Create your own unique Designasaur!
Enjoy FREE family-friendly dinosaur activities and crafts for the whole of May.
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FREE Activities, drop-in anytime, no booking required. Children under 14 must be supervised by an adult.
Tui & Tama Kids Club Event
We are celebrating Children’s Day on Saturday 1st March 2025 with the return of our FANTASTIC Tui & Tama’s Eco Expo!
It’s shaping up to be even bigger and better than out last one so come on down to this FREE event and find out about all the awesome mahi being done in our community to help our native plants and animals thrive.
More info here:
Mark the date in your calendars – Saturday 1st March! See you all there!
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Celebrate the Holidays with Wētā, your Tui & Tama Club mascot friend!
For the month of December we are excited for all Tui & Tama Club existing and new members to gain the last activity month sticker for 2024, at the Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre!
Do you know there are over 70 species of wētā here in Aotearoa New Zealand?
Celebrate all things to do with wētā for the month of December with creative activities like colour-in your wētā, learn more about the wētā with the free activity booklet, and make an articulated wētā!
Celebrate Māori Myths & Legends with Takahē, your Tui & Tama Club mascot friend!
For the month of November we are excited to display three local myths and legends in the form of graphic novels on the Front Porch Gallery at the Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre.
Do you know what a myth or legend is?
A myth or legend is a story passed on through the generations. It can be based in fact or it can be left up to our imagination whether it is true. In the Waipā district, we have myths about taniwha that live in the rivers, guardians of the forest and shape changers who can take the form of birds.
These particular pūrākau stories are presented in the form of graphic novels – similar to comic books, using imagery to reveal the plot and identify unique things in te ao marama – our understanding. Local to mana whenua in the Waipā, these pūrākau stories are for all of us to enjoy.
To celebrate this exhibition for the month of November there will be creative activities associated with mythical creatures like taniwha!
On display from 1st – 30th November 2024!
“Resilience Resistance and Remembrance” is an internal exhibition developed for the Front Porch Gallery, scheduled to be shown twice a year once around April/March to commemorate the 1864 Waikato British Invasion of the Waikato within the district of Waipā, and for the month of October to commemorate Rā Maumahara, New Zealand Day of Commemorations 28th October.
The content of this exhibition gives visitors an overview to how Aotearoa New Zealand adopted Rā Maumahara, New Zealand Day of Commemorations 28th October, revealing Waipā district’s connection to the Waikato Wars and the local school students that carried the kaupapa vision of change.
