The Central Hawke's Bay Settlers Museum is in the spotlight in Wellington this week, as a finalist in the ServiceIQ NZ Museum Awards 2019.
Curator and manager Jana Uhlirova, museum chairman Hans Dresel, committee member and volunteer Donald Tipene, and CHB Mayor Alex Walker are travelling to the awards ceremony at Te Papa where the museum is a finalist in the Exhibition Excellence Taonga Maori, for the recently exhibited Nga Taonga o Tamatea - Te Hokianga Mai.
CHB Settlers' Museum is one of four finalists in this category, which includes the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Nga Taonga o Tamatea - Te Hokianga Mai drew taonga from across Central Hawke's Bay and brought home taonga that had been spread across the country. It was an exhibition aimed at building a relationship between the museum and the Taiwhenua, the first exhibition of its type at the CHB Settlers Museum.
The judging panel said judging was made especially hard this year with so many high-quality entries to choose from.