Maewa Austin Mews is a museum at 46 Maewa Rd in rural Waituna West, Manawatu, and holds a 4.5 rating from its four Google reviews. No opening hours or booking details are listed, so planning ahead is wise. Small country museums like this tend to be labours of love: one family's collection of farm machinery, settler household goods, photographs and the odds and ends that trace how a district lived. Because they run on volunteers or a single custodian, hours are often limited or by arrangement, and a phone call before you drive out can save a long trip down a gravel road for nothing. What these places offer that city institutions cannot is the custodian's commentary, so linger and ask questions — the stories are half the collection. A handful of good ratings often points to a genuine, if little-known, treasure. For travellers on the quiet back roads of Manawatu, this looks like just such a place.