Governance

Te Hikoi was opened in December 2007, with collection items from Riverton Heritage Society, which was previously Wallace Early Settlers Association. The society is now part of Riverton Heritage and Tourist Centre Trust, who own the premises and operate the museum.

Riverton Heritage and Tourist Centre Trust
Meetings are held at Te Hikoi on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 5.30pm. For information about becoming a trustee click here.

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SponSors

Thank you to our current sponsors:​

• Oraka Aparima Community Board (Information Centre).
• Southern Regional Heritage Committee. 
• Southland District Council.

We are looking for more partners to work with to achieve our goals, please contact us if you would like to work with us.

We have recently been successful in fundraising for solar which is now installed. A huge thank you to Community Trust South, Oraka Aparima Community Board, Riverton Lions, Riverton Union Church, Mari Harpur, Alan Baxter, Riverton Rotary and numerous businesses and individuals who helped us fundraise. 

We are now raising funds for batteries to compliment the solar PV, donations can be made to our bank account:
Te Hikoi (Riverton Heritage and Tourist Centre Trust)
06 0954 0041647 00

​Thank you to our founding sponsors: 

Community Trust of Southland, Lottery Grants Board, Ministry of Tourism, Southland Regional Heritage Trust, Southland District Council, Venture Southland, Wallace Early Settlers Association, H Graham Watson, Southern Trust, Riverton/Aparima Community Board, ILT Foundation, Pub Charity Aparima Tavern, Stout Trust, Maureen Shaw, Lions Club of Riverton, Oraka-Aparima Runaka Inc.

And numerous individuals and businesses who donated to help us get started.

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Policies

The trust has the following policies in place: 

• Health and Safety Policy and Plan 
• Child Protection and Media Policy
• Finance Policy
• Collection Policy

Copies can be made available by contacting the museum.