explore our heritage gardens. Make a day of it!
Enjoy sweet treats & savoury snacks from Mister Gelato and The Dog Father, or grab lunch from the Homestead Café. Visit our one-of-a-kind 1850s Sweet Shop offering an array of old-fashioned treats, or make your own lollipop with confectioner Stephen Parsons!
Tickets: adult $20, child $12, babies 1 year and under are free. Booking is essential, pre-booked tickets only.
Please note Annual Passes and Memberships cannot be used for admission to this event.
*Starting from 10 am, there will be 600 tokens hidden outside in the gardens only. Children can exchange up to 3 tokens for 3 Easter chocolates! While supplies last - tokens will not be re-hidden.
**Live shows will be held throughout the day. Check the schedule in your booklet.
Love is in the air at Howick Historical Village! ❤️
Step back in time this Live Day to learn about the history of romance, courtship, marriage, and the traditions of Valentine's Day in the Victorian era.
🌹 Make a card or lavender sachet for that special someone
🌹 Purchase sweets… View moreLove is in the air at Howick Historical Village! ❤️
Step back in time this Live Day to learn about the history of romance, courtship, marriage, and the traditions of Valentine's Day in the Victorian era.
🌹 Make a card or lavender sachet for that special someone
🌹 Purchase sweets for your sweet in the old-fashioned sweet shop
🌹 Stroll the picturesque streets and picnic in the gardens blooming with summer colour!
🌹 Book a special portrait session to receive a unique keepsake you will treasure forever
Meet costumed villagers, attend a Victorian school lesson or learn about blacksmithing, woodworking and bookbinding. Watch the Morris dancers at 10:30am & 11:30am and the bagpipe band at 12pm.
Tintype portrait session $150 (includes admission). Bookings are highly recommended as sessions are limited. Book at events.humanitix.com...
Dig out the picnic hamper, fill it with snacks for a summer’s day, and come along to enjoy traditional outdoor fun, games, crafts, and more!
Step back in time and learn how to create a rag rug, make homemade butter, or attend a Victorian School lesson. Explore the worlds of bookbinding, … View moreDig out the picnic hamper, fill it with snacks for a summer’s day, and come along to enjoy traditional outdoor fun, games, crafts, and more!
Step back in time and learn how to create a rag rug, make homemade butter, or attend a Victorian School lesson. Explore the worlds of bookbinding, woodworking and blacksmithing, or simply enjoy a stroll around the heritage gardens blooming with summer flowers.
With a gelato cart, performances by The City of Auckland Morris Dancers at 10:30am & 11:30am, the Manukau Pipes and Drums band at 12pm, all-day bookbinding demonstrations by the Association of Book Crafts - Auckland chapter, the re-opening of the forge with The Solo Blacksmith at the helm, and a talk by the Village bee keeper Sara Russ (a.k.a. The Bee Lady) at 1pm, there will be lots to see and do! Bring the family and make a day of it!
Admission: adult $18, student/senior $14, child $10, family $46, free entry for Society members, annual pass holders & children under five. Homestead Café will be open for dine-in or to takeaway into the Village grounds.
Experience the magic of Christmases past! Explore the Village festively decorated for Christmas with trees, decorations and stockings hung by the fire! Take photos on the 'one-horse-open-carriage', pulled by Logan the horse, or in front of the big tree in the Victorian parlour of Puhi Nui… View moreExperience the magic of Christmases past! Explore the Village festively decorated for Christmas with trees, decorations and stockings hung by the fire! Take photos on the 'one-horse-open-carriage', pulled by Logan the horse, or in front of the big tree in the Victorian parlour of Puhi Nui homestead. Go on the hunt for cheeky elves who have escaped Santa's workshop!
• Candle making: Saturdays 11am ($6 per person)
• Butter making: Sunday 10 December 11am & Sunday 17 December 10:30-3:30
• Christmas crafts: make paper angel & snowflake decorations
• Christmas lights & decorations! EXTENDED HOURS Saturday 16 December, open until 9pm! Experience the magic of festive lights after dark.
Adult $18, child $7, family $38, child under 5 free. No booking required. Please note that the capacity is limited for candle making.
Step into the magic of Christmases past in an enchanting heritage setting!
Wander through our festively decorated grounds and enjoy the magic of our Christmas lights as the sun goes down.
Grab a bite to eat at a variety of food trucks and enjoy live carol singing performances! There will be … View moreStep into the magic of Christmases past in an enchanting heritage setting!
Wander through our festively decorated grounds and enjoy the magic of our Christmas lights as the sun goes down.
