Welcome one and all to the spookiest time of the year!
It’s the Tui & Tama Great Bat Trail 2022! Join us in the Museum as you work your way around to find the amazing coloured bats, hiding amongst some of the galleries. Find all the bats in the activity sheet and receive a Pekapeka badge!
The Great Bat Trail starts 22nd October, running through to 5th November!
We are sincerely sorry, but this event is postponed for now. Check back for updates soon!
FREE fun here at the Museum with Tama’s Dinosaur Hunt!
You get an activity book to do either in the Museum or take it home.
Find all the hidden dinosaurs in the Curioseum, do the word search and colour in your dinosaurs. Lots of fun things to do, see and learn at the Museum.
We are sincerely sorry, but this event is postponed for now. Check back for updates soon!
Join in the fun of our Pekapeka Bats FREE Activities. Make an amazing flapping or hanging bat! Put them on our Halloween tree in the Museum foyer!
All Tui & Tama Cub members receive a special Pekapeka badge!
All this and more at your Museum!
October School Holidays
Join in the fun of our To the Dogs Hunt, find the working dog images placed around the Museum. Find them all, write your name and contact on the form and put it in to the Prize Draw! You could WIN 1 of 2 Tui & Tama prize packs!
There are also fun FREE activities – design and draw your perfect dog or make a puppy dog finger puppet!
All this and more at your Museum!
9th – 23rd July, available during opening hours.
Come and do our Te Reo World Hunt around the Museum and enjoy some FREE fun activities.
Go into the draw for 1 of 2 Tui & Tama Prize packs!
All Tui & Tama Club members who complete the word hunt receive a special Te Reo Māori Badge, FREE!
1st September – 1st October 2022
Available daily during opening hours only
Karangawai Marsh MMVA held three master classes in January 2022 to support her exhibition in the Gavin Gifford Gallery – He Marangai ki te Whenua, on at the Te Awamutu Museum til 20th March 2022.
Karangawai holds a Master of Māori Visual Art from Te Toioho ki Āpiti at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University in Papaioea Plamerston North. She is now a Senior Tutor at Toioho ki Āpiti, founder of RaRau Mai (Māori language, whānau arts initiative), and project coordinator for Ora te Toi (annual art exhibition).
Karangawai is a 3rd generation Te Ataarangi kaiako and active member for 20 years and is currently preparing for her PhD with a focus on Māori language arts initiatives.
This group of workshops were very popular with the public with some amazing original designs being created on every level and with multi-media. The Māori Design Master Classes were held as shown:
Māori Design Master Class I: Tues Jan 18th, 2022: Two sessions; 10.30am-12pm or 1pm-2.30pm
Kōwhaiwhai – simple pattern design starting with the koruna to create multiple interconnected pattern designs.
Māori Design Master Class II: Wed Jan 19th, 2022: Two sessions; 10.30am-12pm or 1pm-2.30pm
Kōwhaiwhai Hikuwaru – intermediate pattern design using positive and negative space.
Māori Design Master Class III: Thurs Jan 20th, 2022: Two sessions; 10.30am-12pm or 1pm-2.30pm
Kōwhaiwhai Hikuwaru – Porotītaha – create interconnected patterns with shapes.
Cost: $2 per class per session
Ages: Open to all ages, all children need to have adult supervision.
Skills: Beginner – advanced
Bookings: Essential
Limited to 10 participants only for each class. PHONE: 07 872 0085 or EMAIL museum@waipadc.govt.nzto book your space.
Note: Prior level class must be completed before moving onto the next class level.
