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Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Kia tūhono ki te taiao: Connections to nature is a learning programme developed to sit alongside the exhibition Breathe | Mauri Ora: An Immersive Journey into Nature by Marshmallow Laser Feast.
The Arts, Health, Science, Social Studies
Education visit
Duration: 2 Hours (Including 1 hour in Breathe | Mauri Ora)
Year 1–Year 10
Bookings available for Term 1, 2026
$6.50 per student
This engaging two-part programme begins in our Te Taiao | Nature zone, where students will explore concepts found within Breathe | Mauri Ora.
Woven throughout the Te Taiao | Nature experience, students will engage with themes such as kaitiakitanga, ecology, and the natural rhythms and cycles of nature.
Students will discover meaningful connections to hauora and explore how these concepts relate to ‘Ko au te taiao, ko te taiao ko au’ (I am nature and nature is me).
The programme continues in Breathe | Mauri Ora, an exhibition of large-scale digital artworks that brings these ideas to life through immersive visual storytelling. Your tailored experience offers a powerful opportunity to reflect on how these concepts translate into the students’ lived worlds.
Te Taiao Nature, 2019. Photo by Maarten Holl. Te Papa (139737)
Primary, Secondary
Students begin their immersive experience in Breathe | Mauri Ora, where they explore powerful works of art that invite reflection on our connection with te taiao – the natural world, and then design their own environments where humans are in sync with the natural world.
Education visit
Coming in December 2025, the Breathe | Mauri Ora exhibition will feature major digital artworks on an awe-inspiring scale from London-based collective Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF). Get your tickets online now.
Opening soon
Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga
Recognising we are nature through mātauranga Māori and Te Papa’s Collections Online.
