2.30pm, Saturday 25th July, Petone Settlers Museum

Hats off to Hills Hats!  Join the Hills Hats factory family for a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party to celebrate Petone Settlers Museum’s newest exhibition, Enter the Hatmosphere.

Small but mighty, this little hat factory designs and manufactures hats for Fat Freddy’s Drop and Lady Gaga, as well as New Zealand Police, Air New Zealand and the All Blacks.

Dress up for the occasion in your favourite hat and raise a cuppa to 70 years of Hills Hats as part of Petone’s vibrant business district. With a selection of weird and wonderful headwear to try on, be ready to discover a new side of yourself, meet the Hills Hats factory family and even glimpse a rare sighting of Petone’s resident super-hero, Hatman!