Gardens are good for you. While the environmental benefits of plants and green spaces are widely recognised, did you know that they help us as well? From reducing stress, to improving memory retention, research is...
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Quiz: What MOTAT Collection Item Are You?
Ever wondered what MOTAT collection item you are most like? Take our quick and fun interactive quiz to find out!
Treasure Hunt Game: Adventure at Home
Play MOTAT Treasure Hunt on itch.io Gear up and get ready to find all the missing pages that have been scattered across MOTAT, can you find them all? CONTROLS: First click the window to interactUse the arrow keys on the...
Tirohia te Rerekētanga: Tūhuratia Exploded LIVE Day
Spot the Difference: Tūhuratia Exploded LIVE DAY Edition We’ve made some changes to a picture of MOTAT Collection items to commemorate 2022’s first MOTAT LIVE Day! LIVE Day on Sunday 16 January features fun...
Get Your Puzzle Fix: Vintage New Zealand Rail Map
The humble jigsaw puzzle is a great way to get your thinking hat on, or to simply pass the time. Like many puzzles, jigsaws can provide various degrees of difficulty… some are simple with basic shapes and fewer...
Make Your Own Lava Lamp!
Make your own temporary lava lamp with household materials! It’s easy, safe and looks very cool! The action you will see is a fun science experiment caused by the density and polarity of the substances inside the...
Make Your Own Time Capsule
No denying it, the world has changed a lot in the last year. Everyday life looks very different for a lot of us. But that’s exactly why today is a good time to make a time capsule for your future selves! Imagine...
The 12 Days of Christmas Crafts 🌟
There’s just a little time left until Santa Claus arrives in Aotearoa and, with school finishing up, let’s get into the Christmas spirit with MOTAT FUN’s 12 Days of Christmas Crafts for the whole...
Make Your Own Wishing Tree 🎄
One of our favourite activities at MOTAT Christmas Lights is our Wishing Trees. Reading the wishes our visitors have written and hung from our Christmas Trees in the MOTAT Rotunda after a big night of Christmas Lights...
Spot the Difference: Christmas Edition 🔎🎄🚎
Tirohia te Rerekētanga: Kaupapa Kirihimete 🔎🎄🚎 We’ve made some changes to two of the pictures we took at MOTAT Christmas Lights a few years back! Can you find them? How to Play: To play, move the image splitter...
Get Your Puzzle Fix: Christmas Edition 🎄
Have a go at our latest jigsaw puzzle featuring MOTAT’s Pumphouse and favourite festive companion, the GIGANTIC Christmas Tree! Our Christmas celebrations might be a bit different this year, but we’ve still...
Make Your Own Snow ❄️
Though we might be enjoying the summer weather, snow flurries were one of our favourites at last year’s MOTAT Christmas Lights. Since it’ll be a little hard to bring those to you this year, here’s a DIY version to...
