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Howick Historical Village Welcome to Auckland’s Heritage Museum. Experience living history in Tāmaki Makaurau. Live Days every second Sunday of the month! Looking for a unique venue?
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Discover a living village, complete with original dwellings and historic buildings recreating the mid-1800s settler village of Howick. Come along and watch the Village come to life with Victorian activities, costumed Villagers, and endless fun! Enjoy your celebration in the historic Bell House homestead! Few venues truly make an impact like Howick Historical Village. Built in 1851, the historic Bell House & heritage gardens make for a picturesque backdrop for any event. The museum gift shop at Howick Historical Village is a source of beautiful New Zealand-made products. All proceeds support us in running the Village and caring for our special heritage buildings. We are always looking for volunteers to join our wonderful team! Find out about our unique volunteer opportunities available on our website. The Homestead Café next to Howick Historical Village offers a spacious indoor ambience or sunny outdoor seating. Open daily 9am-3pm (kitchen open until 2pm).

Throwback Thursday 📸Looking west over Mellons Bay towards East Tamaki, this aerial shot shows a very different Howick. H...
14/10/2026

Throwback Thursday 📸

Looking west over Mellons Bay towards East Tamaki, this aerial shot shows a very different Howick. Houses are starting to line the hill above the beach along Mellons Bay Road, while farmland stretches out inland. It’s a great snapshot of the area in transition, from paddocks to suburbia.

What do you remember about Mellons Bay in the old days? Share your memories in the comments 👇

📷 Whites Aviation, WA-32518-F
(Mellons Bay Aerial, c1953,2017.336.66)

🍦 Pagotomania: The Great Victorian Ice Cream Craze is this Sunday! 🍦The Victorians were wild about ice cream, a luxuriou...
09/10/2026

🍦 Pagotomania: The Great Victorian Ice Cream Craze is this Sunday! 🍦

The Victorians were wild about ice cream, a luxurious novelty and a marvel of modern technology. Come and see why!

📅 Sunday 11 October, 10am to 3pm
📍 Howick Historical Village, 75 Bells Road

✨ Taste our custom-made Victorian ice cream flavours
✨ Meet our costumed villagers and try traditional village games
✨ Watch the blacksmiths at work and see the coal range fired up in Puhi Nui homestead
✨ Sit in on a Victorian school lesson
✨ Stock up on old-fashioned lollies and fudge at the sweet shop
✨ Wander our heritage gardens in full spring growth

Bring a picnic or grab lunch at the Homestead Café.

🎟 Adult $18 | Student/Senior $14 | Child $10 | Family $46
Under 5s, members and annual pass holders get in free.

🐝 Bee educated! 🐝We had a bee swarm last week, and with swarming season (September to December) in full swing, here’s wh...
08/10/2026

🐝 Bee educated! 🐝

We had a bee swarm last week, and with swarming season (September to December) in full swing, here’s what a swarm actually means.

A swarm isn’t an attack. It’s a house hunt! 🏡

Swarming bees have left the hive to find a new permanent home, and it’s when they’re at their most docile and safe to be around. They have no brood or honey to defend and they have a full tummy of honey, so they’re calm and focused on the search. (Still, give them space and call a local beekeeper.)

About our swarm:
✨ Small in size
✨ Led by a young virgin queen, which isn’t the norm (which may indicate it is an after swam - a second swarm from that hive)
✨ The fence was their first stop while scouts look for a permanent home
✨ They likely used a gap in the weather to head out

Here’s what we wonder... 🤔
Who gives the instruction to go? Does the queen tell the workers, or do they tell her? (It’s not the drone bees!)

Stay curious, stay kind, and bee educated!

Hands up for our little pizza pros! 🙌🍕Thank you to Sach from wedg.ave.woodfired for a fantastic Pizza Workshop at the Vi...
07/10/2026

Hands up for our little pizza pros! 🙌🍕

Thank you to Sach from wedg.ave.woodfired for a fantastic Pizza Workshop at the Village. The kids loved making their dough from scratch, and we can’t wait to do it again soon! ❤️

🎄 Imagine your end-of-year celebration🎄Soft evening light, laughter on the lawn, a friendly game of croquet, then a banq...
07/10/2026

🎄 Imagine your end-of-year celebration🎄

Soft evening light, laughter on the lawn, a friendly game of croquet, then a banquet with the people who made your year.

