Central Hawke’s Bay Museum

https://chbmuseum.co.nz/

I had the absolute pleasure of visiting Waipawa here in October 2025. (Just missed the duck derby by a week or so.) What an amazing place! Incredibly helpful volunteers and a great opportunity to access original source documents. Entry by donation which is turned back into the museum preserving local history.

I was able to source some fantastic source information for our Hall & Hancock story. Hall & Hancock

Names on the 1867 town census for Waipawa