For the past 19 years a dedicated group of volunteers have amassed a valuable, rare, and museum grade collection of hunting and outdoors related items – including rare artefacts, books, gear and equipment, photographs, firearms, trophies, and taxidermy.
The Heritage Trust owns a grand 1910s villa located a stone’s throw away from Parliament, National Archives, National Reference Library, and the many other museums in Wellington’s CBD.
The project is sponsored and run by members of the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association Inc. (NZDA) and will be funded in a collaboration among the Heritage Trust, NZDA, and the NZDA Wellington Branch. The Lottery Environment and Heritage Grants Board is granting the Heritage Trust $500,000 towards project costs.
An existing building will form the basis of the museum, which is a large, high-stud,…