Things to do in Dargaville, North Island: The Best Shopping

Gallery and working studio of Rick Taylor, Master Woodturner. Rick specialises in creating pieces from New Zealand Ancient Kauri. Bowls, platters, hollow forms,pens, treasure boxes, carvings and sculptures. Grains of the kauri and colours of the ancient kauri vary from dark browns to golden to the very interesting green kauri. Make time on your travels to have a days woodturning tuition with Master Woodturner Rick Taylor here at his studio. Woodturning tools and ancient kauri blanks for woodturners also available at his studio for you to purchase and take home and make your own kauri bowl, platter, pen etc.

Stained Glass gallery and workshop. Mandy has been designing, making and teaching stained glass for over 30 years. The gallery has a selection of beautiful windows that are hand cut and painted, leaded and finished in the traditional methods. While she has made thousands of windows for houses she also creates fine art pieces. By incorporating various other methods into her work such as sandblasting, engraving, drilling, slumping and fusing. She sees this medium as pure fine visual art and creates according to clients desires and needs. From table top standing pieces to free hanging that can easily be shifted and hung elsewhere. The gallery also has a large selection of jewellery created in glass and fused and slumped bottles for platters and wall or window hangings. There is a selection of gifts and mementos made here for overseas tourist.

Gallery of 2D and 3D art works including paintings, photographs, sculptures, wooden ware, jewellery, feltwork, weaving, flax flowers Steampunk items, pottery, handmade cards. Exhibitions rotate every four weeks, by local artists and other artists from Northland by invitation.