New Zealand's Alpine & Agriculture Encounter
The Encounter tells the stories of the mountains, plains and the people who live there, bringing to life the tales of the tenacity and ingenuity behind the development of two very important industries central to New Zealand - snow sports and agriculture.
Climb into a header cab, operate an excavator or see how milk is made. Experience being in an ice-cave or laugh at the antics of our early kiwi skiers.
Open daily from 10am - 5pm. Tickets sold at the Methven i-SITE.
Rates: $17.50 adults, Senior Citizens and Students $14.00, School age children $10 and pre-schoolers free.
N.B Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Artist's impression of the interior of the 'agriculture gallery', showing the interactive header.
Photos above by Bill Irwin
Aerials on Mount Hutt 1970s.
Photo courtesy of
Charles Tindall/Jan Hampton
The NZ Snow Heritage Collection
The Methven Heritage Centre is the home of the 'NZ Snowsports Heritage Collection', New Zealand’s national collection of snow sports history, culture, memorabilia and images.
This collection is available for display, but also for study. The main body of items are housed in a purpose built temperature and humidity controlled archive. Others are on display in the exhibition.
We are still actively seeking items for this collection.
If you would like to find out more, or have an item, film, photography or documents you would like to see cared for as part of this collection, please download the collection brochure here.