National Whale Centre - Te Tari Tohorā o Waitohi

About

The NWC is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit education, exhibition and research centre located in Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.

Story

We are about whales

We tell the stories

• Whale species and their physiognomy

• The history of sealing and whaling in Aotearoa/New Zealand

• Whales and Māori and Pacific traditions

• The Picton, Marlborough Sounds and Kaikoura stories

• The world history of whaling and arrival of European whalers in Aotearoa

• The shift from hunting to conservation and marine biodiversity

Where we are

• We are a national institution based in Picton/Waitohi

• The area was the epicentre of New Zealand’s whaling industry for 180+ years

• The Marlborough Sounds and Cook Strait now provide a unique and protected marine environment

We provide links

• The National Whale Centre is a display and information hub

• We link up locally, nationally and globally with kindred organisations

Because cetaceans are for everyone

We are dynamic

• Static displays are not our priority

• We will tell and curate relevant new stories through temporary exhibitions and events

• We wont be scared to change our tune

• We stand on the shoulders of the past to provide a view of the future

• We are for the next generation – our future guardians


[email protected] or PO Box 689, Picton 7250, New Zealand

and don’t forget to visit www.aworldwithwhales.com

Mission

To further knowledge of and about cetaceans, with an emphasis on whales, whaling history and the ocean ecosystems through information, research and exhibition programmes and through such programmes explore local, national and international histories and tell and share the stories with as wide a public as possible thus contributing to future sustainable marine environments
To engage young people and their parents in the journeys we endeavour to undertake.