September Holiday Experience
Test your communication skills, become a Pilot of the Future and see automatic tech take off!
Automation Action!
These school holidays enjoy hands-on fun exploring automation and technology of the past, present, and future. Test your teamwork in the air traffic control experience, or train as a Pilot of the Future with the Autopilot Academy game and earn your own certificate.
Get creative with the Make and Take of the WISK eVTOL aircraft, challenge your communication skills in the Signals Card Game, or design your own inventions in the Design Your Future Tech Challenge. Charge up and have some fast pace fun with the Ricoh Blazepod Challenge too!
Explore AR with the Pū Rākau blocks that bring Māori stories to life, and in Willow Cottage enjoy the low-sensory space with puzzles, books, and colouring-in, with special activities during Tuvalu Language Week (28 September - 4 October.)
Have plenty of whānau fun with interactive, creative, and hands-on activities this September!
Included in General Admission.
Please note: there may be filming and/or photography taken for paid advertising and social media.
Hautū Aunoa Autopilot
Hautū Aunoa Autopilot is MOTAT's brand new exhibition exploring the bold future of autonomous technology.
Would you board a plane with no pilot?
Take a look at the self-flying Wisk Generation 5 Cora, learn how drones and AI are changing conservation and transport. Plus, take off on an immersive VR flight over Tāmaki Makaurau — no cockpit required!
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Te Kōtiu: An immersive digital experience
Be surrounded by the sights, sounds and stories of flight in New Zealand with Te Kōtiu, an award-winning immersive digital experience.
From the migration of our native Kuaka, to celebrating the growing diversity within the aviation and space industries, Te Kōtiu (meaning to swoop) showcases key moments in aviation in Aotearoa with stunning immersive digital projection throughout the Aviation Hall.
Find out more about this exciting experience here.
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