Percy Thomson Gallery
Day Trip: Friends of the Sarjeant Gallery trip to Stratford
Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025, meet at the Whanganui War Memorial Centre at 8.45am.
Join the Friends on a visit to the Percy Thomson Gallery, Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki Hāwera District Library and Café, Stratford’s Fenton Street Art Collective & Distillery and the Eltham Cheese Shop.
Tickets: Price: $50 for members of the Friends of the Sarjeant Gallery, $60 for non-members. Take this opportunity to join as a Friend and just pay $50.
Bookings: Buy tickets at the Sarjeant Gallery (06 349 0506) or via this link
Friends of the Sarjeant Spring Day Out Itinerary
8.45am – Meet at the Whanganui War Memorial Centre at 8.45am.
9am – Depart by bus on Wednesday 22 October from the Whanganui War Memorial Centre forecourt.
10am – Arrive Hawera at The Gathering Cafe for morning tea (self-funded)
10.45am – Personalised tour of the new Hawera library and art space called Te Ramanui o Ruapūtahanga.
11.05am – Depart Hawera
11:30am – Arrive Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford: exclusive tour by Gallery Director, Catherine Rhodes, Watercolour New Zealand exhibition.
12.30pm – Lunch in Stratford at Fenton Street Art Collective & Distillery (self-funded)
1.45pm – Depart Stratford
Time tbc – Visit the Eltham Cheese Shop
2.45pm – Arrive Pātea and browse around the Aotea Utanganui Museum of the South Taranaki
3.30pm – Depart for Whanganui
4.30pm – Home
