What is it about New Zealand’s west coast that makes it such
a hub of DIY music museums? Yesterday I made a visit to the Hector Country Music Heritage Museum in the Buller district of the South Island. Another privately
owned and operated museum, this one is run by musician and radio DJ Barry
Skinner with the support of his wife Judy.
Saturday 15 February 2014
Barry and Judy Skinner's Hector Country Music Heritage Museum on New Zealand's South Island
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finances,
Hector Country Music Heritage Museum,
KD's Elvis Presley Museum,
Museum RockArt,
New Zealand,
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Taranaki Country Music Hall of Fame
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Elvis in New Zealand - a visit to KD's Elvis Presley Museum
Yesterday evening I visited KD’s Elvis Presley Museum, a
private museum dedicated to 50s and 60s rock’n’roll. The museum is owned and
run by Kevin “KD” Wasley. As the brochure states, KD “has been an avid collector of Elvis records and memorabilia since 1959.
Born in Hawera, painter and paperhanging contractor by trade, but his pride and
joy is the Elvis Presley Museum.” The museum can be found in the converted
garage of his home in Hawera on New Zealand’s north island.
Labels:
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Elvis Presley,
Hawera,
KD,
KD's Elvis Presley Museum,
Kevin Wasley,
memorabilia,
Memorial Record Room,
merchandise,
New Zealand,
privately owned museum,
Taranaki
Monday 10 February 2014
On the road in New Zealand: a visit to the Taranaki Country Music Hall of Fame
I’m currently in New Zealand doing a road trip that sees me
visiting DIY museums on the west coast of both the north and south islands. I
arrived in Manaia, North Island, after a somewhat harrowing journey driving the
Forgotten World Highway
– 150km stretch of tight winding road complete with fallen tree and boulder hazards, unsealed
stretches, and a one lane pitch black dirt tunnel. By the time I arrived at the
Taranaki Country Music Hall of Fame my nerves were a little frayed!
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