Six of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s leading cultural organisations have collaborated to bring schools a suite of Matariki education programmes – each one rooted in te ao Māori and woven around the nine whetū of the Matariki cluster. Consider one, several or all to give your tamariki a truly connected journey through the stars!

‍Explore the suite and book your school’s EOTC experience today

‍Each programme has been developed independently but speaks to a shared kaupeka – a unified season of learning that honours Matariki as a time of reflection, connection and growth. From ECE to Years 0-8 and beyond, there’s a programme designed for your ākonga. Click through to discover what we are offering this Matariki season: Auckland War Memorial Museum, MOTAT, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand Maritime Museum, Te Whatu Stardome, Auckland Zoo.

Professional Development workshops for Year 7 to Year 13 teachers.

‍This is a practical, hands-on workshop with a new digital resource called, Collections to Classroom. This resource supports teachers using museum collections to explore the big ideas, contexts, and practices of the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum. You will get to meet and work with the project team, Chantal Knowles (Head of Human History), James Taylor (Online Collections Information and Partnership Manager), and Tangimai Fitzgerald (Learning Manager) to navigate the digital resource, learn how taonga were selected from the collections, and explore their history and significance to Tāmaki Makaurau.  We are allowing time in the workshop for the group to breakup in small groups; to collaborate and plan a unit of work on a collection item you choose as a takeaway resource you can implement in your classrooms.  We will finish with a Q&A session, and an evaluation survey for the workshop.  

Dates for 2026 will be released soon

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Our new Fossil Van has hit the roads of Tāmaki Makaurau, bringing a free, interactive learning programme to ECEs, schools and kura. 

Sponsored by the Central Interceptor, Watercare Services Limited and our Fossil Van supplied by Giltrap Group, the exciting suite of learning programmes we deliver onsite and offsite connects students to the ancient past.  Students will explore local fossils that were excavated by Watercare at the Central Interceptor site, how they formed, and why they matter. They will also discover links between modern animals and creatures from millions of years ago, and uncover the whakapapa of fossils found across Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa. 

Get ready to unearth the past with us!

Our brand new van has taken to the roads of Tāmaki Makaurau to bring the volcanoes education programme to you and your learners.

Supported by Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake, this free interactive learning experience encourages young learners to understand the impacts of natural hazards and how to be prepared.

Experience the program at Auckland Museum, or it can be brought direct to your school or kura by the Volcano Van.

Sponsored by Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake‍