Kids & Whānau Create

Get creative with your whānau at our free drop-in art-making sessions every weekend and during school holidays from 11am–3pm.

From 7th-29th June: Make a Huia Feather: Symbol of Leadership 

Worn by Māori leaders to show mana (authority), the feather from the now-extinct huia bird is a powerful symbol of guidance. Explore the exhibition Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits exhibition in Te Kawau Gallery on Level 1 and look for huia feathers in the portraits of tūpuna (ancestors). Then head to the Kids & Whānau Create area in Te Ātea | North Atrium to make your own wool or paper feather to hang at home – a reminder that you can be a leader too!

He huia tangata tahi.

There is but one person synonymous with the huia: the chief.

Te Rau Huia: He Tohu Rangatira

I mau ngā rangatira Māori i te raukura o te huia, he manu korehāhā. He tohu o te kaiārahi te rau huia. Tirohia te whakaaturanga Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits kei te taiwhanga toi o Te Kawau i te Kōeke 1[TH1] , ā, kimihia ngā rau huia kei ngā whakaahua o ngā tūpuna. Kātahi ka haere ki te wāhi o Kids & Whānau Create kei Te Ātea ki te hanga i tō ake rau huia mā te miro, mā te pepa rānei hei whakairinga māu i te kāinga, hei whakamaumahara hoki – he rangatira anō koe.

He huia tangata tahi

Kotahi te tangata, ko tōna rite ki te huia, ko te rangatira.