Kōura Public Programmes

Kōura Public Programmes

The Amazing Freshwater Kōura!

Kōura loves to swim in the streams and lakes of the Waipā!

The Amazing Freshwater Kōura!
Come on in to gain your next Tui & Tama Activity Passport sticker – Kōura when you complete all the awesome FREE activities happening on Saturday!
  • When: Saturday 9th December
  • Time: 11.00am-1.00pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre
  • Location: 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu
  • Ages: Children 7 years+
  • Adult supervision required!
  • No skills necessary!
  • Admission: FREE
  • FREE to all visitors!
  • If you’re not a Tui & Tama Club member, you can sign up anytime for FREE!
 
 

In Collaboration with Re Creators

Christmas Make and Give:

Re-Creators Workshop

Proudly brought to you by Creative Communities! Join The ReCreators for a sustainable gift-making session!

These sessions are designed so you can choose from different craft designs to gift your whanau and friends. We will have a table for woodworking, jewellery, printmaking, dot art and lotions and potions.

Our ReCreators will be on hand to advise on skills, design and materials. This is a walk-in event, so you can come and create with us for a few minutes, or for the whole time.

  • When: Saturday 9th December
  • Time: 11.00am-1.00pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre
  • Location: 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu
  • Bookings: Click here
  • Ages: Children 7 years+
  • Adult supervision required!
  • No skills necessary!
  • Admission: FREE!
Supported by Creative Communities NZ
Tuna Activities

Tuna Activities

We Love Tuna!

Tuna is a slippery character that loves to swim in the streams and rivers of the Waipā. 

Tui & Tama Club Event Saturday 4th November from 10.30am-1.30pm!
 
 
We Love Tuna!
Come on in to gain your next Tui & Tama Activity Passport sticker – Taniwha when you complete all the awesome FREE activities happening on Saturday!
  • Make and colour-in your own Tuna puppet!
  • Have a go at the ‘We Love Tuna’ activity sheet,
  • See if you can complete the Tuna colour-in poster,
  • Decorate your Tuna and add it to our Tuna wetland!
  • FREE to all visitors!
  • If you’re not a Tui & Tama Club member, you can sign up anytime for FREE!
 
 
No bookings necessary, just drop in and enjoy the FREE activities:
Loads of FREE fun for all the whānau!
 
For more info check out our website events page: https://tamuseum.org.nz/events/

Arty Crafty Adult Workshop

Get your craft on with our Crafty Arty Adult Workshop – Christmas Decoration Workshop!

A great way to save money and make your Christmas decorations with felt, hand-sewing, beads, ribbons and much more…!

Join in the fun of meeting new people in a lovely creative environment! Make this your crafting space!

 

For more information about this:

  • When: Saturday 11th November
  • Time: 10.15am-1.45pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre, 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3802
  • Who: Crafty Arty Adults 13yrs+
  • Book: Secure your seat by booking via email museum@waipadc.govt.nz or phone 07 872 0085.
  • Cost: $5.00 per person
  • All Materials supplied – bring along your own bits & pieces.
  • Info: Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.

Looking forward to seeing all you crafty arty adults joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.

Arty Crafty Adult Workshop

Making Christmas Decorations hosted by Nicky Samuel!

We all know how cheap some Christmas decorations are, and often that’s what we opt to purchase to add to the household decorations, in the time leading up to Christmas.

However, store bought ones are sometimes not well made, and may not last.

Have you every thought that a handmade gift of a Christmas decorations, either for the tree or just to hang up around the house, means so much more, not just for the giver, but the recipients as well?

Handmade Christmas tree decorations can evoke memories of the special people who may have handcrafted them, even when they are no longer around.

We will use fabric scraps, recycled calendars and cards, buttons, as well as adding glittery sequins and beads for that extra bling.

Here’s an alternative opportunity to create a gift that will be treasured and yes, year after year.

Aside from the fun you will have in making these decorations you are doing the world a power of goodness.

For more information about this:

  • When: Saturday 25th November
  • Time: 10.30am-1.30pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre, 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3802
  • Who: Crafty Arty Adults 13yrs+
  • Book: Secure your seat by booking via email museum@waipadc.govt.nz or phone 07 872 0085.
  • Cost: $5.00 per person
  • All Materials supplied – bring along your own bits & pieces.
  • Info: Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.

Looking forward to seeing all you crafty arty adults joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.

Taniwha Public Programmes

Taniwha Public Programmes

Māori Myths & Legends with Taniwha!

Taniwha loves to play with friends in the rivers around the Waipā! Taniwha is a character that loves to share stories about other mythical creatures!

Tui & Tama Club Event Saturday 30th September from 10.30am-1.30pm!
 
