Rotorua Gallery Tours

Come and discover the art, artists, stories and histories that make up our jade gallery.

Join us this summer for a free 20-minute guided tour of our jade gallery to explore the diverse styles and artwork of talented greenstone artists from across New Zealand.

You'll also get to visit our jade carving studio, where you can meet local Rotorua artists and see first-hand how we carve jade.

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Tours take place at 1288 Fenton Street Rotorua, 11am and 2pm daily. We do accept walk-ins for our Gallery Tour. However, we have a max capacity of 10 people per tour - so don't miss out and book your tickets now!

TOUR HIGHLIGHT

Discover New Zealand's largest jade collection

Our gallery hosts the largest and most diverse collection of jade carvings in New Zealand.
Your guide will show you many of these different artworks crafted by talented kiwi carvers, and tell you a bit about the artists behind the carvings.

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Explore Māori history

Pounamu is the traditional Māori name for greenstone or New Zealand jade. It is found only in New Zealand's South Island, on the West Coast, created under our mountains and concealed in our rivers. We’ll take you on a journey into the important role pounamu plays in Māori culture, exploring its traditional uses and values and uncovering the legends and stories which breathe life into the stone.

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Meet the artists

After visiting the gallery, your guide will take you into our jade carving studio and introduce to local carvers Tamaora Walker and Akapita Scally. Here you'll get to see the artists in action and learn a little bit about the jade carving process. Watch as we transform raw stone into carved art and feel free to ask our carvers some questions!

*Unfortunately, every now and again our artists may not be in the studio - but, your tour guide will still show you around the workshop and explain the carving process!

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Tours Times

  • 11am and 2pm, daily

Bookings

  • Walk in's accepted

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