September with Huhu

We’re celebrating Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori with Huhu as your host!

Tui & Tama’s friend Huhu is hosting September’s Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori month! Come on in and enjoy our FREE activities with the main Tui & Tama Event happening Saturday 2nd September from 10.30am-1.30pm.

Lots of extra fun activities as well as prompts to help in your learning to speak te reo Māori! Here’s what’s happening:

We’ll have lots of easy te reo prompts to help you on your learning journey, plus…

Learn how to use our new specially designed hand printer!
Create your own design then print it!
Make mono prints with our Māori designs using the whakairo blocks!
Create your whakapapa with Huhu!
Colour-in Huhu, cut it out and place it on the rākau tree!
And much more…….!

Don’t forget, when you’ve completed all the activities, collect your Huhu mascot sticker and add it to your Tui & Tama Activity Passport!

Drop in and join in the fun!

Saturday 2 September from 11.30am-1.30pm

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Loads of FREE fun for all the whānau!

For more info check out our website events page: https://tamuseum.org.nz/events/

August with Ruru

We’re celebrating Family History month with Ruru as your host.

Tui & Tama’s friend Ruru is hosting August’s Family History month! Come on in and enjoy our FREE activities with the main Tui & Tama Event happening Saturday 2nd August from 10.30am-1.30pm. Lots of extra fun activities as well as the following:

Make a Ruru mask
Create a Ruru taonga box
Write our your family tree
Colour in a leaf and add your name to it and attach to the big Family Tree in the kids space

Loads of FREE fun for all the whānau!

For more info check out our website events page: https://tamuseum.org.nz/events/

Matariki 2023 with Kākāpō

Tui & Tama’s friend Kākāpō is launching our new public programme schedule involving a Tui & Tama Passport for existing and new members to collect all the activity stickers each month until December 2023! If you collect all 6 mascot stickers in the passport, you go in to the prize draw in December!

Come on in and make a Matariki Lantern you can pop a LED candle into!
Make a Popsicle whetu!
Colour in a Matariki star and cast it into the star net!
Write your name on a star and add it to the interactive star constellation!

Loads of FREE fun for all the whānau!

For more info check out our website events page: https://tamuseum.org.nz/events/

Tui & Tama’s Christmas Parade 2022

We had such a great time with you all at the

Te Awamutu Christmas Parade on the 4th December!

Hope you got some of our give-aways – Tui & Tama Tattoos, balloons and activity trails!

Tama’s Dinosaur Hunt

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!

Tui & Tama’s Autumn Leaf Hunt

A fun activity open to members and non-members of the Tui & Tama Kids Club!

Come in and find the Autumn leaves scattered around the Museum, learn why leaves change colour, choose a leaf to add to our Autumn tree, and go into the draw for one of two Prize Packs! Prizes drawn 31st May 2022

Date: 9th May 2022

Time: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-2pm

Cost: FREE

Open to: Everyone

Open: All ages

All children must have adult supervision. Please be aware there may be limits on capacity so please check with reception on the day.

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