 
Māori Myths & Legends with Taniwha!
Come on in to gain your next Tui & Tama Activity Passport sticker – Taniwha when you complete all the awesome FREE activities happening on Saturday!
  • Learn how to use our specially designer hand-made printer with ours or your own crafted taniwha design!
  • Design-a-Taniwha using light boxes and creature parts,
  • Make a Taniwha mask and embellish it with colour and jewels,
  • Create an articulated Taniwha whose joints move,
  • Make a taniwha mono print…and much more!
  • Learn about our awesome local myths presented as a graphic novel!
  • FREE to all visitors!
  • If you’re not a Tui & Tama Club member, you can sign up anytime for FREE!
 
 
No bookings necessary, just drop in and enjoy the FREE activities:
Loads of FREE fun for all the whānau!
 
For more info check out our website events page: https://tamuseum.org.nz/events/

In Collaboration with Re Creators

Sew a Pekapeka:

Re-Creators Workshop – ‘Sew a Pekapeka’
Learn how to sew and make beautiful handcrafted Pekapeka using fabric offcuts.
Choose from a diverse range of up-cycled fabrics and decorations and make your beautiful creation come to life!
This is a mindful activity that also teaches the art of sewing.
  • When: Wednesday 4th October
  • Time: 11.30am-1.00pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre
  • Location: 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu
  • Bookings: https://fb.me/e/NTP0XbwT
  • Ages: Children 7 years+
  • Adult supervision required!
  • No skills necessary!
  • Admission: $5 per participant
Supported by Creative Communities NZ

Arty Crafty Adult Workshop

Get your craft on with our Crafty Arty Adult Workshop – Make & Mend with Hilary!

Back by popular demand, learn how to create woven patches in knitwear to cover marks, stains and holes with embroidery! Making clothing unique instead of throwing it away to landfill! Join in the fun of meeting new people in a lovely creative environment! Make this your crafting space!

 

For more information about this:

  • When: Saturday 14th October 10.30am-1.30pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre, 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3802
  • Who: Crafty Arty Adults 15yrs+
  • Book: Secure your seat by booking via email museum@waipadc.govt.nz or phone 07 872 0085.
  • Cost: $5.00 per person
  • All Materials supplied – bring along your piece of clothing to repair.
  • Info: Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.

Looking forward to seeing all you crafty arty adults joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.

Arty Crafty Adult Workshop

Learn to weave a Dreamcatcher hosted by Nicky Samuel!

Our theme for the month is Māori Myths and Legends, and just like the net that Maui created to try and slow the sun, you’ll be able to weave a different type of net to make a beautiful gift. 

Have you ever wondered about those mysterious, dangly, feathery things, that look abit like a spider’s web you see at craft fairs or in gift shops are? They’re called dreamcatchers. 

The meaning of dreamcatchers and the beliefs surrounding them originate from Native American cultures. The dreamcatcher is a protective talisman that is used to protect people from nightmares and bad dreams. The charm was used for young children and hung above their beds.   

They believed that both good and bad dreams fill the air at night. The dreamcatcher acts like a spider’s web by trapping the bad dreams while allowing the good ones to filter through. The bad dreams caught in the web get destroyed when the sunlight of morning arrives, while the good dreams filter down through the feathers and gently reach the sleeping person below. 

For more information on the workshop:

  • Bookings essential through email: museum@waipadc.govt.nz or phone 07 8720085
  • Spaces are limited get in fast to book your seat!
  • This is a Crafty Arty Adult workshop (for ages 15yrs+)
  • Starts from 10.30am-1.30pm
  • COST $5 per participant
  • All materials will be supplied
  • No skills necessary
  • Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.

Looking forward to seeing all you adults joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.

September Public Programme

September Public Programme

Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori Month with Huhu!

Huhu loves borrowing in tree stumps in the ngāhere! Found in both native and plantation forests, its distinctive “fat white chalky body” is something that birds and other animals of the ngāhere feed on.

Huhu is a character that loves playing hide-and-seek with his friends!

Tui & Tama Club Event Saturday 2nd September from 10.30am-1.30pm!
 
Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori month this September with Huhu!
Come on in to gain your next Tui & Tama Activity Passport sticker – Huhu when you complete all the awesome FREE activities happening on Saturday!
 
Also we’re commemorating the 160th year since the Kīngitanga – Te Hokioi publication was printed in te reo Māori, with some of our activities that focus on teaching club members ‘how to print’!
 
– Learn how to use our specially designer hand-made printer with ours or your own crafted design!
– Create a mono print using our whakairo panels!
– Write your whakapapa on Huhu’s puku!
– Colour-in Huhu, write your name then attach to the Rākau Whakapapa!
– Lots more ways to help your learning of te reo Māori!
 
No bookings necessary, just drop in and enjoy the FREE activities:
Loads of FREE fun for all the whānau!
 
