Whānau challenges

Try some creative challenges at home with your whānau. Each challenge is connected to Te Papa’s collections or expertise.

• Craft your own flowers to say ‘thanks’
• Create a rainbow with things in your ‘bubble’ (at home)
• Create an image of your favourite manu (bird)
• Design your own badge for your home team/club/kura
• Tell us a story: how did the colossal squid get to Te Papa?
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Education visits

Browse our school visits led by our knowledgeable and friendly education team.

• Surrealist Art Virtual Explorer
• Beauty, Bounty, and Plunder
• Celebrate the surreal
• Toi Connections
• What to expect from the Learning Team at Covid-19 Alert Level 2
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Free downloadable activity books

Our activity books are designed for use at home or in the classroom.

• Tokelau language activity book
• Te reo Māori activity book
• Matariki activity book
• The colossal squid activity book
• Waitangi Day activity book
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Teaching resources

Bring the national museum into your classroom with our cross-curricular range of educational resources.

• Surreal activities teaching resource
• He rauemi kaiako: Te waihanga i te apōpō, rū ana, takatū ana
• Teaching resource: First Collisions
• Learn to animate teaching resource: The children of Tangaroa
• Building an earthquake ready future: Teaching resource
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Self-guided education visits

Use our resources to explore the nation’s stories on a fun, self-guided education visit to Te Papa.

• Surrealist Art school group pricing
• Kids’ activity trails
• Rongomaraeroa – self-guided education visit
• Te Marae pounamu (greenstone) – self-guided education visit
• Bush City Scavenger Hunt
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Learning news and blogs

Read about the most recent happenings in Te Papa's Learning Innovation team.

Professional development and educator events

Develop your skills and connect with other educators.

• Digital Stories PLD for Taranaki Educators
• Digital Stories PLD for Taranaki Educators
• Digital Stories PLD for Otago Educators
• Digital Stories PLD for Tairāwhiti Educators