What's On
75 Tinakori Road
- 21 Aug 2025 (10:00 am) to 9 Nov 2025 (4:00 pm)
- Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, 25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
75 Tinakori Road is a core part of Katherine Mansfield’s legacy in Aotearoa New Zealand. This exhibition will guide you through three stages of the house’s history: the family home, the world of Mansfield’s story ‘The Garden Party’, and the house as a casualty of the Wellington Urban Motorway.
September 2025 School Holidays Creative Writing Workshop
- Multiple sessions available on 22 Sep 2025 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, 25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Get inspired at our creative writing workshop for young people aged 10-14. We’ll provide writing materials and a qualified tutor who will lead writing activities to give students tools to generate ideas and improve their writing.
Homes Away From Home
- 22 Sep 2025
- 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Queen Margaret College Auditorium, 53 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
This year Katherine Mansfield House & Garden Director Cherie Jacobson was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to undertake a study tour of historic house museums in England and Ireland. In this presentation she will highlight some of the houses she visited and what she learned from meeting with the staff who care for them.
2025 Monthly Stitching Circle
- Multiple sessions available from 12 Oct 2025 to 9 Nov 2025
- Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, 25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington
Bring whatever you're working on (it can be knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, mending - anything crafty!) and join us from 2pm-4pm on the second Sunday of the month (February to November) for a casual session of sociable stitching hosted by the Wellington Embroiderers' Guild.
Katherine Mansfield's Thorndon: Guided Walking Tour 2025
- Multiple sessions available from 18 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2025
- Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, 25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Explore the Thorndon that Katherine Mansfield knew and the traces of her legacy that remain in the landscape today. Part of Wellington Heritage Festival 2025.
NZSL Guided Tour of KMHG
- 19 Oct 2025
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, 25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011
Deaf visitors are invited to experience Katherine Mansfield House & Garden with a New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) interpreted guided tour. Part of the Wellington Heritage Festival 2025.
Behind the Headlines: Talking Books with Mike McRoberts
- 21 Oct 2025
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Marsden Auditorium, Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Marsden Avenue, Karori, Wellington, 6012
Join us to hear Mike McRoberts, one of New Zealand's most respected journalists and broadcasters, talk about the books that have shaped his life at a special fundraising event for Katherine Mansfield House & Garden.