Open Day: MAVTech: National Museum of Audio Visual Technology

Heritage Festival
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Aotearoa New Zealand's specialist museum of audio-visual technology is based in the Coronation Town Hall in Foxton. The hall turns 100 years old in November 2026! Marvel at the wide array of radios, recording equipment, cameras, cinema equipment, televisions, musical machines and camcorders. 

There will also be a screening of vintage newsreels and short clips in the cinema from 2 – 2.30pm. MAVtech is one of only a handful of theatres in the world that still regularly shows 35mm films using Carbon Arc projectors.

Image courtesy of MAVTech National Museum of Audio-Visual Technology

Photo of red brick and concrete building with two ionic columns saddling the black door. The windows have keystones and have vertical bars over the windows. The pediment is carved and has the word courthouse.
Sat 11 Apr 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Open Day: Foxton Courthouse

Opened in 1929, the Foxton Courthouse heard both civil and criminal cases until 1948.

Photo of a yellow building flanked by two brick buildings. The building has white trim around two windows either side of a green door. Prominent pediments over the door and windows. Manawatu Herald 1878 with flax painted on the cornice. Main St. No. 6 above the door.
Sat 11 Apr 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Open Day: Manawatū Herald Building

The main section of the Manawatū Herald office was constructed in 1879 and it is the oldest surviving commercial building on Main Street in Foxton.

Yellow wooden cottage with red roof, green window frames and green picket fence. Cabbage tree to the left and blue skies with fluffy clouds above.
Sat 11 Apr 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Open Day: Nye Cottage

The cottage, built by George Nye in 1868-69 is understood to be the oldest surviving cottage in the Manawatū.

2026 04 11 All Saints Church Foxton
Sat 11 Apr 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Open Day: All Saints Church

All Saints Church, built in 1876, celebrates 150 years in November.

2026 04 11 De Molen Foxton
Sat 11 Apr 9:00am - 4:00pm

Open Day: De Molen

The replica Molen is the same design as any similar flour Mill in the Netherlands.

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