• Puke Ariki runs education sessions for primary and secondary school students in our museum, at Taranaki Research Centre and at the Library.
  • Puke Ariki is a combined museum and library at New Plymouth, New Zealand which opened in June 2003. It is an amalgamation of the New Plymouth Public Library...
  • Did you know that Friends of Puke Ariki receive a 10% discount off all purchases at the Puke Ariki Store.
  • Put a few hours aside to explore the museum galleries at Puke Ariki, New Plymouth's ground-breaking cultural centre.
  • Sited in New Plymouth, between the majestic Mount Taranaki and the wild Tasman Sea, Puke Ariki is a place of wonder, of excitement, of discovery and adventure.
  • Puke Ariki” refers to an earlier landform and pa - the hill of chiefs – which in the 1880s became the seat of colonial government in Taranaki.
  • Puke Ariki is free to all visitors, so grab some friends or the kids and discover something new about Taranaki.
  • Home Work is an exhibition which Puke Ariki runs every few years, so please consider submitting next time if you have missed out.
  • Even the location is telling, for Puke Ariki means Hill of Chiefs and was once the most important Maori site in Taranaki.
  • Puke Ariki is a world-class knowledge centre where library, museum and i-SITE Visitor Information Centre are combined to tell the stories of Taranaki -- past...