This amazing paper feather kākahu (cloak) has been created by
thousands of students from schools across Aotearoa. The kākahu
will be displayed in the Discovery Centre Te Huka a Tai on Level
4 for the next few weeks. Come along and admire the work and
share in the collective knowledge. The education team have been
inundated with feathers from students who have been learning
about Matariki. With support from Te Taura Whiri Māori Language
Commission, the Te Papa Educators produced a new teacher
resource to help teachers teach their students about Matariki.
The lessons in the resource include an activity for students to
record their new learning about Matariki onto a paper feather.
Upon these feathers children drew pictures, and wrote words of
wisdom that they would like to share with others about Matariki,
including: “Matariki means little eyes” and “There are over 500
stars in the Matariki cluster”. So armed with staplers, hot glue
guns and even a sewing machine the Te Papa Educators sewed,
glued and burnt thei