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Open every day 10am-6pm
(except Christmas Day)
Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Join us in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Maori Women’s Welfare League and the opening of the display Tatau Tatau: Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko i te Ora | Maori Women’s Welfare League. Discover the extraordinary history and work of the League through a weekend of kōrero, waiata, and raranga.
When | Āhea
Fri 25 Sep 2026, 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Sat 26 Sep 2026, 10.15am – 3.45pm
Sun 27 Sep 2026, 10.15am – 12.45pm
Where | Ki hea
Rongomaraeroa, the marae, Level 4
Cost | Te utu
Free with museum entry
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Seating available
Since 1951, the Maori Women’s Welfare League has supported the wellbeing of wāhine Māoriand their whānau. Working with wāhine – tatau tatau – to improve housing, education, health, and employment for Māori.
With over 130 peka and 3,000 members across Aotearoa and in Australia, you’ll find hard-working volunteers in every community.
Celebrate Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko i te Ora and learn about this important mahi from League representatives from different rohe, as well as join in waiata and live raranga demonstrations.
1:00pm – National President Makau Ariki Te Atawhai
Kaikorero: Aotearoa Māori Netball Oranga Healthy Lifestyles (AMNOHL), Māori Women’s Development Inc (MWDI), Ngā Puawai Kōtahi Tātau MWWL Youth
1.00–3.00pm – Raranga at Rongomaraeroa
2:00pm – Rohe Talk: Tainui
2:30pm – Rohe Talk: Te Taitokerau
10:15am – Karakia, whakapono, and waiata
10:30am–3:00pm – Raranga at Rongomaraeroa
10:30am – Rohe Talk: Te Waipounamu
11:45am – Rohe Talk: Te Tairawhiti
12:15pm – Rohe Talk: Tāmaki Makaurau
12:45pm – Rohe Talk: Aotea
1:45pm – Rohe Talk: Waiariki
2:15pm – Rohe Talk: Ikaroa
2:45pm – Kōrero whakaaturanga and waiata
3:30pm – Karakia whakamutunga
10:15am – Karakia, whakapono, and waiata
10:30am – Taonga in the whakaaturanga
11:00am – Rōpū whakaaturanga and waiata
11:30am – National President closing kōrero and waiata
12:30pm – Karakia whakamutunga
Mrs T Love demonstrates weaving to (top row) Mrs McGill, Mrs Te Waari, Mrs Keepa, and (front row) Mrs Prestidge at the 1953 Maori Women’s Welfare League conference, Wellington. Photo by T Ransfield. Tourist and Publicity. Ref: 1/2-040546-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23247934
The Maori Women’s Welfare League is celebrating 75 years of supporting wāhine Māori (Māori women). Discover their extraordinary mahi (work) – tātau tātau, everyone’s welcome!
Opening Fri 25 Sep
Fri 25 Sep – Jan 2027
Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga
The 1975 Māori Land March expressed deep unrest over ongoing loss of Māori land. Led by 79-year-old Dame Whina Cooper, the protest march began in the far north town of Te Hāpua on 14 September 1975 with about 50 marchers and gained 60,000 signatures, and an estimated 5,000 marchers by the time it was presented it to Prime Minister Bill Rowling on the steps of Parliament in Wellington a month later on 13 October 1975.
Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE, kuia and leader, worked for many years for the rights of Māori, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women.
