Our retail area contains a wide variety of books, children's books, giftware and more! We try to focus on locally sourced products where possible.

A few of our most popular products, which you can only purchase from us, are also available on our online store, as shown below. If you want to purchase multiple items and save on postage (our online store charges postage on each item), you can email us and make payment directly to our bank account instead.

Hakoro Ki Te Iwi

NZ$20.00

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Reminiscences of a Goldminer and Saw Doctor

NZ$25.00

This book retells James Smiths stories of his life growing up in Round Hill and then later of his working there as a gold miner. He describes his time in the Nevis and then working in Southland sawmills - first as a "slabby" after leaving school and ultimately being in demand as a skilled Saw Doctor.

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Gumboots and Pigtails

NZ$35.00

Goldmining with the Hart Family as seen through the eyes of Eva Hart, daughter of the General Manager of the Round Hill Gold Mining Company and grand-daughter of Captain John Howell, the founder of Riverton and his wife Kohi Kohi, chieftaines of Centre Island.

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Records of Early Riverton and District

NZ$35.00

First published 1937. 

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Playing cards

NZ$9.50

Go Fish, snap, cheats, last card, poker or maybe solitaire?

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Riverton / Aparima Tea Towel

NZ$22.00

Classic 100% Cotton Tea Towel

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Riverton / Aparima Tote Bag

NZ$24.00

Classic 100% Cotton Tote Bag

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Digital photograph

NZ$20.00

Purchase high resolution copies of our digital photos (for personal use only, commercial use considered on request). View low resolution copies of all our photos on eHive (https://ehive.com/collections/3278/te-hikoi-museum), find the photo you want and ensure the "object number" for the image you want is provided to us via email and we will send the download link. research@tehikoi.co.nz

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