8 Jul 2024

MOTAT's hopes to capture school holiday crowds with new exhibit

From Nine To Noon, 9:35 am on 8 July 2024

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Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology is trying to make science, engineering and mathematics more fun for kids with a massive new facility.

It has interactive displays like an energy machine where users can transfer energy from jumping or other ways like hand heat to set off balls to move in the middle of the room. Elsewhere there's an upright rainbow, based on the story of Kupe saw one on his navigation to New Zealand.

It took four years to build the site, called Te Puawānanga, which sits across more than 2000-square metres at MOTAT.

Julie Baker is the education lead on the project and talks to Kathryn about the museum's hopes to grow interest in STEM subjects among young people.     

People try out the new energy machine in Motat's Te Te Puawānanga exhibition.

Photo: Supplied by Motat