Grab a bite to eat at a variety of food trucks and enjoy live carol singing performances! There will be something for everyone with Christmas crafts, the chance to meet Santa in the grand Puhi Nui homestead, and our old-fashioned sweet shop filled with treats.
Browse the mini market stalls filled with handmade goods and seasonal treats like mince tarts and plenty of goodies to fill stockings!
Limited door sale tickets. Booking is highly recommended.
Step back in time at Howick Historical Village to explore daily life in the past.
Delve into the world of ancestry and artefacts with two talks spread throughout the day. Learn about the Victorian passion for collecting and their Cabinets of Curiosity at 11:00 with Lexie Palmer-Gapper, General … View moreStep back in time at Howick Historical Village to explore daily life in the past.
Delve into the world of ancestry and artefacts with two talks spread throughout the day. Learn about the Victorian passion for collecting and their Cabinets of Curiosity at 11:00 with Lexie Palmer-Gapper, General Manager. Then, at 1pm hear from Seonaid Harvey, Senior Research Librarian Family History, Central Auckland Research Centre on how to begin your own family history research.
Experience the Village bustling with life, with costumed villagers and performances by Morris dancers at 10:30am and 11:30am and the bagpipe band at 12:00pm! Try your hand at calligraphy or making a silhouette portrait and meet bookbinders from the NZ Association of Book Crafts. Be the first to see the new Coach House display and learn about early transportation in Auckland.
There will be something for everyone with the coal range in Puhi Nui homestead fired-up and traditional treats on offer. Make butter or attend a Victorian school lesson. Visit the sweet shop, filled with old-fashioned lollies & fudge.
Explore the gardens and unwind at the Homestead Café for brunch or lunch. Make a day of it!
Admission: adult $18, student/senior $14, child $10, family $46, child under 5, members & annual pass holders - free. Unlimited door sales available.
Howick Historical Village’s ‘Festival of Frights’ is back!
Explore the grounds after dark, lit up and decorated for All Hallows' Eve. Beware of fiendish and frightening villagers lurking along the way…
Come in costume for a chance to win prizes, or come as your best spooky self. Brew… View moreHowick Historical Village’s ‘Festival of Frights’ is back!
Explore the grounds after dark, lit up and decorated for All Hallows' Eve. Beware of fiendish and frightening villagers lurking along the way…
Come in costume for a chance to win prizes, or come as your best spooky self. Brew a ghoulish potion or make an old-fashioned lollipop! Trick-or-treat your way through the streets and follow the ‘Riddle Route’ trail to learn about creepy Victorian Halloween traditions.
With food trucks, a gelato cart, games, face-painting, the sweet shop and crafts, this will be a spooktacular evening not to be missed!
Book tickets now if you dare…
Admission: adult $25, child $15, child under 3 free. No door sales. All children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult supervisor. Parental discretion is advised.
Come along to Howick Historical Village on this special Live Day to celebrate the rich cultural traditions of Korea!
We are delighted to host this event in association with Yongrahn Park, Korean Positive Ageing Charitable Trust, and other Korean community groups from across Tāmaki Makaurau … View moreCome along to Howick Historical Village on this special Live Day to celebrate the rich cultural traditions of Korea!
We are delighted to host this event in association with Yongrahn Park, Korean Positive Ageing Charitable Trust, and other Korean community groups from across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Along with all our usual Live Day attractions, there will be drumming and dance performances, colourful Hanbok (traditional Korean dress), art, demonstrations and more.
Watch a traditional tea ceremony in the parlour of the grand homestead Puhi Nui in the morning and a traditional wedding ceremony in the afternoon! Sample sweet and savoury treats and learn the arts of calligraphy and brush writing. Sit in the Victorian school room for a language lesson.
As always costumed Villagers will be onsite demonstrating crafts and skills from the 19th century. Try your hand at making butter, see the coal range and bread oven fired up, and check out the blacksmiths at work in the forge. The sweet shop will open for business, filled with old-fashioned lollies and treats.
Step back in time, explore the gardens, unwind in the Homestead café and make a day of it!
Admission: adult $18, student/senior $14, child $10, family $46, child under 5, members & annual pass holders - free entry. Unlimited door sales available.
| Tue | 10:00am ~ 4:00pm |
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| Wed | 10:00am ~ 4:00pm |
| Thu | 10:00am ~ 4:00pm |
| Fri | 10:00am ~ 4:00pm |
| Sat | 10:00am ~ 4:00pm |
| Sun | 10:00am ~ 4:00pm |
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