Visitor information Pānui Manuhiri

Opening hours 

Summer (November – April): daily, 10.00am - 5.00 pm.  Honey House Café: 9am - 4pm.

Winter (May - October): daily, 10.00am - 4.00pm.  Honey House Café: 9am - 3pm.

Closed Christmas Day & Anzac Day (until 1pm).

Costs

Stone Store Shop

Adults and children free

Guided tours

Kemp House & Stone Store Museum

Adults: $15
Accompanied children (up to 18 years), Heritage New Zealand members: free

Kemp House only

Adults: $12
Accompanied children (up to 18 years), Heritage New Zealand members: free

Self guided tour - Museum upstairs in the Stone Store

Adults: $8
Accompanied children (up to 18 years), Heritage New Zealand members: free

Please note access to Kemp House is by guided tour only to help preserve New Zealand’s oldest building.

November - April: tours at 10.30am, 11.30am, 2.15pm, 3.30pm. (Subject to availability).
May - October 10.30am, 11.30am, 2.15pm

Surcharges may apply at times of special events.

Guided Heritage Tour

Garden Tour – a self-guided tour that includes a fully illustrated colour companion booklet.

Group Tours

Guided tours for groups are available by arrangement, and maybe customised to your requirements.  We would be delighted to work with you to develop a programme suited to the ages and interests of your group. Contact the Visitor Services Co-ordinator to discuss your requirements and arrange a convenient time.

Honey House Café

Relax by the river with an ice cream or a good coffee and home-made food at the Honey House Café.

Open daily: 9am - 4pm November - April; 9am - 3pm May - October. 

Closed Christmas Day. 

Facilities

Toilets

Visitor toilets are available at

• the Department of Conservation (DOC) car park in Landing Road, accessed easily by the footbridge over the river (3 minute walk)
• the far end of the car park on Kerikeri Road
• the Honey House Café.

Disabled access

Sorry there is no wheelchair access to either the Stone Store or Kemp House.

Gift Shop

The Stone Store has operated as a general store since the 1870s, and today offers an amazing range of authentic trade goods similar those first traded in the early 19th century, along with a range of uniquely New Zealand merchandise.

Many of the items are also available through the Online Shop (shop.heritage.org.nz).