Vaka Aotearoa: Navigating the Pacific
Explore the culture, tools, and technology behind the great canoe voyages across the Pacific.
Education visit
Up to 60 minutes
ECE (3–5 years)
Available
$3 per child (teachers and parent helpers go free)
Guided by our educators, your early childhood group will:
explore the exhibition Tangata o le Moana: The story of Pacific people in New Zealand to learn about navigation, movement, and journeys
see the various vakaand wakaon display
contrast big and small things: the vast ocean and tiny islands, a waka tauaand models of vaka
discover what Pacific explorers used to navigate: tools, stars, animals, currents, islands
follow a trail through the exhibition, with tamariki taking turns as lead navigator.