30/06/2026 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland / Te Tai Poutini West Coast / Otago / Waitaha Canterbury
Tohu Whenua landmarks across the country are celebrating Matariki 2026 with special events. You're invited!
02/06/2026 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland
A sold-out event at Kerikeri’s Turner Centre last Monday gave the local community an opportunity to hear more about the return of Kororipo Pā to Ngāpuhi, with Ngāti Rēhia as kaitiaki of the site.
19/05/2026 | Te Tai Poutini West Coast
Care and creativity have gone into the construction of a remarkable new commemorative picnic table at Brunner Mine, thanks to Greymouth’s Deputy Mayor, Allan Gibson.
07/05/2026 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland / Te Tai Poutini West Coast / Otago / Waitaha Canterbury
New collaboration announced between Tohu Whenua and Ngā Haerenga Great Rides of New Zealand.
26/01/2026 | Otago
Tohu Whenua is pleased to announce the addition of its 40th heritage site to the programme, the Taieri Gorge Railway in Otago.
22/01/2026 | Otago
The 15 February marks National Lamb Day at Totara Estate; the home of Aotearoa New Zealand's first international shipment of sheep and frozen meat.
12/12/2025 | Waitaha Canterbury
Nestled in the Canterbury foothills is a very special site with a rich history – Ōtūwharekai Hakatere Heritage – now recognised as a new Tohu Whenua site.
13/08/2025 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland / Te Tai Poutini West Coast / Otago / Waitaha Canterbury
Conservation Minister, Tama Potaka, has recently announced that Tohu Whenua will receive a funding boost.
27/06/2025 | Waitaha Canterbury
Tohu Whenua launched its new Waitaha Canterbury itinerary at Takahanga Marae in Kaikōura on 27 June 2025
17/03/2025 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland
Believed to be the oldest surviving lemon tree in the country, the Hansen lemon tree in Rangihoua Heritage Park, Northland stands on the site where Māori and Europeans first began to live side by side.
31/10/2024 | Te Tai Poutini West Coast
Today, over 150 people gathered to celebrate Ōkārito (usual population of 30) becoming a Tohu Whenua site - acknowledging it as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s must-dos.
16/09/2024 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland
Two war medals associated with the Clendon family returned home over the weekend.
16/05/2024 | Otago
Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki gathered with representatives from Tohu Whenua to celebrate the launch of Huriawa as a Tohu Whenua site today.
19/03/2024 | Te Tai Poutini West Coast
The Department of Conservation has restored and officially opened a 100-year-old gold miner's cottage in Waiuta, a Tohu Whenua site in Te Tai Poutini West Coast.
19/12/2023 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland / Te Tai Poutini West Coast / Otago / Waitaha Canterbury
A recent survey commissioned by DOC and Tohu Whenua shows Kiwis want more opportunities to learn about Aotearoa New Zealand’s heritage.
16/02/2023 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland
A unique collection of family papers spanning almost 150 years which cover watershed moments in the formation of modern New Zealand, has been added to the UNESCO Aotearoa New Zealand Memory of the World register.
10/12/2022 | Te Tai Poutini West Coast
Tohu Whenua has marked a significant milestone today with the launch of its first landscape story-based site, Te Kopikopiko o te Waka near Te Weheka/Fox Glacier.
01/10/2021 | Otago
Hayes Homestead celebrates 100 years of Kiwi engineering and ingenuity, including what must have been one of the first whole-home audio systems in New Zealand.
12/07/2021 | Te Tai Tokerau Northland
A Kerikeri engineering firm has used state-of-the-art 3D laser scanning technology to create a high-precision model of New Zealand’s oldest stone building – and the results are amazing.
26/03/2021 | Te Tai Poutini West Coast
Today marks the 125th anniversary of our country's most deadly industrial disaster, the explosion at Brunner Mine that killed 65 men and boys.
15/12/2020 | Te Tai Poutini West Coast
Historic West Coast goldtown, Waiuta, joins Tohu Whenua today, recognising it as one of New Zealand’s most treasured heritage places.
17/02/2020 | Te Tai Poutini West Coast
Hokitika Port, Commercial and Government Centre will join Tohu Whenua today, recognising it as one of New Zealand’s most treasured heritage places.
