Kids and whānau create
1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
Weekends 11am to 3pm, public holidays, school holidays
Free
Event detail
Get creative with your whānau at our free drop-in art-making sessions every weekend and during school holidays from 11am to 3pm.
August activity: Ko au te taiao | I am the environment
Be inspired by student artists in the Pat Hanly Creativity Awards Exhibition on the Mezzanine level and established New Zealand artist Eléna Gee in Taimoana | Coastlines: Art of Aotearoa on the Ground level. Both artists remind us that ideas can come from many places, including other artists and from the natural world all around us.
Create your own piece of art or jewellery using shells and other materials provided. Be inspired by other artists. Be inspired by your environment.
September activity: Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori!
Join us in making Gallery-themed, te reo Māori picture-dictionary bunting to hang in Kids & Whānau Create or to take home. Help everyone learn more kupu (words) Māori to use in the Gallery.
Borrow one of our Feel your way through the Gallery activity cards. Go on a kimikimi (hunt) around the Gallery for artworks that make you mahira (curious), āio (calm) or even rangirua (confused).
Programming partner
Kids and whānau create is supported by the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation.
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