Bell House at Howick Historical Village is ready to make it magical, whether it's an intimate dinner for 30 or a lively party for 70. Catering available, or bring your own. 🥂

Tell us your dream and we'll help make it happen 💚

📖 Make Your Own Miniature Book! Bookbinding Workshop | Sunday 18 October | 10:30am-2:30pmEver wanted to make a book with...
01/10/2026

📖 Make Your Own Miniature Book!
Bookbinding Workshop | Sunday 18 October | 10:30am-2:30pm

Ever wanted to make a book with your own two hands? Here's your chance!

In this hands-on workshop at the Auckland Regional Bindery, expert bookmakers will guide you step by step as you create a tiny, hand-bound hardcover book to take home. No experience needed.

You'll learn:
✨ Tools, materials and terminology
✨ Different binding styles
✨ Paper structure, grain and grammage
✨ Paper handling and repair principles
✨ And plenty more!

It's the perfect starting point for anyone curious about book crafts, and it opens the door to more workshops at the Bindery.

📚 Bonus: Join the Association of Book Crafts for free use of the bindery and invites to members-only classes all year round.

The details:
💰 $40, which includes admission to explore the Village
🥪 All materials provided, plus a half-hour break (bring lunch or visit the onsite café)
🎟️ Bookings essential, places are limited
👩‍🎨 Suitable for ages 15+

Booking through Eventfinda

30/09/2026

Exciting news!

Our friends at Cornwall Park have created a limited edition card in their Trading Card series, and it can only be collected here at the Village!

Tying in with the Auckland Heritage Festival theme 'Tastes of Tāmaki', here's your clue: the card features a place where a basic food product is made from wheat. It's the main ingredient in bread. 🍞

Think you know this place at the Village? 🤔

Come in during the school holidays and tell us the name of the building and how it is 'powered' to receive your card!

While supplies last.

This school holidays, in hands-on workshops as part of Auckland Heritage Festival, kids can delve into bread making - gr...
28/09/2026

This school holidays, in hands-on workshops as part of Auckland Heritage Festival, kids can delve into bread making - grinding wheat, making dough and baking bread or their own full sized pizza with toppings!

🍞 Bread Making | Tuesdays, 10:30am
Grind wheat at the flour mill, make dough and bake a mini loaf at Puhi Nui homestead.
$8 per child + admission. No bookings - limited to10 places, first in first served.

🍕 Pizza Making | Wednesdays, 10:30am & 12pm
Make a full 12-inch pizza from scratch and bake it in the outdoor Village bread oven with chef Sach from wedg.ave.woodfired
$15 per child + admission. Book on Eventfinda.

⚠️ Tomorrow's 10:30am is SOLD OUT, but 12pm still has spots!
Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.

Thrilled to be part of the convening of Auckland Heritage Festival 2026 at Nathan Homestead today! Thank you for having ...
24/09/2026

Thrilled to be part of the convening of Auckland Heritage Festival 2026 at Nathan Homestead today! Thank you for having us be part of a lovely day.

So proud of Diane, our wonderful Visitor Host, and her butter-making demonstrations.

Come along to try churning fresh cream into delicious homemade butter on Fridays and Sundays at 11am, from Sunday 27 September as part of the Heritage Festival and school holiday fun! Free with admission. No booking required.

🍦 A frightfully fashionable frenzy has struck the Village... 🍦Ice cream was the most marvellous, dazzling novelty and Vi...
22/09/2026

🍦 A frightfully fashionable frenzy has struck the Village... 🍦

Ice cream was the most marvellous, dazzling novelty and Victorians simply lost their heads over it. Come taste history at LIVE DAY | Pagotomania: The great Victorian ice cream craze!

Wander the gardens in bloom, meet our costumed villagers, watch the blacksmith at his forge, and follow the ice-cream trail for a chance to win a prize. Sweet shop treats, old-world games, and taste of village-made ice cream await.

Made possible with the generous support of . Fonterra

📅 Sun 11 Oct ·
🕙 10am-3pm ·
📍 75 Bells Road, Pakuranga

Secure your spot before the craze catches on 👉 https://www.historicalvillage.org.nz/eventslivedays/pagotomania-ice-cream-craze

Address

75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga
Auckland
2010

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+6495769506

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