ECE / Early Primary Education Programmes

Puuraakau Amazing stories

Using cultural narratives and contemporary stories, this programme invites tamariki to feel at home in the museum. Through interactive koorero, puuraakau and waiata in our galleries, tamariki can make personal links to objects/ taonga and exhibitions.

Suggested Learning Outcomes

• Making connections between people, places, and things in their world
• Knowledge about features of the local area, such as a river or mountain (this may include their spiritual significance)
• Experience the stories and symbols of their own and other cultures and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, making meaning of the ideas they receive
• Know they know that they have a place and can take part in caring for this place