The search for a replacement for the outgoing Aratoi director Tracey Puklowski has started.
Ms Puklowski, who has been the director of Aratoi Art and History Museum for the past two ? at times controversial ? years, is leaving in to take up a position with Te Papa in Wellington.
Friends of Aratoi spokesman Allen Hair said advertisements for the position have been placed in museum publications.
The job will also be advertised locally, he said.