For more info check out our website events page: https://tamuseum.org.nz/events/

Arty Crafty Adult Workshop

Learn how to hand sew a felt Kiwifruit pincushion or Needle Book with Hilary!

Have you ever wanted to learn the art of hand sewing but not sure how to start? This is the workshop for you! Hilary will take you through step-by-step techniques on how to get the best out of your needles and thread when working with felt. All materials will be supplied.

  • When: Saturday 23th September 10.30am-1.30pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre, 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3802
  • Who: Crafty Arty Adults
  • Book: Secure your seat by booking via email museum@waipadc.govt.nz or phone 07 872 0085.
  • Cost: $5.00 per person
  • Info: Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.

Looking forward to seeing all you crafty arty adults joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.

In Collaboration with Re Creators

Make a Canvas and learn Dot Art:

In this workshop, The ReCreators will teach the community how to turn discarded new wood offcuts and linen into a canvas, and mindfully dot art with colourful paint donated to us by Resene. We will use upcycled dotting tools such as pencils, paintbrush sticks, and glue sticks. A lovely way to spend your Saturday.

The ReCreators are on a mission to show the world how to reduce and reuse our natural resources. It’s easy, fun, creative, and sustainable. Join us on our journey.

  • When: Saturday 9 September 11.00 am-1.00 pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre, 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3802
  • Who: For all the whānau!
  • Book: Click here to book your seat!
  • Cost: $10.00 per person
  • Info: Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.
Family Print Making Workshop:
 
The workshop will be exploring different printing techniques and printmaking with all up cycled materials. These are creative and fun methods to use to create your own beautiful artwork.

The ReCreators are on a mission to show the world how to reduce and reuse our natural resources. It’s easy, fun, creative, and sustainable. Join us on our journey.

  • When: Wednesday 27th September 11.00 am-1.00 pm
  • Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre, 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3802
  • Who: For all the whānau!
  • Book: Click here to book your seat!
  • Cost: $5.00 per person
  • Info: Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.

The Re-Creators are on a mission to teach New Zealand how to upcycle, reduce, and reuse our resources, to share skills in reimagining ‘waste’ as creative opportunities! It’s not only creative and sustainable but also easy and fun too!

Please note children are not able to attend with parents due to health and safety requirements. 

Supported by Waipā Creative Communities.
 

Looking forward to seeing everyone joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.

August Public Programme

August Public Programme

August Family History Month with Ruru!

Ruru is a small dark forest-dwelling owl. Found in both native and plantation forests, its distinctive “more-pork” call is commonly heard at night. Ruru are common in Aotearoa New Zealand and their diet consists of insects, small mammals and birds. 

Our Ruru is a guardian of the forest who loves to call his friends at night to go hunting.

Tui & Tama’s friend Ruru is showcasing Family History month with activities such as:

  • Make a Ruru mask with coloured card, tissue paper, metallic markers, whetu stickers and glue.
  • Create a Ruru taonga box with cardboard, glue and embellishments.
  • Write your name on a leaf and add it to the big Family Tree.
Loads of FREE fun for all the whānau!
 
For more info check out our website events page: https://tamuseum.org.nz/events/

In Collaboration with Re Creators

Papermaking:

Learn the art of paper making in this creative and hands-on workshop where you will discover the traditional process of pulping, pouring and pressing paper.

We will be covering the basic techniques, and then working with different decorative materials to create unique and beautiful hand-cast paper sheets.  Each finished piece will be one of a kind.

Join us to transform upcycled cards, paper (and other natural products) into new, beautiful paper creations and give the used paper a second (or even third) life.

  • Saturday 12th August
  • 10.30am-12.30pm
  • Bookings essential through the Re Creators website link here

The Re-Creators are on a mission to teach New Zealand how to upcycle, reduce, and reuse our resources, to share skills in reimagining ‘waste’ as creative opportunities! It’s not only creative and sustainable but also easy and fun too!

Places are limited so book your place NOW. Don’t miss out!

June Activities for the Kids!

June Activities for the Kids!

Capturing Moments – History-based Activities

Time Capsule 101

  • What is a time capsule?
  • It’s a record of a moment in time.
  • Capture a moment in your life with this fun and creative activity!
  • Drop in, no need to book.
  • FREE!
  • All ages welcome, children must have adult supervision.

Letter Writing 101

  • Did you know what before computers and the internet hand-written letters were a key way for people to keep in touch?
  • Try your hand at writing a letter and post it to a friend in a special envelope – all hand-crafted by you!
  • Drop in style, no booking needed.
  • FREE!
  • All ages welcome, children must have adult supervision.

Queen Victoria Lithograph

  • Come and celebrate King’s Birthday weekend by doing some family-friendly activities while learning about the Lithograph of Queen Victoria and her family we have in our collection.
  • Drop in style, no booking needed
  • FREE!
  • All ages welcome, children must have adult supervision.