Thames Town - One Town, Many Tales

Thames Heritage Network - working together to keep our history alive - Thames Museum, Bella Street Pumphouse, Thames Goldmine Experience, Thames School of Mines, The Treasury, Thames Small Gauge Railway, and Historic Kopu Bridge

Thames has a rich and proud history in the early development of New Zealand, and the Thames Heritage Festival is a celebration of our extraordinary past.

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See the 1News story on the Goldfields 150th Anniversary

2020 events included:

◆ HERITAGE WEEKEND - Thames : One Town, Many Tales ◆ A Bit of Bling ◆ Pan for Gold ◆ Peace Cycle/Walk across the Historic Kopu Bridge ◆ Train Rides for Young and Old ◆ Steam Up!! At Goldmine Experience ◆ Stories From The Thames ◆ The Treasury Roadshow@home ◆ Ted Egan ◆ Thames Genealogists & Family History Writers ◆ Chat with us at Thames Museum ◆ Bella Street Pumphouse ◆ Crossing the Waihou ◆ Land, Context & Heritage, a Thames case study