Aotearoa NZ History

Aotearoa New Zealand has been shaped by the use and misuse of power. Technology has played a huge role in the way people have wielded that power. Explore these themes in this hands-on workshop.

Length: 1 hour
Suitable for Years 3 - 8.

Investigate the people, products and iconography that have helped how Aotearoa New Zealand is seen on the world stage as well as how we see ourselves.

Suitable for Years 0 - 8.

Please note: For Aotearoa New Zealand History please see Aotearoa New Zealand History: The good, the bad and the brave.

Use MOTAT's rich collection on resources to learn about how to utilise primary and secondary resources. Follow the stories of New Zealand World War 1 pilots learn to tell the difference between fact and fiction.

Suitable for 9 - 13
Onsite supervision ratios: 1 adult to 6 children.

Back to School is a participatory session in which students learn about what school would have been like in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 1800s.

A MOTAT educator will lead your students through a lesson as Victorian school children using resources and costumes that are true to that era inside MOTAT's authentic 1800s schoolhouse.

Suitable for Years 0 - 8.
Onsite supervision ratios: 1 adult to 6 children.